'There is an urgent need for interventions to strengthen food security and nutrition within urban and peri-urban food systems', Hilal Elver SR Food presents key concepts from the upcoming HLPE-FSN report in Istambul, sparking thought-provoking discussions.🧵

Excited to participate in the fruitful discussions of the CFS HLPE-FSN Steering Committee this week in Istanbul.

suwa-eisenmann As we pass the midpoint to 2030, the objective is to take stock of progress towards ending hunger, identify innovative solutions and build on new opportunities, learnings, & policy actions.

For more information on the Expert Group Meeting on United Nations SDG 2: fao.org/sustainable-de…
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🆕📰We know the world's future is urban, but what lies ahead for food security?

🏙️🍽️There is an urgent need for interventions to strengthen food security and nutrition within urban and peri-urban food systems

Read why🗞️⤵️
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My intervention about Gaza, right after the #IPCReport : Starvation is a weapon of war: Gazans are paying the price theconversation.com/starvation-is-… via The Conversation Canada

CFS Chair H.E. Ambassador Nosipho Jezile releases statement on Gaza's humanitarian crisis. With famine looming and 1.1M individuals expected to face catastrophic levels of food insecurity, immediate action is vital.

Read the full statement here: fao.org/cfs/resources/…

We are excited to host the #UM6P & #CGIAR Strategic Collaborative Workshop, aiming to build African capacity if Ag Reasearch for Development, and to prepare a new generation of African science leaders.

'There is a shocking failure in addressing criminal acts of deliberate starvation & other violations of the right to food. Hunger, famine & malnutrition are always the result of political failures', Hilal Elver SR Food, member of the HLPE-FSN & former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the RtF.

The HLPE-FSN reports serve as a common, evidence-based starting point for the multi-stakeholder process of policy convergence in the CFS, based on the best available scientific evidence & considering different forms of knowledge.

Read them all here⬇️
bit.ly/HLPE-FSN_Publi…

We're excited to host the delegation of #UniversityMontpellier at #UM6P , looking forward to strengthening scientific partnership for #SustainableDevelopment

❗ Learn more about the Phosphorus cycling in the plant-soil system

📍 Download Food and Agriculture Organization's #GlobalSoilPartnership booklet on 'Soils for nutrition: state of the art'
👉doi.org/10.4060/cc0900…
#Soils4Nutrition #SoilHealth #SoilAction

“Today, more than ever, we need to place the right to food at the core of the international political agenda”, suwa-eisenmann, new Chairperson of the
CFS HLPE-FSN.

🗞️Read more about the new Chair and Vice-Chair⤵️
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👥All bios⤵️
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A dynamic interactive bootcamp session ongoing today on #foodsecurity with #Africanyoungleaders at #UM6P , involving african thought leaders Bukar Tijani Sylvia Mkandawire Jamila Adani Bruno Gerard UM6P - Africa Initiative

The concept of #FoodSecurity has evolved recognizing the centrality of agency & sustainability, along with the 4⃣ traditional dimensions of availability, access, utilization, and stability.
These 6⃣dimensions should guide policies and actions.
Read more: fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/i…

Our high-profile speakers are from universities in West, North and Southern Africa.
Meet Dr Rachid Serraj, Prof Mouhamadou Lamine BA, and Ms Rachel Chikoore.
#AfricaUniversitiesDay #HigherEducation #AfricaUniversitiesDay 23 #AIinHigherEducation #AAUat56

Day 3: Wednesday 8th Nov at 10am GMT - We will be hosting a high level panel to discuss the directions that selected #AfricanUniversities are taking towards Artificial Intelligence adaptation.

This event is part of our week-long annual Africa Universities Day Celebrations. On

🆕 BLOG!
“It is not too late to wipe out hunger by 2030. If decision-makers around the world act together, the goal of ending hunger can still be achieved”, Lehmann Bernard, Lehmann Bernard at CFS 51.

Discover the HLPE-FSN takeaways from #CFS51 ⤵️
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The call for applications to join the second cohort of the Agri-Food Tech incubator has been extended to August 31, 2023!

Seize this opportunity and submit your innovative projects!

Application link: shorturl.at/imr45