Chloe Durant
Webinar: Pursuing food systems transformation despite financial constraints
On December 13th 2023, we held a webinar in collaboration with Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab at Tufts University which discussed a diverse range of actions from our latest Policy brief “Pursuing food systems transformation despite financial constraints” that are relatively low-cost, or even cost-neutral which can provide a solid and substantial foundation on…
Building Resilience into Food System Transformation in Ethiopia
On the 21st of September 2023 we held a joint workshop in collaboration with our distinguished partners in Ethiopia. The aim was to take a critical look at the evolving challenges facing food systems and to debate the opportunities and challenges inherent in strengthening the resilience of Ethiopia’s food systems. The term ’resilience’ in this…
G20: The critical role of nutrition in global development
The G20 countries are facing multiple, interrelated public health challenges that threaten to further disrupt the achievement of the Sustainable Development Agenda. A key challenge is that our present food systems fail to provide diets that are healthy, affordable, and sustainable for three billion people. Their transformation is key to resolving such challenges. Despite their…
Roundtable: Building Resilience into the Transformation of Ghana’s Food System
On the 18th of July 2023, the Global Panel, in collaboration with its long-established and valued partners in Ghana, convened a hybrid roundtable to in Accra, Ghana. The event brought together Ghanian experts, academics, and policymakers across the government, representatives from WFP, WHO and AGRA, Global Panel members Emmy Simmons and Tom Arnold, and Professor…
Global Panel at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition participated in the UN Food Systems Summit +2 (UNFSS+2) Stocktaking Moment in Rome, from 24 to 26 July 2023, which followed on from the UNFSS in September 2021. The 2021 Summit focussed global attention on the need to transform food systems to ensure they contribute…
9th Annual Panel Meeting
The Global Panel held its 9th annual meeting at St Georges, Windsor Castle in mid-February. Day one of the meeting updated Panel members on the progress and achievements of the last year and outlined plans for the next funding period. Highlights of achievements included working with; Nepal to support development of a monitoring and evaluation…
Presenting our technical paper on repurposing subsidies to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development
On the 22nd November 2022 the Global Panel held a meeting at the House of Lords, Westminster, hosted by Lord Ewen Cameron of Dillington. Prof Marco Springmann, co-author, presented the findings from our technical paper, Exploring Potential Benefits of Repurposing Agricultural Subsidies in sub-Saharan Africa, which aims to inform the debate around rebalancing and repurposing…
Briefing for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Africa
’Future Food Systems – for people, planet and prosperity’, a briefing for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Office for Africa. On April 26, 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF) hosted a briefing to discuss the findings from the Global Panel’s Foresight report, Future Food Systems – for people, planet and prosperity,…
Towards a ‘net-zero equivalent’ global food system
On the 5/6th April we held a 2-day event at St George’s House, Windsor Castle. This event was held to bring together leading decision makers and scientists to develop a deeper understanding of how a ‘net-zero equivalent’ target for food systems could play a key role in simultaneously addressing global environmental challenges (notably relating to…
Opinion piece – It’s time to nourish Africa once and for all
Nature Food published an article today entitled “It’s time to nourish Africa once and for all.“ In the article Dr Adesina argues that for too long African countries have failed to make the necessary investments to provide sustainable, healthy diets for their citizens. Something that should be a basic human right. Today, nearly 250 million…