Science, gender equality, and the inclusion and participation of indigenous peoples and especially indigenous women are vital for the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Indigenous women are food providers, custodians of seeds, keepers of medicinal plants, and guardians of biodiversity. The indigenous traditional knowledge they...

The need of recognizing indigenous peoples' food systems as game-changing solutions towards transforming more sustainable food systems is the main conclusion of the CFS47 side-event Indigenous Peoples roadmap towards the UN Food Systems Summit. "There is a critical need for indigenous peoples' leadership and perspectives to be included at the UN Food System Summit", expressed Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of FAO.

   

Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa - Short Bio Yon Fernández-de-Larrinoa is head of the Indigenous Peoples Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) since 2014.  In the frame of his responsibilities, he co-coordinates the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems that he started in 2020, supported the creation of the Coalition on Indigenous Peoples food systems post UN summit and with Canada Started the Group of Friends of Indigenous Peoples in Rome. He has been one of the main authors and coordinator of key publications by FAO on Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems, Matrifocal Societies and Labelling and...