The Global Food Security Crisis: Exploring the Evidence Base and Lessons from the Past to Strengthen Agricultural, Nutrition, and Food Systems in the Face of Shocks
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184th BIFAD Public Meeting
23 May 2022 (12:00-2:30 PM ET)
Public comment from 1:30–1:50 pm EDT and from 2:15–2:20 pm EDT.
At this critical moment in the global effort to end hunger and poverty, the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) invites you to join the 184th BIFAD (Virtual) Public Meeting on May 23, 2022 at 12:00-2:30 PM ET.
Convening experts in food systems, nutrition, and humanitarian assistance, BIFAD will discuss global food security crises and explore the lessons learned to strengthen agricultural and food systems. The meeting will examine questions such as:
- What does it mean to get ahead of future crises, and to build resilient food systems?
- What lessons have we learned from previous crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2007–2008 global food price crisis?
- What are the weak links in food systems that must be strengthened to respond to global food security crises and to mitigate the impacts of current and future shocks?
Evidence-based recommendations from these deliberations will inform USAID strategy implementation, policy, and programming. This first public meeting of BIFAD members appointed by President Joseph Biden in January 2022 will include an introduction to newly appointed BIFAD members, a briefing on BIFAD’s current work plan priorities, and an overview of key upcoming initiatives. BIFAD will announce new work relating to systemic solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture, nutrition, and food systems to inform the implementation of the recently released USAID Climate Strategy 2022-2023.
Public comment is invited to further inform BIFAD’s work.
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