UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4) | Ministerial Roundtable: Food Sovereignty.
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 foster food systems that are community-driven, climate-resilient, and economically inclusive. Together, they'll consider how food sovereignty can serve as a powerful lever for long-term transformation that leaves no one behind.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.
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