Committee on World Food Security
Making a difference in food security and nutrition
Chairperson, Bureau and Advisory Group
Chairperson of the UN Committee on World Food Security
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Anas A. Al-Nabulsi
Chairperson
Anas A. Al-Nabulsi is Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Professor of Food Microbiology and Safety at Jordan University of Science and Technology. With a Ph.D. in Food Safety and Microbiology from the University of Manitoba/ Canada, his career spans over three decades of leadership in food safety, agricultural innovation, and public health.
Professor Al-Nabulsi has led major reforms in agricultural education, integrating digital technologies such as AI and Internet of Things (IoT) into curricula to promote sustainable practices and national food security. He has secured international accreditation for academic programs and directed and participated in numerous research initiatives funded by USAID, WFP, IFAD, ERASMUS+, and others, focusing on food safety management systems, traceability, and institutional capacity building.
His work includes strategic foresight on Jordan’s food transformation system, policy briefs on malnutrition and water conservation, and a national evaluation of the effect of School Feeding Program on Small Farmers in partnership with WFP. He has contributed to regulatory frameworks through roles with the Jordan Food and Drug Administration and the Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization and serves on national committees advancing agriculture and food security.
Al-Nabulsi has published extensively, with over 145 peer-reviewed articles, and received multiple awards recognizing his contributions to food safety and security. His leadership continues to shape inclusive, evidence-based approaches to global food systems, in alignment with the mission of the Committee on World Food Security.
Jhenifer Mojica Flórez
Vice-Chairperson
Ambassador Jhenifer Mojica Flórez (Bucaramanga, 1984) currently serves as Colombia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations agencies in Rome, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, a position she has held since Feb 2025.
She graduated from the National University of Colombia, and is a lawyer and expert in agrarian and environmental law and a renowned human rights activist, particularly for peasant and ethnic communities and victims of armed conflict. She has held top positions in the Colombian public sector, having served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (2023), Director of Ethnic Affairs at the Land Restitution Unit (2022) and Land Manager at the Colombian Institute for Rural Development (2012). Her experience also includes sitting on the Truth Commission (2019), acting as Deputy Director of the NGO Colombian Commission of Jurists (2014) and consultancy work for international cooperation agencies.
As Minister, she spearheaded agrarian reform and rural development, fostering constitutional reforms to recognize peasant rights and create an agrarian jurisdiction, as well as policies that benefit rural women, Indigenous Peoples and victims of conflict. Her achievements include voluntary land purchase, formalization of rural land ownership, promotion of illicit crop substitution and support for the implementation of the Peace Agreement, which improved reparations for victims and revitalized the agricultural sector.
As Ambassador, she secured Colombia's FAO Council membership. She serves as Vice-President of the WFP Executive Board Bureau and chairs the Friends of Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples groups. She also chaired Commission I during the Forty-fourth Session of the FAO Conference and has participated in many international panels on agrifood system transformation, agrarian reform, climate change, food security, biodiversity, innovation, rural youth and Indigenous Peoples.
Bureau members
The Bureau represents the membership of the Committee between sessions and facilitates coordination and preparation of the agenda of the Plenary.
| Region | Members | Alternates |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Tanzania South Africa | Zambia Tunisia |
| Asia | China India | Indonesia Thailand |
| Europe | Bulgaria France | Romania Switzerland |
| GRULAC | Brazil Colombia | Dominican Republic Panama |
| Near East | Egypt Saudi Arabia | Jordan Kuwait |
| North America | United States of America | Canada |
| South-West Pacific | New Zealand | Australia |
Advisory Group
The Advisory Group is made up of representatives from five different categories of CFS Participants (UN bodies, civil society and non-governmental organizations, agricultural research institutions, financial institutions, private sector and philanthropic foundations) and helps the Bureau advance theCommittee’s objectives in particular to ensure linkages with different stakeholders at regional, sub-regional and local levels and ensure an ongoing, two-way exchange of information. In addition, the Chairperson may appoint ad hoc participants for specific topics, with the right to intervene on assigned issues.
Permanent Seats
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)