The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to world food security and nutrition.
It provides independent, comprehensive and evidence-based analysis, and elaborates its studies through a scientific, transparent and inclusive process.
Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s 54th Plenary, October 2026 in Rome, Italy
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Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s High-Level Forum in June 2026 in Rome, Italy
Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s High-Level Forum in October 2025 in Rome, Italy
Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s High-Level Forum held on 12 May 2025, in Rome, Italy
Video HLPE-FSN
Watch the video to find out who we are and how the HLPE-FSN experts work to achieve food security and improve nutrition for all.
Today, the 54th Plenary Session of the Committee of World Food Security (CFS) started in FAO headquarters. HLPE-FSN Chairperson, Sayed Azam-Ali,...
The HLPE-FSN is presenting 4 resources at the 54th Plenary Session of the Committee of World Food Security.
Background note for the Committee of World Food Security
Launch of the new HLPE-FSN Note on Critical, Emerging and Enduring Issues for Food Security...
4 September 2026, at FAO headquarters in Rome and online, 14.00 CEST. Register!
Global hunger declined in 2025, yet approximately 2.7 billion people remained unable to afford a healthy diet. This divide...
Meet the Steering Committee
15 world-renowned experts, appointed by the Bureau of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) to serve as members of the Steering Committee of the HLPE-FSN, from the closure of CFS 53 Plenary session
until the closure of the CFS Plenary session of October 2027.
The HLPE-FSN working procedures ensure legitimacy among stakeholders and a high degree of scientific quality: they involve broad stakeholder consultations and the incorporation of different forms of knowledge and expertise, as well as a rigorous scientific peer-review process.
