The positive trend towards reducing hunger has reversed in the last six years. Armed conflicts are on the rise, planetary boundaries* and the effects of climate change are becoming ever more noticeable. A systemic approach to securing global food supplies is needed more than ever.
In light of current events, the SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation), the Swiss Centre of Competence for Development Cooperation, organized a face-to-face meeting of the SDC Agriculture and Food Systems Network in Rome. The network serves as a platform for the exchange of knowledge between more than 450 development cooperation experts associated with SDC activities in the field of agriculture and food systems. From September 25 to 27, more than 50 international experts on sustainable food systems took part in the meeting – Marion Reichenbach and Patrick Aus der Au were there for the LED.
The experts from different continents discussed promising ways to jointly transform food systems in the coming years and identified areas for future cooperation at global, regional and national levels.
* In 2009, international scientists led by Swedish Professor Johan Rockström published the concept of Planetary Boundaries for the first time, which can make statements about the health of the Earth and the basis of human life.
