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We reached out to four persons from our SIANI member and partner bases who work closely with issues tied to our food systems, in order to gather their opinions and thoughts about the United Nations Systems processes and outcomes.

How do we transform food systems, both locally and globally? What role does Sweden have in this transformation? And what can we learn from the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)?

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published its annual Statistical Yearbook, which provides a comprehensive overview of the global food and agricultural...

This article provides insights into the right to food as a concept, its definition, as well as what it does entail but also does not consider.

Removing structural obstacles and creating opportunities for youth in food systems are political problems and need to be solved with political decisions based on recognition and action for youth.

On the 23rd and 24th of September 2021, the long-awaited United Nations Food Systems Summit  (UNFSS) took place. Announced by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in December 2019, the...

Even though only a few are transmissible to humans, epidemic animal diseases must be treated before entire local economies are disrupted.

Online learning offers great potential to engage with and support participants remotely and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn how this SIANI Expert Group has managed to support emerging African agri-food entrepreneurs and farmers using online training.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives around the world, not the least the ones of forest and Indigenous communities. How did the pandemic impact their livelihoods and environments and how did they cope?