With the global population hitting 7 billion people in less than a month, decision makers, development workers, smallholder farmers, public and private entities are faced with the challenge of ensuring access to affordable, safe and healthy food that meets dietary needs in a satisfactory manner while making sure that food is produced in an environmentally sound and socially just manner.

The Share Fair sessions will discuss the various aspects of food security, such as:

• link between rural employment and food security
• how to feed people better and smarter
• impact of migration and population growth on

Related events

27 September

Nexus between rural employment and food security Time: 11:30-13:00 Venue: C500

Local solutions for global problems: Food Security through traditional crops, a participatory approach Time: 11:30-13:00 Venue: B300

Scaling-up rural innovations: lessons from the learning route Time: 11:30-13:00 Venue: C400

Transmitting food culture through art: a creative interdisciplinary approach Time: 14:00-15:30 Venue: C100

Underground treasures: Root and tuber crops for food security in the Asia-Pacific (RTCs-FS Project) Time: 14:00-15:30 Venue: B300

Guidelines for joint planning workshops for nutrition, food security and livelihoods – Agreeing on causes of malnutrition for joint action Time: 14:00-15:30 Venue: C500

Food for cities: Power and potential of virtual communities Time: 14:00-15:00 Venue: Tent - Speakers' corner

Innovative ways of collecting and sharing food security data in East and Central Africa Time: 16:00-17:00 Venue: B300

28 September

The story of the 'Frike' wheat product and how it helps increase income for smallholder farmers Time: 16:00-17:00 Venue: B200

29 September

Ensuring food security through establishing local seed enterprises Time: 9:00-10:00 Venue: C100

The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) Time: 9:00 - 10:00 Venue: B100

The impact of migration and population growth to feed future population – perspectives from the indigenous people of Tanzania Time: 10:30 - 11:30 Venue: Tent - Chill out corner