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Asean food systems need transformation
THE Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) recently hosted a dialogue aimed at making the region’s food systems stronger and more sustainable.
Results of the “Breaking Silos: Transforming Agricultural Education and Research toward Sustainable Food Systems in Southeast Asia” dialogue will be used to inform the first-ever United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in New York this September, Searca director Glenn Gregorio said.
Noting that food systems were still recovering from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gregorio said the May 18, 2021 gathering brought together 56 participants in three discussion sessions.
“The dialogue discussed the transformations needed in education and research for higher education institutions in the region to establish the future direction for food systems and accelerate collective action to this end,” he added.
At the upcoming UNFSS, inputs from all over the world will be used to identify sustainable solutions for the future of food.
David Nabarro, strategic director of the Food Systems Summit Dialogues Support Team, said “individual and collective actions are significant to build a future of food that is sustainable and equitable.”
Agnes Kalibata, the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for the 2021 UNFSS, told the dialogue that the world’s food systems were valuable instruments of change as they touch every aspect of human existence.
Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/17/business/agribusiness/asean-food-systems-need-transformation/1803539