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.
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.
Without addressing food systems, One Health risks overlooking one of its most powerful levers for improving health and sustainability.
NEW deadline: 4 May 2026
Deadline: 4 May 2026 (extended)
Ponencia de Cecilia Elizondo, miembro del Comité Directivo del GANESAN, sobre la Evidencia científica: Presentación de hallazgos clave de la Nota...
NEW deadline: 13 February 2026
First in-person meeting of the new Steering Committee of the HLPE-FSN
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.
