In the current context of cascading environmental, political and economic challenges, awareness is growing of the need to increase food-system resilience. Increasing uncertainty, coupled with rising levels of food insecurity, demands a shift towards structures and systems that can better mitigate shocks and stresses. Action is needed now to bring about equitably transformative resilience (ETR) in food systems to realize the right to food for all and ensure planetary well being for generations to come. ETR should happen before, during, and after crises. To this end, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested that the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) develop a report leading to a set of focused and action-oriented policy recommendations to build resilient food systems in the face of growing vulnerabilities. The resulting report, Building resilient food systems, is based on the most recent academic literature, scientific findings and policy debates.