IFAD at the 2021 Food Systems Pre-Summit

26 - 28 July 2021

This three-day Pre-Summit will bring together the efforts and contributions of the global engagement process designed to give shape to our ambitions to transform our food systems.

It will gather youth, small-scale farmers, Indigenous Peoples, researchers, private sector representatives, policy leaders, and ministers of agriculture, environment, health, and finance, among others, to contribute the latest evidence-based and scientific approaches from around the world, launch a set of new commitments through coalitions of action, and mobilize new financing and partnerships.

The Food Systems Summit will take place in September alongside the UN General Assembly in New York.

Official and affiliated sessions

Wednesday, 21 July | 14:00 – 15:00 CEST
•Rural Development Report: Food systems transformation for rural prosperity

Monday, 26 July | 13:30 – 14:20 CEST
• Mobile pastoralism valuing rangeland variability: A game-changing idea for sustainable consumption and production from the livestock sector

Monday, 26 July | 19:30 – 20:30 CEST
• Agrobiodiversity for a sustainable future

Tuesday, 27 July | 13:30 – 14:20 CEST
• Rural Voices: Listening to small-scale producers and agri-entrepreneurs
• Indigenous peoples’ agency for an equitable and resilient food system
• The role of evaluation in shaping the food systems of the future – the evidence case for gender-responsive and equitable food systems

Tuesday, 27 July | 17:30 – 18:30 CEST
• Mobilizing trillions: Financing for impact, leveraging the pivotal role of the Public Development Banks

Wednesday, 28 July | 13.30 – 14.20 CEST
• Tokenism or democratic representation? Commitments for institutionalizing youth agency in food policy spaces

For more information, visit the Food Systems Pre-Summit website.