UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies

The HLPE-FSN of the Committee on World Food Security is thrilled to announce the nomination of its new drafting team, which has been selected to work on the upcoming HLPE-FSN report on “Building resilient food systems”. The report “Building resilient food systems” will be presented at the 53rd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52) in October 2025. The drafting team is led by Alison Blay-Palmer; the other members are: - Colin Anderson - Philip Antwi-Agyei - Garima Bhalla Bhalla - Lídia Cabral - Francisco Javier Espinosa Garcia - Tomaso Ferrando Ferrando - Isabel Madzorera, ScD - Tammara Soma Ph.D. Soma - Monika Zurek - Paola Termine (Secretariat)  - Johanna Wilkes (research assistant) Alison Blay-Palmer, UNESCO Chair on Food Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, is the founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and a Professor in Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Find out more⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dt7MHyke Johanna W.

This week in Rome, the HLPE-FSN drafting team is hard at work on the report "Building resilient food systems." Different positions and visions are coming together. The team is shaping definitions, examples and pathways, and identifying gaps in both literature and practice. 🔎 The team is making great strides in engaging in deep and productive discussions on equitable transformative resilience in food systems and analyzing the structural vulnerabilities that shape the impacts of shocks and stresses on people and nature. 📌 Transforming food systems requires a holistic and equitable approach. The team had the privilege of meeting FAO’s Carlo Cafiero, who shared key insights into the HLPE-FSN publication process, providing valuable guidance as the team works on the V0 draft of the report. Thank you, Carlo, for your expertise and availability! The Secretariat of the Committee on World Food Security also warmly welcomed the team, offering valuable information about the negotiation processes among Member States to shape global food security and nutrition policies. Many thanks to Adriana Herrera Moreno, Dr Fatiha Terki and Giorgia Paratore for offering their vision and support. Meet the team: https://lnkd.in/dt7MHyke Stay tuned for more updates on this crucial work for food security and nutrition! 

📢 Out now! FAO's report The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 uncovers the #TrueCostOfFood in order to make agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. 📕 Read the report ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fjncne #SOFA2024 #TrueCostAccounting

📖 The Agroecology Coalition just released the publication “𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥” in English, French and Spanish! This document is the product of extensive discussion and presentations under the Coalition’s Working Group on Implementation, which allowed members to interact and reflect on lessons learnt from the implementation of agroecology projects and initiatives worldwide. 🤝 Glad to have worked on this project closely with members & colleagues for the past months. 📺 An online launch event was organized last week and here is the recording in case you missed it 👉🏼 https://lnkd.in/dZnpzRXm 🔎 Publication in English: https://lnkd.in/d6_KdsvF 🔎 Publication in French: https://lnkd.in/dK8KsXyA 🔎 Publication in Spanish: https://lnkd.in/dZdxZMZ2 👏🏼 Many thanks to Pierre Ferrand FAO / Aijuka Joshua PELUM Uganda / Benoit Berger Fair Trade Lebanon / Stacia Nordin, RD Kristof Nordin NeverEndingFood Permaculture Malawi / Yeni Carillo, Sonja Tschirren Simon Degelo Sarah Mader SWISSAID / Andrea Santopaolo elisa pettinati Italian Agency for Development Cooperation - Office in Maputo / Zachary Barton Almost Heaven Farms Alisha Madhavi Magar / UIREC (COOP-CA UIREC) / Alexander Wezel Baptiste GRARD ISARA Lyon / DK SADANA HimRRA / Philipp Bück DK Austria Cristine Muller SOCIAL WORK INSTITUTE (swi) Namaraj Silwal / Oliver Oliveros Valentina Pavarotti Giulia Giordano Frison Emile Stéphanie Agenais for your contribution !

Bon dia! We are advertising a new post-doc position for 2 years in our Food team at UB, linked to the Food Action and Research Observatory (FARO). We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on the Project CITIES4FOOD - TRANSFORMING DIVERSE CITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY, conducting scientific and management activities throughout 2 years. Food systems are at the heart of the current socio-ecological crisis, contributing to a third of greenhouse gas emissions while failing to deliver healthy and adequate food for all (food security), which results in urgent health problems across the globe and mounting inequalities. How we produce, transform, distribute, consume and dispose of food is profoundly transformed by urbanisation trends, with an increasing share of the population living in cities. To tackle these pressing challenges, CITIES4FOOD aims to explore how various urban socio-ecological configurations and governance interventions influence sustainable food security outcomes in an increasingly urbanized world. The postdoctoral researcher will be participating and co-leading research, management and communication activities within CITIES4FOOD. Generally, the researcher will support the PI and the rest of the team in achieving the scientific objectives of the project, developing effective task management and collaborative work, and publishing and disseminating project findings. We seek highly motivated candidates to: - work in an international, innovative and multistakeholder team, - develop state of art research activities (conceptual frameworks, methodologies and empirical work) to create more just and sustainable cities through urban food policies and initiatives, - communicate and amplify scientific, policy and innovation knowledge generated to deliver change locally and internationally, and - develop transdisciplinary work, co-producing solutions with different types of stakeholders and implementing changes on the ground, For additional information on the offer description and application procedures, go to https://lnkd.in/dA3zPJ6v Thanks, Ana