UN Food Systems Summit 2021
Pre-Summit Activities
In advance of the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit there is a pre-summit in Rome from 26–28 July 2021. The purpose of the Pre-Summit is for the UN Food Systems Summit to reaffirm its commitment to promote human rights for all and ensure the most marginalised groups have an opportunity to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from the Summit process. Thus, the Pre-Summit is a “People’s Summit” bringing together youth, farmers, indigenous peoples, civil society, researchers, private sector, policy leaders and ministers of agriculture, environment, health, nutrition and finance, along with other participants. It aims to deliver the latest evidence-based and scientific approaches to food systems transformation from around the world, launch a set of new commitments through coalitions of action and mobilize new financing and partnerships.
The event, which is open to all who would like to participate, will take a hybrid format, with an in-person component complemented by a vast virtual programme and platform.
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