The right to adequate food in urban and peri-urban areas: achievements, challenges, and the way forward

Hybrid Event, 29/10/2024

The event aims to emphasize the integration of the right to food and the right to the city in all measures addressing food insecurity in urban and peri-urban contexts, advocating for equitable, sustainable, and resilient food systems through multilevel governance and human rights-based approaches.

Join us on 29 October from 15.30 to 17.00 (Rome Time), FAO HQ- Austria Room (C237) and online.

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Agenda

Paola Termine, HLPE-FSN Coordinator will moderate the event
Opening remarks

Juan Echanove, Team Leader of the Right to Food, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), FAO
Corinna Hawkes, Director, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division (ESF), FAO

Keynote speech

Jane Battersby, Lead author of HLPE-FSN Report “Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems to achieve food and nutrition”

Panel discussion

Emily Mattheisen, FIAN International
Iromi Perera, Colombo Urban Lab
Elisabetta Recine, National Council for Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA), Brazil and HLPE-FSN
Ximena Moreno, Civil Society and Indigenous People’s Mechanism (CSIPM), Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
Arthur G. Kawamura, Private Sector Mechanism (PSM), CFS
Afantchawo Koudasse, Network of Farmers' and Producers' Organisations in West Africa (ROPPA)

Q&A

CFS Policy convergence process

Adriana Herrera Moreno, CFS Secretary

Closing remarks

Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, Chairperson, HLPE-FSN

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The right to adequate food in urban and peri-urban areas: achievements, challenges, and the way forward

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