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 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.
15 world-renowned scientists drawn from academia, research institutions, the public and private sector, civil society and other constituencies
Opening statement by the HLPE-FSN Chairperson, Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann
The team will present their findings to the CFS in October 2026 to help inform policy and decision-making at national, regional and global levels
Launch of the HLPE-FSN’s latest report, “Building resilient food systems”
4 September 2025, at FAO headquarters in Rome (Green Room) and online, 14.00 CEST. Register!
Formulating more effective food security and nutrition policies requires a deeper understanding of the underlying forces that drive food systems’...
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 51 Plenary session
until the closure of the CFS Plenary session of October 2025.
