Minister McConalogue launches Food Systems Summit National Dialogues
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., today announced details of a series of four National Dialogues on Ireland’s Food System. These are being held as part of Ireland’s engagement with the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021, which his Department is leading jointly with the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The virtual Dialogues, hosted by the RDS, are designed to provide an opportunity for all stakeholders, from producers to consumers, to learn about their food system and contribute to its future sustainability. Each dialogue will feature a keynote speaker and a panel of stakeholders.
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In an attempt to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal two “zero hunger” which is central to the attainment of the other 16 goals by 2030, the United Nations has set the podium to address the challenges facing food systems and security among member states ahead of its Food Systems Summit in September.
Speaking at the event tagged: ‘‘Implementation of Exploratory Dialogue of the United Nations Food Systems Summit in the south west geopolitical zone’’, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said that the State government has completed a five-year Agricultural masterplan, which would be raise the capacity of the State in agricultural production, as well as creating a marketing platform for export of local agro-allied products and improving food security.
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The National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) announced that Gregorio, a professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), made it to the list of staunch advocates of the Food Systems of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021.
“Congratulations to Academician Glenn B. Gregorio for being one of the new Food Systems Champions of the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021,” it said in a Facebook post.
Gregorio has been a member of the NAST-PHL since July 2018.
Prior to his appointment to SEARCA, a non-profit organization that aims to build capacities in agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia, he served at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for 15 years.
Food Systems Responsible for Over 33% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Report Says
Food Systems Responsible for Over 33% of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Report Says
A pioneering new study published in Nature Food says the world’s food systems are responsible for more than one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
Spanning from land-use change and agricultural production to packaging and waste management, food system emissions were estimated at 18 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2015.
That is 34 percent of the total, a share that is gradually declining – it was 44 percent in 1990 – even as food systems emissions kept increasing in absolute amounts.