The global food system is undergoing its greatest threats since the Green Revolution of the 1960s. Broken supply chains, a pandemic and human conflict are adding to the existential crises caused by climate change and population growth. Rural communities and those living in marginal environments…
Overview
This webinar seeks to foster an evidence-based exchange of views and sharing of experiences among GFAR members and networks on the nature and impacts of fertilizer shortages and price hikes in their regions. It will identify possible actions and solutions that GFAR members can…
UNFSS National Pathways: Background, process and ways GFAR regional fora and members can contribute to work planned at country level in 2023
Summary record of the webinar held on Thursday, 19 January 2023 (13.00-15.00 CET)
The webinar, organized by GFAR in collaboration with the UN Food Systems…
What is GFAR Talks?
Past GFAR Talks Webinars
GFAR Talks Premiere Debate - UNFSS: Where Next?
GFAR Talks II - The war in Ukraine and the global agrifood system: Implications for Africa and beyond
GFAR Talks III - Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable…
What is GFAR Talks?
GFAR Talks is an exciting new webinar series, which puts farmers centre stage and uses GFAR’s global platform to hold informed debates on issues of interest to platform members and hence based also on the expression of their priorities that are related to agrifood system…
Forgotten foods are future foods: Bridging food sovereignty between generations
This GFAR Talk considers how forgotten foods and the knowledge associated with them can be a vehicle for transformation of the global Agrifood System and empower farmers to be the agents of change. Our two…
Context:
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable includes the following statement:
This year’s report should dispel any lingering doubts that the world is moving backwards…
The global agrifood system is wasteful and damaging but there are steps we can take to tackle it
Supply chain disruptions, a pandemic, extreme weather and now a war in Ukraine have exposed faultlines in the global food system that we ignore at our peril. The crisis demands nothing less than a…
Sayed Azam-Ali, OBE The war in Ukraine has exposed existing fault lines in the global food system which we ignore at our peril. We cannot claim that we were not forewarned but, to date, we have ignored the evidence of vulnerabilities in the global food system at every level, including its fragile…