Rome - A Committee on Agriculture COAG28 side event highlighted the game-changing nature of indigenous Peoples’ food systems, and drew lessons for transforming agrifood systems towards sustainability and resilience in light of COAG28 and COP27. Considered some of the oldest and most sustainable on the planet, Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are intimately tied to nature and able to provide food and nutritional security while maintaining biodiversity and supporting climate resilience.  It is therefore not surprising to see that Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are at the crossroads of several global policy discussions, such as the UN...

From COAG to COP27: Indigenous Peoples’ food systems for sustainable and resilient food systemsDate: 18 July, 12.15 to 13.45 hours Timezone: CEST Please note that this is a hybrid event. To participate online, please register here: https://bit.ly/COAGSideEvent For people with access to the FAO building: Taking into account health security measures, we kindly ask those interested in participating in person to send an email to [email protected] to confirm the availability of attending in person in the Sheikh Zayed Centre.   DescriptionIndigenous Peoples’ food systems are at the crossroads of several global policy discussions, such as the UN Food Systems...

Dublin, Ireland – The International Society for Hunter-Gatherer Research (ISHGR) invited the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit to present its work on “Education for Contemporary Hunter-Gatherers” during the 13th session of the Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS13).

 Umeå, Sweden - The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards invited the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit to the Umeå Food Symposium to present the publication entitled Indigenous Peoples’ food systems: insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change, co-published by FAO and Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT in June 2021. During the event that brought hundreds of publishers, authors, chefs and journalists from over 50 countries to Umeå, FAO on behalf of the partners involved in the publication received the 2022 Hall of Fame Award in person from Edouard Cointreau, the President of the Gourmand World...