United Nations Food Systems Summit, 2021

United Nations Food Systems Summit was organized in New York on 23rd September 2021. It was aimed at transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It was convened as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.

Major Aims

  • Raise awareness about food systems for achieving sustainable development agenda, and the urgency of transforming food systems.
  • Making food and food systems a more widespread issue for advocacy and action to achieve the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
  • Recognize the need for inclusivity and innovation in food systems governance and action.
  • Motivate and empower stakeholders who support food systems transformation through the development of improved tools, measurement, and analysis.
  • Include countries, companies, civil society, citizens etc. to catalyze, accelerate, and enlarge bold action for the transformation of food systems.

Food Systems

  • It refers to the wide spectrum of activities involved in producing, processing, transporting and consuming food.
  • The health of our food systems affects the health of our bodies, as well as the health of our environment, our economies and our cultures.

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