Food system transformation & policy advisory

Target Group


The course is tailored for policymakers, city planners, practitioner, food industry professionals, international development experts, and key stakeholders in local food systems, possessing practical experience and decision-making competencies.

Background/Introduction

The challenges confronting our local, regional, and global food systems are immense and complex. These challenges include overconsumption, malnutrition (or hidden hunger), price instability, food insecurity, and large environmental impacts such as biodiversity loss. Agriculture stands as a primary contributor to climate change, while paradoxically bearing the brunt of escalating droughts, floods, and other weather extremes exacerbated by climate change. Simultaneously, food systems serve crucial functions, encompassing "ensuring food security and nutrition for a growing population, supporting the livelihoods of millions of people working in the food supply chain, and doing so in an environmentally sustainable way" (OECD 2021). Therefore, a transformation of our existing food systems is imperative to meet future demands.


Goals

During this training, participants will delve into specific segments of the food system, including food production, food processing and distribution, food markets and retail, food consumption and access, as well as post-consumption and food waste. The focus will be on developing comprehensive action plans that identify all relevant stakeholders, fostering collective efforts to implement action plans, awareness campaigns and activities, in order to long-term achieve a sustainable food system transformation. Participants will receive the information and methodologies necessary to collaboratively develop practical pathways toward a more resilient food system that nurtures both people and the planet.

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