Indigenous peoples
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Indigenous Peoples at the forefront of the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit: “Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are a game-changing solution to ensure more sustainable food systems”

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Register to the UN Food System Pre-summit Affiliated Session - The White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Collective evidence gathered by Indigenous Peoples to contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit.

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The Ărramăt Project has joined forces with the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems, becoming its lates member.

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The Global Indigenous Youth Forum gathered Indigenous youth’s policy input to the UN Food Systems Summit.

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FAO congratulates Chef José Andrés, an Indigenous Peoples’ food Systems supporter, for being honoured with the 2021 Princess of Asturias Award

Available in English, Spanish

FAO, 2021

This White/Wiphala paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems is the result of collective work by Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and experts, scientists, researchers, and UN staff. Over 47 different units, organizations, and institutions have contributed to the Paper from the seven socio-cultural regions. This final version of the White/Wiphala paper has been coordinated by the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems and edited by a Technical Editorial Committee, and summarises the main points received.

Available in English

Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change

FAO, The Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, 2021

This publication provides an overview of the common and unique sustainability elements of Indigenous Peoples' food systems, in terms of natural resource management, access to the market, diet diversity, indigenous peoples’ governance systems, and links to traditional knowledge and indigenous languages. While enhancing the learning on Indigenous Peoples food systems, it will raise awareness on the need to enhance the protection of Indigenous Peoples' food systems as a source of livelihood for the 476 million indigenous inhabitants in the world, while contributing to the Zero Hunger Goal.