Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 side event: Food Systems Transformation & Nutrition Accountability

The Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum) is the world's premier forum for African agriculture and food systems, bringing together stakeholders to take practical action and share lessons that will move African food systems forward. This year's forum is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda between 02 and 06 September 2024.

This side event, titled Food Systems Transformation & Nutrition Accountability, will highlight the need for greater accountability in order for the food system to help bring about the nutrition outcomes from the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, World Health Assembly Nutrition Targets, and Agenda 2063. It also will share the vision for the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit from an accountability perspective. More information below.

Date: 05 September 2024

Time: 9:30 to 10:30, Kigali time

Location: Knowledge Hub, Kigali Convention Center

Organisers: Global Nutrition Report, with Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Speakers:

• Dr Shibani Ghosh, Global Nutrition Report Independent Expert Group Co-Chair; Director, Feed the Future Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab; and Research Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University​
• Dr Bibi Giyose, Head of Nutrition, AUDA-NEPAD and Senior Nutrition Officer for Policy and Programmes, FAO
• Efi Chatzinikolaou, Senior Partnerships Manager, ATNI
• Penjani Mkambula, Deputy Director, Programme Services, GAIN

Register to attend the Forum in person: https://agrf-inperson.com/