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High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
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The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to world food security and nutrition.
🐟 Fisheries & aquaculture support livelihoods, food security, sustainable diets & communities, especially in coastal, riverine & Indigenous areas.

📗#DYK the HLPE-FSN is preparing a report on aquatic food systems, soon open for public consultation? Stay tuned! #WorldFisheriesDay
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#Science equips humanity to grow, to thrive & to live in peace.
🕊️On World Science Day for Peace & Development we reaffirm that peace is fundamental to achieving food security and all SDGs.

💥Conflict is one of the leading drivers of hunger.
Read more📄⤵️
openknowledge.fao.org/items/960639...
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌍 Meet the 🆕HLPE-FSN Steering Committee!

15 leading experts in #FoodSecurity & #Nutrition will guide the Panel’s work, providing independent, science-based advice to the CFS.

👏 Learn more: www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe...
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🔴Join us at #CFS53 side event "Securing Land Rights for Climate Action, Biodiversity and Food: Indigenous Peoples and Family Farmers leading the way through Agroecology, Knowledge and Safeguards, aligning with the ICARRD+20 Vision"

🔗https://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-governance/cfs53/side-events/en/
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
📌"Science can provide the evidence needed for informed and effective action. But science cannot fill the vacuum created by policy inaction" - HLPE-FSN Chairperson, Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, at #CFS53.
@suwa-eisenmann.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🧵Our way forward is more knowledge & science - to assess what are the priorities, who are the most marginalized & where they are. Knowledge, to monitor & evaluate, helping to find the best solutions, and making governments and business accountable and responsible. #CFS53
October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Join us tomorrow!
Everything’s ready for #CFS53! 🌍

📅 Mon: HLPE-FSN in the opening
📅 Tue: High-Level Forum on Finance for food systems
📅 Wed: HLPE-FSN Report on resilient food systems
🔎Side events

👉 Info & webcasts: www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-gove...
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🔴Happening now!🌍Join @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, former HLPE-FSN Vice-Chair, for a dialogue on corporate concentration in agrifood systems & its implications for the #RightToFood.
📖 Jennifer Clapp unpacks the evidence presenting her book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture”.
👉https://lnkd.in/dR2eb2aU
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🧵 Evidence shows that by reducing underlying stresses, communities can respond meaningfully to shocks, improve livelihoods, be more food secure and ensure planetary well‑being for generations to come.
September 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🧵🔴 “Successful and long-term interventions need to be equitably transformative so they realize human rights and operate in all parts of food systems” — Alison Blay-Palmer, HLPE-FSN drafting team leader during the launch of the report on resilience.
📺 www.fao.org/webcast/home...
September 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🧵👏 A big thank you to the dedicated HLPE-FSN drafting team for their invaluable work on the Resilient food systems report. Your expertise, collaboration, and commitment to evidence-based solutions make this report possible! 🌱📘

Meet the team: www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe...
September 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Science helps policymakers address large & complex food system issues. This report shows why we must defend it.” — @suwa-eisenmann.bsky.social Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, HLPE-FSN Chairperson, during the launch of the report on Resilient food systems.

🔗 Download your copy: bit.ly/HLPEreportRe...
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🧵 “We must protect the value of science to change mindsets and design inclusive, sustainable and transformative solutions.” — @suwa-eisenmann.bsky.social Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, HLPE-FSN Chair during the launch of the report on Building resilient food systems.
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🧵“The HLPE-FSN report calls for a reset of the mindset. Building resilience into food systems requires policies that reflect the complexity of the challenge.” — @suwa-eisenmann.bsky.social Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, HLPE-FSN Chairperson, during its launch in Rome.

Read it: bit.ly/HLPEreportRe...
September 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🧵🔴Why are our food systems, their people and environments so vulnerable? How can they become more resilient and help reduce future shocks?

📺Watch the HLPE-FSN report Resilient food systems launch live: www.fao.org/webcast/home...
September 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
💥 The IPC has confirmed catastrophic/famine levels (Phase 5) in #Gaza.

Food must never be used as a weapon of war. The international community has a responsibility to uphold the right to food.
🔗 www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-...
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌍 On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we recognize those working on the frontlines of crises to save lives and protect communities.

📘 HLPE-FSN’s paper on conflict-induced acute food crises highlights pathways to address hunger in conflict settings⤵️
openknowledge.fao.org/items/960639...
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The HLPE-FSN celebrates the #InternationalYouthDay & recognises the role of #youth as agents of change.

📘Read the HLPE-FSN report "Promoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems" in 6⃣ languages⤵️
www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe...
August 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🌱 Today, we honour #IndigenousPeoples, 476M worldwide whose knowledge and traditions offer lessons for sustainable food futures.

📘 Do you know the HLPE-FSN is working on a report on Indigenous food systems?
Stay tuned for insights!
August 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
📢 #SaveTheDate!
Join us for the launch of the new report by the HLPE-FSN of @UN_CFS on "Building resilient food systems".

🗓️4 September 2025, 14:00 CEST
📍FAO HQ in Rome & online
🌐In 6 languages

Sign up today!
fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ResilientFoodSystems #FoodSecurity #CFS53
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#DYK how the engine of equity works❓
The process of recognition, representation & redistribution is important in ensuring full redressal of the multiple social and political disadvantages that drive #foodsecurity inequalities.

Find it out in the report⤵️
https://f.mtr.cool/ukjohxayzh
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"Promoting agency is a powerful way to address the root causes of food insecurity and progress towards the realization of the right to food for all" - Akiko Suwa-Eisenmann, @suwa-eisenmann.bsky.social, HLPE-FSN Chairperson, at the #UNFSS+4.
July 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The HLPE-FSN is deeply saddened by the passing of David Nabarro, a brilliant, committed leader in global health, food security and nutrition.
His legacy will continue to inspire. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.
Photo: ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano
July 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
يمكنك مشاهدة الفيديو لمعرفة من نحن وكيف يعمل فريق الخبراء الرفيع المستوى المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية لتحقيق الأمن الغذائي و تحسين التغذية.
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Join us today at the FAO webinar on "Strengthening national science–policy interfaces for agrifood systems: Insights and reflections ahead of UNFSS+4".

📅24 July 2025
🕚11.00-12.00 CEST
🔗Registration link and agenda: lnkd.in/dsZD9DF6
July 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM