The Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems

The Global-Hub is a space of co-creation of knowledge, in which academic and Indigenous Peoples' knowledge on food systems are blended and given the same level of respect and consideration. It brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts from universities, research centres, Indigenous Peoples and UN agencies around the world to:

- Bridge knowledge gaps on Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems;
- Provide evidence-based information to policy discussions that affect Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems.

The flagship publications of the Global-Hub are the White/Wiphala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and the upcoming Collective Paper on the importance of Indigenous Peoples’ mobility, nomadism, transhumance, and collective rights for biodiversity conservation..

Currently, the Global-Hub includes 32 Members and 4 individual collaborators. FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit holds the Secretariat of the Global-Hub, which was officially endorsed by FAO Members at the 27th session of the FAO’s Technical Committee on Agriculture (COAG).

Members of the Global-Hub

Map of the members and networks of the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples' food systems

Global Members

1. Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

2. Ărramăt Project

3. Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)

4. FAO/INFOODS

5. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD)

6. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

7. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

8. McGill University/Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment (CINE)

9. Research and Advocacy Group for Hunter Gatherer Education (HG-EDU)

10. The Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network (IPON)/Universidad Cayetano Heredia

11. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

12. United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO)

13. United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

14. University of Cambridge

15. University of Greenwich/Natural Resource Institute (NRI)

16. T.H Chan School of Public Health

Regional Member - Arctic

17. Sámi Parliament in Finland

Regional Members - Asia

18. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)

19. Ekta Parishad

20. The Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (TIP)

21. Mantasa

Regional Members - Central and South America and Caribbean

22. Asociación Centro Indígena para el Desarrollo Sostenible (CINDES)

23. Gaia Amazonas

24. Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo

Regional Members - Eastern Europe Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia

25. Centre for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN)

26. Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA)

Regional Members - North America

27. Thompson Rivers University

28. University of Saskatchewan

Regional Members - Pacific

29. Monash University

30. Pacific Blue Foundation

31. Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa | Massey University