A virtual forum exploring sustainable food production solutions for healthy and nutritious diets in low- and middle- income countries. 

Date: Friday, 26 February 2021

Time: 21:00-23:00 (UTC+8)

In the lead up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit multidisciplinary leaders came together to discuss game-changing solutions as part of the summit's Action Track 3, which aims to boost sustainable food production practices that address hunger and malnutrition while operating within planetary boundaries.

WorldFish’s Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health and Vice-Chair of the UN Food Systems Action Track 4: Equitable Livelihoods, Shakuntala Thilsted, joined the expert panel to discuss the role of aquatic foods system in nature-positive food production.

Thilsted provided insight on how aquatic foods from inland waters, including rice-fish fields and homestead ponds, can nourish people and planet.

 

Invited speakers: 

  • Marco Lambertini, Director General, WWF International
  • Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  • João Campari, Leader, Food practice, WWF International
  • Martien van Nieuwkoop, Global Director for the Agriculture and Food Global Practice, World Bank’s Sustainable Development Practice Group.
  • Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO. 
  • Melissa Pinfield, Senior Fellow, Meridian Institute & Executive Director, Just Rural Transition Secretariat
  • Justin Adams, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance (seconded from The Nature Conservancy)
  • Ma. Estrella “Esther” Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development
  • Rattan Lal ,Professor of soil science & Director, Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, Ohio State University. 
  • Rashid Sumaila, Professor and Director, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, UBC Fisheries Centre
  • Shakuntala Thilsted, Research Program Leader for Value Chains and Nutrition at WorldFish

 

For more information, check out the WorldFish, official Eventbrite page and follow UN Food Systems 2021 and the hashtag #FoodSystems to check out past conversations on Twitter.