UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

📘 Our new publication, "Implementing National Food Systems Pathways: Emerging Practices", brings together practical lessons from more than 20 countries advancing food systems transformation. 🌱 It highlights emerging practices to strengthen governance, improve coordination and support country-led implementation. These lessons were also explored during a recent Hub Global Touchpoint, where countries shared practical experiences and reflected on the progress and challenges shaping implementation. 🔗 Read the article: https://lnkd.in/dzZr4c6c #FoodSystems #GlobalGoals

🌍 During the #COAG30 side event at FAO on scaling innovations in agrifood systems policy design and implementation, policymakers and practitioners from AUDA NEPAD, Ireland, Rwanda and Zambia shared how countries are applying systems approaches to align priorities, strengthen governance and accelerate implementation of the CAADP Kampala Declaration. Closing the discussion, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub Director a.i. Carlos Watson highlighted the Hub's role in supporting countries to connect priorities across sectors and advance their national food systems pathways. 💬 "Food systems transformation is not an additional agenda. Rather, it can serve as a platform for advancing multiple development objectives simultaneously." 📘The event also marked the launch of Tools and Methods to Support the Design and Implementation of Policies for Agrifood Systems Transformation – A Handbook for Policymakers, providing practical guidance to strengthen policymaking capacities. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eTt6777q #FoodSystems #GlobalGoals #COAG30 #CAADP

🌱 Armenia is advancing the priorities identified through the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub's #FoodSystems and #ClimateAction Convergence Initiative. 🤝 Building on the national Convergence Initiative Workshop held in Tsaghkadzor in March, government representatives and development partners recently came together to validate Armenia's draft Food Security and Agriculture System Development Action Plan 2027–2030 before its submission to the Ministry. The Action Plan will help guide the country's food security and agricultural development priorities over the coming years. 💬 Arman Khojoyan, PhD, Deputy Minister of Economy, shared the Government's vision: "Over the next five years, we envision an agricultural sector that is smarter, greener, more resilient to climate change, more integrated into international markets, and more attractive to young entrepreneurs and private investors. Achieving this vision requires coordinated action and continued partnership." 💬 khaled Eltaweel, PhD, Senior Programme Officer at the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, reflected on the progress since the Convergence Initiative: "The priorities identified during the workshop are now helping to shape the country's agriculture and food systems agenda. The Hub, together with the UN Country Team, remains committed to supporting Armenia on this journey." 🔗 Read the Government of Armenia's press release: https://lnkd.in/ec2EYCDa 🔗 More on Armenia's Convergence Workshop in March: https://lnkd.in/e_FAgbVy: 

🌍 During Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop in Abuja, participants agreed on a shared vision for the country's food systems by 2040 and identified the priorities that will shape a new Convergence Action Blueprint, aligning food systems transformation with climate action. 🌱 The Blueprint will focus on strengthening governance, mobilizing sustainable financing, scaling climate-smart agriculture, building resilient food value chains, and expanding opportunities for women and youth. 🤝 Developed through the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub's Convergence Initiative, in partnership with the Government of Nigeria and UN partners. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gp3CbvTR 🔗 Learn more about the Convergence Initiative: https://lnkd.in/djwWrnqB #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #Nigeria #GlobalGoals

🧑🌾 Join the next Science Policy Updates for All webinar on farmer-led innovation and government readiness to prevent future food crises. Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and invited experts will discuss diversified farming systems, financing and the policies needed to strengthen resilience. 📅 Thursday, 6 August 2026 ⏰ 13:30–14:30 CEST 👉 Register: https://cutt.ly/SAC-W6AUG 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gcFPy_dp 🎙️ Jean-François Soussana | Thomas Cherico WANGER 王立农 | Shakuntala Thilsted | Mohamed Ait Kadi | Shenggen Fan

🤝 The Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub have launched a new Partnership Collaboration Framework to strengthen coordinated support for countries. 🌱 By combining networks and expertise, the partnership will support governments to better align policies, strengthen coordination, mobilize financing, and deliver food systems that improve nutrition, resilience, and sustainability. 📖 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gSKUq3HB #FoodSystems #Nutrition #GlobalGoals

🤝 Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop opened with calls for stronger collaboration to align food systems transformation and climate action. 💬 Swipe through for highlights from the high-level remarks. 🌱 Through the Hub's Convergence Initiative, participants are working towards a national convergence roadmap to strengthen policy coherence and support coordinated, country-led action. 🎙️Sen . Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi | Doris Uzoka-Anite MD, CFA | Mohamed Malick Fall | Lara Blanco

🌍 Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop brought together government, UN agencies, civil society, academia and the private sector to strengthen coordination between #FoodSystems transformation and #ClimateAction. 🌱 Through the Hub's Convergence Initiative, participants are developing a national convergence roadmap to strengthen cross-sector coordination, align food systems transformation with climate goals, and identify priority policies and investments that build more resilient food systems, support local food production and reduce import dependency. 🤝 Made possible through the collaboration of the Federal Government of Nigeria, led by the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and supported by the Federal Ministries of Agriculture and Food Security, Environment, Trade and Investment, Innovation and Blue Economy, the Office of the National Food Systems Convenor, the UN Resident Coordinator, the UN Country Team, FAO, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and other key partners, the workshop supports a more coordinated approach to advancing national priorities across food systems, climate and sustainable development. 🔗Read more: https://lnkd.in/gp3CbvTR 🔗 Learn more about the Convergence Initiative: https://lnkd.in/djwWrnqB

🎤 Opening remarks at the "Convergence Initiative Dialogue: Strengthening resilience in Africa by aligning food systems & climate action”. 🌍 Speakers highlighted the need for stronger coordination across food systems transformation, climate action and resilience, noting that Africa's food systems are under growing pressure from climate change and conflict. They also emphasized the opportunity to bring national policies and investments closer together through the Kampala Declaration and CAADP Strategy. ➡️ Swipe through for highlights from the opening remarks by khaled Eltaweel, PhD, Ambassador Seif Kandeel, Samer Abdeljaber, Abdul Hakim Elwaer, Ambassador Peter Mollema and Ambassador Karim Sherif. FAO | World Food Programme | AUDA NEPAD | Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA) | Aswan Forum | Embassy of the Netherlands in Egypt #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #Resilience #Africa #Agenda2063 #AswanForumVI #GlobalGoals