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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 2h

📅 Will you be at #CFS54? The #FoodSystems Hub will join discussions throughout the week and co-organize three side events on food systems governance, policy coherence and action in complex settings. See our schedule 👇 🔗 Register for our side events: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 16/10/2026

🌍 This #WorldFoodDay, share your #FoodSystems success stories and practices! Contribute to our Database of Practices, with selected practices featured in a 2027 global compendium. 🌐 Open in 6 UN languages 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 🔗 bit.ly/4hMjPId

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 14/10/2026

🌍At a national workshop in Mauritania, the Hub’s Fares Oueslati highlighted the Convergence Initiative’s role in aligning #FoodSystems and #ClimateAction. 💬 “The Convergence Initiative does not replace national plans. It connects them, so that food and climate goals move forward together.”

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 13/10/2026

🌱 At #WWF2026, the side event "From Pathways to Investment Readiness" will explore what countries need to strengthen investment readiness for #FoodSystems transformation, including national planning, partnerships & international support. 📅 15 October | 12:45–14:00 CEST 📍 Austria Room, FAO & online

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 12/10/2026

🌎 At this week's #HandinHand Investment Forum, a side event will showcase how Joint SDG Fund programmes and FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative are supporting #FoodSystems investment in #LatinAmerica & #Caribbean. 📅 15 October | 14:30–15:30 CEST 📍 Networking Lounge, FAO Investment Forum 🗣️ Held in Spanish

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 05/10/2026

📢 Do you have a #FoodSystems experience others can learn from? Share your success stories, promising and good practices and contribute to global learning on food systems transformation. 🌐 Submissions open in 6 official UN languages 📅 Submit by 31 October 2026 🔗 Learn more & submit: bit.ly/4hMjPId

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 01/10/2026

🌱🤖 At the #WAFI2026 World Youth Forum, the Hub’s Nicole de Paula spoke about the role of young people in shaping how AI and technology are used across #FoodSystems. Her keynote highlighted access, responsible AI, youth leadership and the links between technology, policy, finance and evidence. 🌍💡

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 01/10/2026

🌾💡 During #WAFI2026 in Beijing, National Convenors, scientists & partners explored how foresight can help anticipate emerging risks and inform food systems policy, investment & innovation. 🌍💡 🤝 Hosted by the #FoodSystems Hub's Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and China Agricultural University.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 28/09/2026

📢 Call for submissions: Share practical experiences and lessons from #FoodSystems transformation at local, national, regional or global levels. 📅 Deadline: 31 October 2026 🔗 Learn more and submit: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/hub-solution...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 24/09/2026

💧🌾 Water efficiency, investment-ready projects & locally adapted solutions were among the priorities raised at the high-level opening of the Regional Convergence Workshop in İzmir. ⬇️ Speakers also highlighted sustainable agriculture, climate finance & regional cooperation ahead of #COP31.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 23/09/2026

🌱 At the Global Youth Forum on #OneHealth, the Hub’s Nicole de Paula shared lessons from #YLPfoodsystems on connecting young leaders with national decision-making. 💬 When we train these young leaders, we talk about the links, the complexity, but also the political economy behind implementation gaps

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 21/09/2026

🌱 Human, animal and ecosystem health are closely connected to our #FoodSystems. A new policy brief from the Hub’s Scientific Advisory Committee explores how countries can strengthen #OneHealth through national food systems pathways. 📘 ➡️Read more: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 15/09/2026

🌍 Hub Director a.i. Carlos Watson highlighted National #FoodSystems Convenors’ role in bringing sectors together for stronger policy & governance. 💬 “It is through a shared vision and a common sense of purpose across people that policies will align.” #2026SummitBhutan #ConsciousFoodSystems

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 15/09/2026

📍 In Bhutan, Hub Director a.i. Carlos Watson met with government counterparts on the sidelines of #ConsciousFoodSystems. 🤝 Discussions connected priorities across food systems finance, research & innovation, youth, health, Bhutan’s Five-Year Plan, and opportunities for UN support. #2026SummitBhutan

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 15/09/2026

🌍 Creating the right conditions for #FoodSystems transformation requires action across all levels. At #ConsciousFoodSystems #2026SummitBhutan, discussions connected global perspectives with national experience from Mongolia, local action in Medellín, Indigenous communities in India & science.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 15/09/2026

🌱 At #ConsciousFoodSystems #2026SummitBhutan, National Convenors, policymakers & #FoodSystems actors explored the leadership needed for stronger #PolicyCoherence. 🤝 Listening, trust, courage & long-term vision can help Convenors bring sectors together, navigate trade-offs & sustain collaboration.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 14/09/2026

🌍 Join the next Food Systems Solutions Webinar on women’s leadership & policy influence across Africa. 👩🏾‍🌾 Explore how women leaders can be more effectively engaged in national #FoodSystems pathways, with good practices from across Africa. 📅 22 Sept | 14:00 CEST 🔗 Register: bit.ly/FSSW0922

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 11/09/2026

🤝 At #AFSF2026, the Hub met with Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems. 🌍 Discussions covered governance & science, alignment with the #CAADP Kampala agenda, and continued support to countries advancing national #FoodSystems pathways.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 11/09/2026

🔥 At #AFSF2026, young leaders, agripreneurs & policymakers discussed creating more space for youth leadership in Africa’s #FoodSystems. 🌱 The Hub’s Nicole de Paula highlighted how #YLPfoodsystems helps young leaders build skills & pathways to influence decisions. 👉 Learn more: bit.ly/4xhcoOO

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 11/09/2026

🌱 66.6% of Africa’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2025, while 70–75% of food costs are generated after the farm gate. - SOFI At #AFSF2026, Khaled Eltaweel highlighted the role of processors, transporters & SMEs in reducing costs, creating jobs & expanding markets through #AfCFTA.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 11/09/2026

🌱 A first look at the new UN #FoodSystems Youth Leadership Programme Toolkit! At #AFSF2026, the #FoodSystems Hub introduced the free, self-paced platform, with 8 chapters & 83 lessons for young food systems leaders 📅 Toolkit launch: 30 Sept | 14:00 CEST 👉 bit.ly/4y0Tlcw 🤝 Germany & Foresight4Food

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 11/09/2026

🌍 At #AFSF2026, the Hub’s Youth Leadership Programme & African Food Fellowship brought youth, researchers, National Convenors & policymakers together through the Science–Policy–Society Interface. 🌱 Supporting youth to shape national #FoodSystems priorities & follow-up. 🤝 Supported by Germany.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 10/09/2026

🌍 At #AFSF2026, Khaled Eltaweel highlighted how South-South & Triangular Cooperation can help countries adapt tested solutions & connect them with investment. 💬 “Emphasis should be on adaptation rather than simply transferring models.” 🤝 Hub regional exchanges support this learning: bit.ly/3SnQtqY

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 10/09/2026

💧 At #AFSF2026, Brazil & the Hub highlighted low-cost water solutions, including Brazil’s Cisterns Program, to strengthen food security & climate resilience. 🌱 The Hub's Khaled Eltaweel linked scaling these solutions to policy coherence through the Convergence Initiative. 🔗More: bit.ly/4h8r3XG

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 09/09/2026

🌱 At #AFSF2026, the Hub’s Thembani Malapela highlighted how policy coherence & financing can connect #FoodSystems priorities with investment. The masterclass explored tools for financing National Agrifood Systems Investment Plans and alignment with #CAADP Kampala.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 03/09/2026

🌍 Climate change has cut Africa’s agricultural productivity growth by 34% since 1961. At #AFSF2026, Khaled Eltaweel highlighted the need to better connect #FoodSystems, climate action & finance. 🌱 The Hub’s Convergence Initiative is supporting 8 African countries to do this: bit.ly/4h8r3XG

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 03/09/2026

🤝 At #AFSF2026, the Hub brought together National Food Systems Convenors & CAADP Focal Persons to discuss country priorities and stronger coordination with the #CAADP Kampala process. 🌍 Their perspectives inform the Hub’s #AFSF2026 key messages for Africa’s #FoodSystems. 📖 bit.ly/465QOlf

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 03/09/2026

🌍 At #AFSF2026, a #FoodSystems Hub & AUDA-NEPAD session highlighted how stronger policy coherence can connect national priorities with #CAADP Kampala & #Agenda2063, strengthen coordination and support investment in #FoodSystems. 📖 Key messages: bit.ly/465QOlf

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 01/09/2026

Opening the #ConsciousFoodSystems Summit, PM Tshering Tobgay asked: What are food systems ultimately for? 🌱 Drawing on Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness approach, he stressed that #FoodSystems should nourish people, support livelihoods, protect nature and contribute to wellbeing. #2026SummitBhutan

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 01/09/2026

🤝 At the #ConsciousFoodSystems Summit in Bhutan, Hub Director a.i. Carlos Watson and the @fao.org delegation met with FAO Bhutan Country Office to discuss #FoodSystems priorities. Talks covered food systems finance, research & innovation, exports and youth engagement. #2026SummitBhutan

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 01/09/2026

🌍 Happening at #AFSF2026: a practical Masterclass on tools to design, implement and finance National Agrifood Systems Investment Plans. Hands-on learning labs will explore systems approaches to investment planning and the CAADP Kampala agenda. 📅 3 Sept | 09:00–13:00 | MH2

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 01/09/2026

🌱 At the #ConsciousFoodSystems Summit in Bhutan, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the links between food and climate security and the role of values and mindsets in transforming #FoodSystems, with families & communities at their heart. #2026SummitBhutan #FoodSystemsTransformation

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 31/08/2026

🌍 The #FoodSystemsCountdown Report 2026 provides a new data-driven assessment of how #FoodSystems are performing against global targets and benchmarks, and what is needed to accelerate progress towards #Agenda2030. 📊 Explore the findings: openknowledge.fao.org/items/f30ecc...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 31/08/2026

🌍 At #AFSF2026, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is highlighting key priorities for #FoodSystems transformation across #Africa, informed by National Convenors, the #UNFSS2025 Call to Action and regional priorities. #CAADP 🔗 Read the key messages: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/docs/unfoods...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 31/08/2026

🌍 We're heading to #AFSF2026! 💧🌱 Join us for discussions on water and resilience, policy coherence, youth leadership, financing, trade and investment, and strategic foresight for Africa’s #FoodSystems. 📅 31 August–3 September 🔗 Learn more: afs-forum.org/summit/2026/... #CAADP #Africa

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 28/08/2026

🌍 Join us for "Leadership Skills for Policy Coherence and Transformative Governance" at the Global #ConsciousFoodSystems Summit in #Bhutan. 📅 2 September 2026 | 16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+6) | Seed Room 🔗 More about the Summit: consciousfoodsystems.org/online-parti... #2026SummitBhutan #FoodSystems

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 27/08/2026

🌱 At #UNCCDCOP17, countries and partners explored how national #FoodSystems pathways can better connect #SoilHealth with land restoration, climate, biodiversity and water. 💬 Read reflections from the discussion👇 🤝 #FoodSystems | @fao.org | IUCN | @ifad.org | @ca4sh.bsky.social

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 27/08/2026

🌱 At #UNCCDCOP17, Khaled Eltaweel shared lessons from the #FoodSystems Hub on scaling regenerative agriculture. This means integrating it into national food systems & climate plans, backed by finance, markets, research and support for smallholders. #COP17Ulaanbaatar

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 26/08/2026

🌍 Join the Global Conscious #FoodSystems Summit online The Summit takes place in #Bhutan from 31 August–4 September 2026, with opportunities to participate online throughout the week. 🌾 Follow the livestreams and recordings by subscribing here: mailchi.mp/c25451cccd29...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 25/08/2026

🌍How can stronger alignment across #FoodSystems policies, institutions and investment support implementation of the #CAADP Kampala Declaration? Join us at #AFSForum2026 for an interactive discussion drawing on experiences from across #Africa. 📅 31 August | 15:00–16:00 🔗 bit.ly/4zBAiGZ

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 25/08/2026

⏰ Remember to register! 🌱 Join us at #COP17Ulaanbaatar to explore how stronger connections across food systems, soil health and land restoration can support more coherent action at country level. 📅 27 Aug | 13:00–14:30 📍 MET24 🔗 bit.ly/45Gb1xK #FoodSystems #SoilHealth

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 24/08/2026

🌍 At #UNCCDCOP17, the Hub's Khaled Eltaweel said: 💬 “The 3 COPs in 2026 offer an opportunity to move from parallel tracks to one coordinated track: anchor climate, biodiversity & land restoration in national food systems pathways, connect data & reporting, & use finance to incentivize coherence.”

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 24/08/2026

🌱 At the Access to Water, Socio-Productive Inclusion & Resilience session at #UNCCDCOP17, the Hub's Khaled Eltaweel called for stronger cooperation to connect food systems, climate & development agendas. 💬 “No single institution, sector, or stakeholder can deliver this transformation alone.”

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 12/08/2026

🌍 Different contexts. Common aspirations. This #YouthDay, meet 4 of our #YLPfoodsystems Youth Leadership alumni working across Fiji, Malaysia, South Africa and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines to strengthen sustainable and resilient #FoodSystems. More on YLP: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/hub-solution...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 07/08/2026

🌍 A new wrap-up from the Regional Convergence Initiative Dialogue in Cairo shares insights from 13 African countries on better connecting #FoodSystems, #ClimateAction and #Resilience. Read the full story 🔗 www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat... #CAADP #Agenda2063 #AswanForumVI #Africa

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 31/07/2026

📢 The July newsletter is out! This month's edition features: 🌍 Lessons from 20 countries in new publication 🤝 A new SUN Movement partnership 🌿 Country updates through the Convergence Initiative & Joint SDG Fund 🎙️ Upcoming webinar on farmer-led innovation 📬 Read more: mailchi.mp/2634e692ea84...

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 24/07/2026

🌍 Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop agreed on the priorities that will shape a new Convergence Action Blueprint, aligning #FoodSystems transformation and #ClimateAction through the Hub's Convergence Initiative. 🤝 Developed with the Government of Nigeria and UN partners.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 22/07/2026

🤝 Nigeria's National Convergence Workshop opened with calls for stronger collaboration to align #FoodSystems transformation and #ClimateAction through a national convergence roadmap. 💬 Watch highlights from the high-level remarks.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 16/07/2026

🎤 The "Convergence Initiative Dialogue: Strengthening resilience in Africa by aligning food systems & climate action" highlighted the need for stronger coordination across #FoodSystems, #ClimateAction & #Resilience. 🌍 ➡️ Read key messages from the Hub, CCCPA, FAO, WFP, Egypt and the Netherlands.

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UN Food Systems Coordination Hub @unfoodsystemshub.org · 15/07/2026

🌍 In Cairo for the "Convergence Initiative Dialogue: Strengthening resilience in Africa by aligning food systems & climate action," the first regional dialogue under our Convergence Initiative. 🤝 Bringing together food systems, climate & peacebuilding to strengthen country-led action across Africa.

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