CFS 52 Side Event: Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?​

The event "Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?​", organized on the sidelines of the 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52), will take place on Tuesday, 22 October 2024, in the Red Room, in FAO headquarters. 

In October 2023, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) policy recommendations on strengthening collection and use of food security and nutrition (FSN) data and related analysis tools were endorsed during the fifty-first plenary session of the CFS. They contain a collective call for action targeting diverse stakeholders with an objective of further strengthening food security and nutrition data systems for improving decision-making in support of the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.

The CFS Side Event "Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?" will take stock of and discuss initiatives that are being planned and undertaken to implement the CFS policy recommendations on data in practice. These initiatives include the creation of a new statistical domain on FSN statistics under the aegis of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC); the harmonization of healthy diet metrics under the Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative (HDMI); the proposal of a new SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity in the context of the 2025 Comprehensive Review of the SDG indicator framework; as well as the 50x2030 Initiative to Close the Agricultural Data Gap.

The specific objective of this side event will be to take stock of the actions that are being undertaken and planned to implement the CFS policy recommendations on data in practice; discuss challenges that different constituencies are facing and exchange lessons learned so far; and further disseminate the CFS policy recommendations and draw the attention of relevant stakeholders on their implications and opportunities in terms of their implementation at national, regional and global level. Specific initiatives will be showcased, such as the 50x2030 Initiative, their importance for food security and nutrition data explained, and their contribution to broader policy and improved food security and nutrition outcomes highlighted.

Provisional agenda

Time	Item and presenter
	Opening – Moderated by Ms. Lynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO
13:30 – 13:35	Welcome and Introduction, Mr. Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO
	Part I – Initiatives at global level to advance the implementation of the CFS policy recommendations on data
13:35 – 13:45	Updates on the work at the UNSC level to implement the CFS policy recommendations on data, Mr. José Rosero Moncayo, Chief Statistician, FAO
13:45 – 13:55	Update on Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative (HDMI) and the MDD indicator proposal, Ms. Chika Hayashi, Chief, Nutrition Data Unit, UNICEF
13:55 – 14:05	The 50by2030 Initiative: Harnessing Data to Inform the Food Security Agenda in LMIC Countries, Mr. Vasco Molini, World Bank
	Part II – Panel discussion on actions and challenges to implementing the CFS policy recommendations on data
14:05 – 14:40	Speakers: H.E. Carla Barroso Carneiro, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil to FAO Mr. Samuel Kobina Annim, Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Services Mr. Graham Mullier, Digital Agriculture Association Ms. Challis McDonough, Senior Programme Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
14:40 – 14:45	Closing remarks, Mr. Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO

 

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