The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition 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.

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Sustainability
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Ensuring food security: why agency and sustainability matter
03/12/2024

Op-ed by Paola Termine

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New HLPE-FSN team for the report “Building resilient food systems”
31/10/2024

The team will present their findings to the CFS in October 2025 to help inform policy and decision-making at national, regional and global levels

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The HLPE-FSN calls for greater dialogue and engagement between science, policymakers and society
21/10/2024

Statement by the HLPE-FSN Chairperson, Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, CFS 52

 

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Save the date! The HLPE-FSN engages in substantial discussions at CFS 52
16/10/2024

52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security, 21 – 25 October 2024

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HLPE-FSN statement: supporting scientific independence and transparency
30/09/2024

Following the release of an investigative report on 27 September 2024 by several international media outlets

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Call for experts on Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems
23/09/2024

Open until 16 December 2024

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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.

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.