This week at theforty-sixth plenary session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) there will be several side events related to investment in agriculture and food systems to achieve food security and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Take a look at this year´s side events with a focus on investment and stay informed.

Monday 14 October

18.00-19.30 Iraq Room

SE022 Business and Nutrition Success: nutrition outcomes via smart investments in farms and agribusinesses: Support policies and programs to increase profits and impact nutrition for better food systems

World Bank Group; Global Alliance for Imrpoved Nutrition (GAIN); FAO; IFAD; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)/Bioversity; Democratic Republic of Congo

Tuesday 15 October

18.00-19.30

Green Room

SE069 Youth for World Food Day: Feeding the world by investing in the future

I4NATURE; 4H International; International Agri-Food Network (IAFN); Youth Ag Summit; Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD); Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN); Nuffield International

Lebanon Room

SE128 Private and public sector contributions to food system transformation for improved nutrition: Multi-stakeholder actions for sustainable food systems - How coordinated analysis and investments can scale up nutrition in Africa

WFP; IFAD; World Benchmarking Alliance

Thursday 17 October

8.30-10.00 Red Room

SE134 Responsible Land Investment for Sustainable Food Systems: Taking stock of lessons from pilots, partnerships and multi-stakeholder platforms with governments, CSOs and business to implement the VGGT

Department for International Development (DFID) LEGEND (Land: Enhancing governance for Economic Development) programme, UK; FAO; CFS Private Sector Mechanism (PSM); Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); International Land Coalition (ILC); Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, UK.

14.30-15.00 Sheikh Zayed Centre

SE064 LAUNCH: Investing in smallholder and family farmers: Taking GAFSP to 2030

Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (BMZ)

18.00-19.30 Red Room

SE060 Growing Young Agripreneurs: How can the next generation of agri-businesses support the transition to sustainable agriculture?

Swiss FAO Committee; Swedish FAO Committee; FAO; IFAD; Agripreneurship Alliance; Thought for Food; CFS Private Sector Mechanism (PSM); Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD)

Friday 18 October

10.00-13.00 Red Room

CFS Youth Special Event

Youth delegates report on their impressions on this CFS and through “magic boxes” will engage participants in how governments and other actors can ensure  youth are involved and engaged in food security and nutrition policy-making in their national context. This session will be webcast at http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/