CFS43
Timetable

Organizational Matters

Agenda Item I
(Decision)

CFS 43 Opening: Sustainable Food Systems, nutrition and climate change

Agenda Item II
(Information and Decision)

Policy Convergence: Discussion ‐ Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition including the Role of Livestock

Agenda Item IIIa
(Information and Discussion)

Inclusive value chains for sustainable agriculture and scaled up food security and nutrition outcomes

CFS engagement in advancing the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

Agenda Item IVa
(Decision)

State of Food insecurity in the world and the 2030 agenda

Agenda Item V
(Information and discussion)

policy convergence; connecting smallholders to markets: policy recommendations

Agenda Item IIIb
(Decision)

Monitoring the implementation of CFS decisions and recommendations: terms of reference for sharing experiences and good practices

Agenda Item IVbi
(Decision)

Monitoring the Implementation of CFS decisions and recommendations: Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure Global Thematic Event

Agenda Item IVbii
(Information and discussion)

CFS engagement in advancing nutrition

Agenda Item IVc
(Decision)

Multi-year programme of work

Agenda Item IVd
(Decision)

Drafting Committee

Lebanon Room (D209)

Forum on Urbanization, Rural Transformation and Implications for Food Security and Nutrition

Agenda Item IVe
(Discussion and decision)

Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition

Agenda Item IVf
(Decision)

Policy Convergence cont: Adoption of Policy Recommendations ‐ Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition including the Role of Livestock

Agenda Item IIIa
(Decision)

Drafting Committee

Lebanon Room (D209)

From Agreement to Action Towards Implementing the 2030 Agenda: Learning from the First Volunteer National Reviews

Evaluation of CFS

Agenda Item VI
(Information)

Other Matters

a) Arrangements for CFS 44
(Decision)

b) Adoption of the Final Report
(Decision)

Agenda Item VII

Adopting African Orphan Crops to Enhance Food Security, Nutrition and Safety

Nutritious Crops Provide Diversified Foods to Improve Health and Wellness, Increase Farm Incomes and Sustain Safe Food

Organizers: NEPAD, ICRAF, BGI, WWF, FAO, MARS Incorporated, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Liberia

Increasing the impact of CFS products through national multistakeholder committees

Role and experience of national multistakeholder committees in awareness raising and supporting the implementation of CFS products, especially in the context of Agenda 2030

Organizers: National Council on Food and Nutritional Security of Brazil, Swiss National Committee for FAO

Strengthening Capacities in Food Security and Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean – looking at the past to build the future

Strengthening capacities of national governments in LAC to globally achieving SDG 2

Organizers: WFP, Guatemala, GRULAC

Policies for Effective Rural Transformation, Agricultural and Food System Transition

Promoting Multi-Sectoral Approaches for Sustainable Development, Food Security and Nutrition and Poverty Reduction

Organizers: FAO, IFAD, Globor Donor Platform for Rural Development, World Bank

Connecting Indigenous Food Systems to Markets: the Maori Experience in New Zealand

Adding value to indigenous food production systems while respecting preferences and cultural identity: connecting local indigenous food producers to markets

Organizers: FAO, New Zealand

Urban food policies and their role in sustainable food systems

A discussion of the political economy of urban/regional food policies and the role of supportive national frameworks

Organizers: IPES-Food, UNESCO Chair on World Food Systems, Ivory Coast, FAO, IUFN

Livestock As A Key Driver For Sustainable Agricultural Development

How Can Livestock Practices Foster Sustainable Development In Agriculture Towards The Implementation Of 2030 Agenda

Organizers: GRA, WFO, OIE

Improving agribusiness and access to markets of smallholder farmers

How good management practices in pluralistic advisory systems can make a difference

Organizers: FAO, South Africa, University of the Free State

Ensuring nutritious diets in a climate constrained world

Country and context specific examples of healthy, diverse and sustainable diets

Organizers: Brazil, Costa Rica, UNSCN, University of Copenhagen

How to reduce food loss and waste while better connecting smallholders to markets.

Showcasing solutions, sharing experiences and identifying challenges in helping smallholders to avoid food losses & waste, to be connected to markets, to protect their livelihoods & increase incomes.

Organizers: Brazil, Italy, Costa Rica, FAO, Civil Society Mechanism representative, CFS Private Sector Mechanism

Financing for food security and nutrition to achieve the SDGs

Innovations in private investment and finance for agriculture, food security and nutrition

Organizers: USAID, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)

Building the base of land governance evidence: frameworks and lessons learned from project, country and global-level monitoring and evaluation efforts

Harnessing local feedback, country data, project monitoring, impact evaluation and the SDGs for learning, policy dialogue and designing effective programs around land that best contributes to food security

Organizers: IFAD, UN Habitat/GLTN, World Bank, MCC, Global Donor WG on Land

Investing in food safety for equitable and sustainable development.

Organizers: Food Safety and Quality Unit, FAO, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses, WHO

Stop those pests!

Plant health’s essential role in eradicating hunger and eliminating poverty.

Organizers: Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australia, Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention

GAFSP Missing Middle Initiative Launch event

Launching a pilot initiative, with $12 million in grant funding to innovative agriculture projects that directly support smallholder farmers

Organizers: Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP)

Contributing to the CFS monitoring mechanism

Experiences with the use of the VGGT, and the challenge for monitoring other CFS decisions

Organizers: Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) Working Group on Monitoring

Data for policy and investment decisions

Lessons from recent efforts in data management for improved food security.

Organizers: CAPMAS Egypt, IFPRI, FAO, World Bank, Bank of Italy

The Role of Livestock in Sustainable Agriculture; Delivering for People, Animals and Planet

Developing farming in ways that maximise Food Security and Nutrition of malnourished adults and children, and enhance the wellbeing of humans, the environment and livestock in the most optimal ways.

Organizers: Senegal, Kenya, FAO, University of Winchester, The Brooke

Transforming food systems for healthier diets

What will it take to achieve major acceleration in achieving healthy diets in the Decade of Action on Nutrition?

Organizers: A4NH, FAO, Global Panel, HarvestPlus, Nourishing Millions

Low use of antimicrobials and healthy and productive animals – a possible equation?

Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging global threat associated with extensive non-rational use of antimicrobials, it will be shown how the livestock sector can contribute to reduce this threat

Organizers: Swedish Univ Ag Sci (SLU), Swedish Int. Ag Network Init (SIANI), Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation

Human rights, food security and nutrition and small-scale fisheries

The human-rights based approach (HRBA) and the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines)

Organizers: FAO, UN OHCHR, IFAD, IPC Fisheries Working Group

Land, gender and food security: the rule of law as an enabler

How rule of law strategies and approaches can promoting gender equality in the area of land, natural resources and food security

Organizers: The International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Italian Mission to the International Organizations in Rome

The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition 2016 – 2025 - CFS expectations and opportunities for engagement

Towards achieving the Outcomes of the Second International Conference on Nutrition and the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals

Organizers: WHO, FAO, Brazil, Italy, Russian Federation (tbc), South Africa (tbc), CSM, HLPE, Academia

“Agropreneurship” for Food Security and Nutrition

Promoting Farmers Empowerment to Advance Food Security And Nutrition In The Framework Of Agenda 2030

Organizers: Argentina, Italy, WFO

Enhancing adaptation capabilities of food insecure populations and small-scale farmers to climate change

A review of experiences on linkages between local adaptation action into national social protection systems

Organizers: UN Rome-based agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP) and WFO

Implementation of AU Declaration on Land in Africa: Strengthening Secure Land Tenure for Women

Secure Land Tenure for Women

Organizers: African Union Commission/Department of Rural Land Economy/Land Policy Initiative

Livestock, Livelihoods and Food Security: Civil society responses to pressing equity, ecological and public health crises

Dialogue on agroecological proposals by peasant and agro-silvo-pastoral communities and other civil society’s perspectives on how to address multiple, complex and intertwined challenges

Organizers: Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)

Official Launch of the FAO Umbrella Programme “Supporting Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems”

Making agricultural investments durably responsible and beneficial for all

Organizers: FAO

Grasscutters, clinics and spider plants

The multi-sectoral nature of scaling up production and utilization of nutritious foods; making it happen – some experiences from the field

Organizers: Bioversity International, FAO, Canada, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, World Vision International

Ideas showcase: Investments to advance the SDGs

10 rapid fire presentations from a diversity of stakeholders including: farmers, research, civil society, UN and private sector

Organizers: Private Sector Mechanism (PSM)

Increasing Food Security Through Transparency in Land Governance

The role of land rights and tenure in realizing the 2030 Agenda

Organizers: Asian Farmers Association (AFA) and the Land Portal Foundation

Empowering Women to End Hunger

Lessons from the Joint Programme on Accelerating Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment

Organizers: Network for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, FAO, IFAD, WFP and UN Women

Who will and how will we feed humanity?

Finding complementarity between contrasting approaches to achieving food security and nutrition

Organizers: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Quaker United Nations Office

Carpe Diem! Addressing THE nexus – water, energy, food & ecosystems –for #ZeroHunger in Africa

It is time to seize the opportunity of CFS recommendations on Water and Food Security and Nutrition to take innovative actions in Africa through partnerships

Organizers: African Union, Global Water Partnership (GWP), International Water Management Institute

Introducing “Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century” – Food for thought and a call to act

“Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st century” is a work of encouragement, whose prime objective is not only to call readers to action, but to outline what action needs to be taken - and how this should be done - to achieve tangible outcomes and impact.

Organizers: Sight and Life and DSM

Contributing to the future priorities of the CFS

Dialogue on common pathways to address Agroecology and Genetic Resources.

Organizers: Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)

Partnerships for sustainable livestock development

The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock and the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership in support of food security and nutrition

Organizers: Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock & Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP)

Sowing the seeds of nutrition through nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems

Lessons learnt from the collaboration between the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture and FAO

Organizers: The German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and FAO (ESN)

Benefits from adopting new technologies - research, innovation and networks for better food security, nutrition and agricultural productivity

How to build a bridge between research / innovations and end users through partnerships. Examples given from maternal and child health, soil diagnostics, solar panels and information systems in Sub Saharan Africa.

Organizers: Finland, University of Helsinki, LUKE, FFD, ISF and TAHA

Connecting family farmers to institutional markets

Results of South-South cooperation on adapting the Brazilian "Zero Hunger” to the African context

Organizers: Brazil, FAO, WFP, IPC-IG – International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

The challenges of monitoring hunger and food insecurity in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

New tools, new roles and responsibilities

Organizers: Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), UK-DFID, EU, FAO Statistics Division

Recent developments in the reduction of food losses and waste as means to improve food security

An overview of the most recent developments in policy, projects and on key issues in the field of reducing postharvest losses

Organizers: Postharvest Network, Wageningen UR, CCAFS, Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Netherlands, FAO

Global analysis of food crises: a mechanism to inform planning and resource allocation decisions and enhance food crises response coordination

The EU, WFP and FAO have joined forces to analyse the impact of current and future food crises and recommend a series of response options

Organizers: FAO, WFP, European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development

Genetic diversity for food security and nutrition

Integrating genetic resources for food and agriculture in food security policies and programmes

Organizers: Slow Food, NEPAD and FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Conflicts of Interest in Food security and Nutrition Policies: Which way forward for the CFS?

Background and policy options to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and safeguard public policy spaces on food security and nutrition against undue influence

Organizers: Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)

Tenure Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals

Leaving no-one behind in the land and fisheries sectors?

Organizers: Strathclyde University, Edinburgh University, IIED, FAO LEGN

Increasing food security and nutrition without clearing forests? – Yes, we can

Integrated, people centred policies and land use as keys for improved food security and nutrition

Organizers: FAO, Republic of Korea, Costa Rica

Bridging global policy agreements and country achievement of the SDGs: the key role of regions for achieving and reviewing progress on food security and nutrition.

Regional Panoramas of Food Security and Nutrition: trends, challenges, successes and obstacles

Organizers: FAO, WHO, Argentina, Bangladesh, Egypt and the African Union

Pastoralism, conflict, land and food security in Africa in the face of climate change

The impact of climate change-related extreme weather events and natural resource competition on pastoralist livelihoods in the arid and semi-arid lands of the Sahel and Horn of Africa – exploring links with stability and peace

Organizers: Pastoralist Knowledge Hub, FAO SP5, World Bank PASSHA, Reseau Billital Maroobe, COPASCO

Territorial Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition and Problematizing Transition

Discussions and strategies towards territorial food systems planning, markets and governance

Organizers: Civil Society Mechanism (CSM)

Ending Hunger: what would it cost?

Organizers: IISD, IFPRI, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Cooperatives: Promoting inclusive rural-urban linkages for sustainable food systems

Organizers: COPAC - UNDESA, ILO, ICA, WFO and FAO

Agricultural Transformation Pathways Towards the SDGs

Presenting existing initiatives and sharing of lessons learned when striving for SDG2 and related goals

Organizers: France, Uruguay, IDDRI and Rothamsted Research, Millennium Institute

Sustainable Dairy Goals

Achieving the Sustainable Development goals – the role of the dairy sector

Organizers: Global Dairy Platform, International Dairy Federation, International Livestock Research Institute

The Future of Food: Towards Sustainable Food Systems

How can we build a food system where food loss and waste are minimized and the use of food does not end at consumption?

Organizers: Food for Soul and International Trade Centre (ITC)