Food. Nature. People.

Building resilient, sustainable food systems for people and the planet

Our world is in crisis. The evidence is clear that humans are causing climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and a range of interconnected problems that are putting life on earth at risk. At the heart of these challenges is our broken food system, affecting all of us through access to nutrient-rich food that supports health and wellbeing, through providing employment and income, through ensuring that our landscapes are and remain productive in the future.

Current efforts of trying to tackle these challenges independently and in isolation means we are missing opportunities to implement and scale up successful solutions for smallholder farmers and forest-dependent and pastoral communities.

Nature-positive solutions backed by scientific evidence for people and the environment offer an alternative. These are transdiciplinary science-based initiatives that are locally embedded and focused on developing sustainable and socially equitable food systems that mitigate and adapt to climate change, remedy biodiversity loss and restore degraded land.

In this special series, CIFOR-ICRAF will highlight the research, knowledge and people working on initiatives around the world to help solve this food crisis. Join this discussion.

CIFOR-ICRAF and UN Food Systems Summit

CIFOR-ICRAF is involved in the Scientific Group and in Action Track 3 on nature-positive production with focus on agroecology, soil, nutrition and stakeholder engagement. Specifically, CIFOR-ICRAF is co-leading the Coalition of Action for Soil Health: The Global Soil Hub. CIFOR-ICRAF also contributes to independent side events of the UN Food Systems Summit.


Event: Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit

The Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit set the stage for the global event held in September 2021. Scientists from CIFOR-ICRAF are among actors from around the world who came together to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Cooking for a cause

Meet our partnering chefs in the Global South who are strong believers in foods with various ingredients, and get their easy-to-cook and healthy recipes.

Themes

In this special series, CIFOR-ICRAF will highlight the research, knowledge and people working on initiatives around the world to help solve this food crisis.

Food systems: Challenges and solutions

OUR FOOD PRODUCTION IS OUT OF BALANCE
OUR DIETS LACK DIVERSITY
OUR FOOD SYSTEMS ADD TO CLIMATE CHANGE
.. AND THREATEN BIODIVERSITY
WE’RE DEGRADING PRODUCTIVE LAND

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