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The Irish Forum for International Agricultural Development (IFIAD) held its 2023 Annual Conference on the theme of Sustainability and Agency in Transforming Food Systems. The UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment 2023 re-affirmed the need for healthy, more sustainable, equitable and resilient food systems. Sustainability and agency are key components in transforming food systems. Securing sustainability in food systems will safeguard the environment and alleviate levels of hunger and malnutrition while prioritising agency can support equality in decision making agricultural practices and distribution.
The themes of sustainability and agency have grown in prominence in recent years and have been proposed as additional components in assessing food security, alongside, access, availability, utilisation and stability. It is against this backdrop that we are excited to bring together leading experts and organisations’ representing a broad spectrum of experience and perspectives.
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