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.
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Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s High-Level Forum in June 2026 in Rome, Italy
Background note for the Committee on World Food Security’s 54th Plenary, October 2026 in Rome, Italy
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.
Launch of the new HLPE-FSN Note on Critical, Emerging and Enduring Issues for Food Security...
4 September 2026, at FAO headquarters in Rome and online, 14.00 CEST. Register!
Global hunger declined in 2025, yet approximately 2.7 billion people remained unable to afford a healthy diet. This divide...
The team will present their findings to the CFS in October 2027 to help inform policy and decision-making at national, regional and global levels.
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Background note to inform the CFS High-Level Forum on Harnessing Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization and Data Governance for Food Security...
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.
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