- India organized National Dialogue on United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021. The first National Level Dialogue on Agri-Food Systems-Advancing Equitable Livelihoods has been conducted on 12 April, 2021.
The National Dialogue was facilitated by the Inter departmental Group constituted by Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare and the representatives from UN Agencies in Delhi.
UN Food Systems Summit in September 2021:
The United Nations Secretary General has called for the first ever UN Food Systems Summit to be held in September 2021.
It will be held to strategize the actions for positive change in Agri-food systems in the World to realize the vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Focus:
The Summit will focus on levers and pathways to shape food systems nationally and globally to accelerate progress in the Sustainable Development Goals.