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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HLPE-FSN event Bringing Together Urban and Food Justice – Building a Common Agenda Across the CFS Workstreams on Inequalities and Urban and Peri-Urban Food Systems
Insight
Bringing together urban and food justice
31/12/2024

Urban food systems must be reimagined to be more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient 

HLPE-FSN covers mix 2024
News
HLPE-FSN Steering Committee renewal: key dates and instructions for applications
16/12/2024

The call for experts will be open from 10 January 2025 to 24 March 2025 (deadline extended)

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

Op-ed by Paola Termine

NEW drafting team
News
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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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.