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12 August marked the International Youth Day. This year’s celebration put the spotlight on “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”. This theme was chosen as an outcome of the 2021 ECOSOC Youth Forum (EYF), where youth discussed, among many other important issues and priorities, about the importance of...

As the world adjusts to the changes brought by COVID-19, the Brussels Diaspora community came together to reflect on the global impact of the pandemic during the 5th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum. The event is annually launched by Food Bridge, an organization of the African Diaspora in Europe committed to promoting...

The United Nations Food Systems Summit is coming up in September and as the first of its kind has been summoned by the UN Secretary-General in order to deliver much needed progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Not only is youth empowerment a “hot topic”, so crucial to food systems...