World Food Day

Closing session. Day 2 of the Stocktake will consider emerging priorities of Day 1 under an action-oriented, accountability-driven lens. It will delve into concrete thematic approaches that act as catalysts for sustainable food systems. The closing Plenary will tie together emerging global priorities, key accelerators of national transformations, and emerging consensus amongst committed and accountable food systems actors as to the direction, objectives and milestones for the next biennium towards 2030. The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place from July 27-29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy. As we approach four years since the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS),  UNFSS+4  will provide a platform for reflecting on progress, strengthening collaboration, and unlocking finance and investments to accelerate food systems transformation. Related Sites and Documents:  Website  and  Programme . Watch the UN Food...

High-Level Panel: Anticipating the Future of Food: Science, Knowledge and Innovation for Just Transformations. Session Overview: This session addresses the critical Science-Policy-Society interfacing gap in food systems research and practice. By mobilizing knowledge co-creation across actors, sectors and scales, it demonstrates how inclusive collaboration accelerates evidence-based food systems transformation by connecting local experience with global knowledge and translating global insights back to local solutions. The session brings together diverse voices including ministers sharing policy action, Indigenous leaders providing rights-based perspectives, and science and policy leaders offering insights on effective approaches and institutional arrangements. Such collaboration transforms fragmented expertise into collective intelligence, enabling integrated action serving nutrition, climate, biodiversity, health and economic development goals simultaneously. Drawing from stories of p...

Ministerial Roundtable: Food Sovereignty - Exploring National Approaches to Accelerating the Food Systems Transition. Session Overview: Food sovereignty is more than food security—it's about the right of communities to shape their own food systems. This roundtable brings ministers and stakeholders together to explore how national strategies grounded in local knowledge, cultural values, and traditional practices are advancing sustainable and equitable food systems. The session will highlight how countries are scaling up local solutions, strengthening small and medium-scale producers, and protecting traditional food systems through supportive public policies and financing tools like certification schemes and geographical indications. It will also explore how food sovereignty principles can be integrated into national planning and investment frameworks to increase resilience and reduce import dependency. Participants will discuss shared priorities, best practices, and opportunities to...

Plenary: Transforming Food Systems Together: Aligning Action, Investment and Accountability. Session overview: Countries are facing increasing pressure from interconnected crises—armed conflict, climate volatility, economic shocks, and widening inequality—all of which drive food insecurity and malnutrition. In this global context and amid shrinking resources, governments often find themselves navigating a landscape of disconnected initiatives that do not always align with their national priorities or realities. Agrifood systems must be at the center of global efforts to end hunger, reduce poverty, and tackle the increase on intensity and frequency of climate events. According to FAO, these systems are responsible for producing the food that sustains life and livelihoods for over 4.5 billion people, yet they are also highly vulnerable to shocks as previously mentioned. At the same time, agrifood systems contribute more than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, consume 70% of fr...

Press Conference by Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on the newly released State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2025 report. Related  Documents  SOFI 2025 report . Watch Mr. Máximo Torero (FAO) on the newly released State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2025 report – Press Conference! Press Conferences

The 2025 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report will provide the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including new estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. Speakers: Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Taye Atske Selassie Amde, President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia A high level representative from the government of Italy The principals of the SOFI partnership (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO) The 2025 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report will, as in previous years, provide the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including new estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. The report will also delve into the challenges that rising food prices present for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.1 and 2.2 targets — namely, ending hunger, food insecurity...

Ministerial Roundtable: Public finance, Trade, and Responsible Investments to Accelerate the Transition. Session overview: At UNFSS+4, financing returns to center stage in a strained food finance ecosystem. The picture is mixed: some low- and middle-income countries have made steps in mobilizing domestic resources, and development finance for food systems has increased, signaling donor commitment. Yet overall financing remains insufficient. The tension between short-term humanitarian needs and long-term structural investments persists. Blended finance continues to favor middle-income countries, while low-income countries struggle to attract private capital. Most agri-SMEs remain locked out of affordable finance. UNFSS+4 is a critical inflection point, but also a moment of opportunity. Promising and innovative country-led financing solutions are emerging, combining domestic, development, and private capital that empower small-scale entrepreneurs, women, and youth. This flagship sessi...

  Ministerial Roundtable: Navigating transitions to inclusive, resilient, healthy and sustainable food systems. Session overview: Four years after the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit, the 2025 Stocktake (UNFSS+4) represents a crucial moment to assess progress, renew political commitment, and accelerate food systems transformation. The Ministerial Roundtable on 'Navigating transitions' will bring together national leaders and global partners to highlight the current hidden costs of food systems, and exchange experiences and progress towards achieving inclusive, resilient, healthy, and sustainable food systems. Speakers will address the importance of coherent policies, informed by evidence and aligned towards the achievement of outcomes across economic, social, environmental, nutrition and health, equity and other priorities. The discussion will identify key barriers and enablers of systemic transitions from country experience and explore ways in which the global community can foste...

Plenary: From vision to action: the power of political will for inclusive, resilient, healthy and sustainable food systems. Day 1 of the Stocktake will offer space for the highest political leadership to reflect strategically on global developments and their relevance to realizing the right to food globally, unpacking the multifaceted relationships between various drivers and root causes, and reaffirming the necessity to pivot towards more sustainable food systems. Inspiring experiences of impactful policy convergence will be shared by decision makers, while practitioners will reflect in depth on the enablers and barriers of ongoing transitions. A crucial enabler of accelerated efforts at-scale, finance and investments will enjoy heightened focus, structured to operationalize the outcomes of the Financing for Development (FfD4) Conference. -- The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) will take place from July 27-29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Ita...

Plenary: High-Level Opening " Harnessing a changing world for the future of sustainable food systems " Plenary: High-Level Opening "Harnessing a changing world for the future of sustainable food systems" Day 1 of the Stocktake will offer space for the highest political leadership to reflect strategically on global developments and their relevance to realizing the right to food globally, unpacking the multifaceted relationships between various drivers and root causes, and reaffirming the necessity to pivot towards more sustainable food systems. Inspiring experiences of impactful policy convergence will be shared by decision makers, while practitioners will reflect in depth on the enablers and barriers of ongoing transitions. A crucial enabler of accelerated efforts at-scale, finance and investments will enjoy heightened focus, structured to operationalize the outcomes of the Financing for Development (FfD4) Conference. -- The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNF...

The event will examine the challenges rising food prices pose for achieving SDG targets 2.1 and 2.2 of ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. The FAO and its co-publishing partners will hold a Special Event dedicated to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World(SOFI) report on the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) and preceding the report's launch on 28 July. The event will examine the challenges rising food prices pose for achieving SDG targets 2.1 and 2.2 of ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. It will highlight progress towards SDG 2, the drivers behind recent food inflation, its impact on food security and nutrition, and policy responses needed to address these effects. Related Sites and Documents:  The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World  and  Event webpage ,  Watch the Special Event on Addressing High Food Price Inflation for Food Security and Nutri...