The Landscape Charter: A Policy Instrument for the Participatory Territorial Valuation of Traditional Agri-Food Systems — Case Study: Traditional Livestock in Flooded Savanna Ecosystems 

The Landscape Charter is a public policy instrument aimed at protecting agricultural production areas that hold traditional knowledge and demonstrate the co-adaptation of rural communities with their environment through practices such as livestock farming, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, and forestry. Presented through the case study “Traditional Livestock and Agri-Food System in the Flooded Savanna Landscape of Paz de Ariporo (Casanare, Colombia),” the Landscape Charter is founded on a participatory methodology—recognition, preparation, characterization, and agreement—which combines traditional and scientific knowledge. The case study illustrates an agri-food system deeply rooted in local culture and vital to national food security. The Charter’s alignment with FAO’s GIAHS programme, the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, and the Four Betters has made it possible for local communities to pursue the GIAHS nomination, strengthening territorial management, integrating into international cooperation networks, promoting farmer-to-farmer learning, and developing strategies to enhance the value of their territories. 

AgroAdapt: Cultivate the Future – Elevating Agricultural Resilience through Serious gaming and Dialogue. 

How do we prepare for farming in a future shaped by climate change, especially when that future is uncertain? AgroAdapt transforms this challenge into an interactive, hands-on experience. 

Grounded in real data from FAO’s Global Agro-Ecological Zoning (GAEZ) dataset on crops, land, and climate, the game invites participants to step into the roles of policymakers, farmers, and community leaders. Together, they must respond to extreme events, make difficult trade-offs, and explore the power of collaboration. 

Through gameplay, dialogue, and reflection, participants will discover how serious games can inspire new perspectives and build trust across sectors. 

AgroAdapt is not just a game but a platform for action: helping governments, researchers, and communities co-design resilient agrifood systems.  

Join us to play, debate, and imagine pathways toward a food-secure, climate-resilient future. 

Waste to Fashion – Exhibition Area 

Discover how discarded materials are turned into value. Fish skins and banana peels, once considered waste, are transformed into durable leather and natural fibres. These materials become fashion items and décor objects while supporting circular economy models. The process reduces environmental impact and generates income for local communities, demonstrating how innovation and sustainable design can drive both style and economic development. 

Smart Agri-machinery Service Center for Smallholder Farmers 

South–South cooperation project between China and Brazil with innovative partnerships. 

Key challenges in Brazilian family agriculture: 

• Smallholder affordability: cannot afford machinery and face difficulties obtaining loans, leading to low production efficiency. 
• Manufacturer reluctance: SMEs hesitant to build factories/produce due to market uncertainty. 
• Financial institution hesitation: concerns about repayment capacity resulting in inefficient loan distribution. 

Solution: 

• Provide smart small–medium agri-machinery with intelligent terminals; data transmitted to a management platform for work-area verification and real-time monitoring. 
• Establish Smart Agri Machinery Service Centers (with organizations such as MST). Yield gains could cover machinery costs in 3–5 years. 
• Replicate service centers as standardized modules across Brazil. Build a national machinery management platform to create smallholder credit profiles based on operational data and enhance loan efficiency via data-driven risk assessment. 

Meet our 2025 FFS Innovators 

Building on the visibility of the Farmer Field School Innovation Award 2025, we propose a dynamic session entitled “Community driven Innovation in Action: Meet the 2025 FFS Award Winners!” to connect award-winning innovators with participants and partners. The session will feature presentations and discussions with the 2025 laureates. In addition, the stand will display objects, items, and food products derived from the innovations, alongside visual posters and contact details to encourage networking. The objectives of this session are to promote the awardees and their contributions, facilitate direct exchanges between innovators and participants, and showcase tangible results of farmer-led innovations that can inspire scaling and collaboration. The expected outcomes include increased visibility for FFS and the awarded innovations, new opportunities for collaboration between innovators, international organizations and participants, and greater awareness of the role of community-driven innovation in food systems transformation. 

Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (ATIO)  

The ATIO initiative will be featured through a dynamic 2-hour exhibition session. It will include: (1) “Speak with the Authors” moments to engage visitors with the authors of the ATIO Report; (2) live demonstrations and guided trials of the ATIO Knowledge Base (KB) platform; and (3) a looping video presentation introducing ATIO’s vision, tools, and impact. 

Next-Generation Food Safety Systems: Portable Biosensors and a European Science-Policy-Society Platform | National Research Council of Italy - CNR 

This proposal combines technological and governance innovations to strengthen food safety monitoring and collaboration. 

Portable Oxygen-Sensor Biosensing Platform enables rapid, low-cost, field-ready microbial detection in food matrices and surfaces. Packaged in disposable vials, swabs, and sachets with a handheld reader, it allows real-time monitoring without specialized labs, supporting food safety even in resource-limited settings. 

EU Food Safety Platform (FoodSafety4EU https://foodsafetyplatform.eu/) acts as a science-policy-society interface, engaging ~80 institutions, food safety authorities, universities, companies, and consumers. Through a digital knowledge centre, EU Food Safety Forum, co-creation rooms, and multi-actor events, it promotes participatory governance and communication across Europe. 

Together, they demonstrate how technology and networks can support safer food systems, contributing to SDGs 2, 3, and 12.

Technology and innovation for sustainable aquatic food systems

The exhibition will showcase a range of innovative projects and technologies in fisheries and aquaculture, all aimed at enhancing sustainability, biosecurity and resource management in the sector. Items on display will include smart water quality sensors for shrimp health management, tagging systems to combat abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), solar tent drying technology for fish preservation, black soldier fly as a sustainable fish feed alternative, and the high-tech research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, which supports sustainable fisheries and has contributed to the discovery of new fish species.