Mohamed Hag Ali Hassan POLICY SEMINAR Science and Innovation for Food Systems Transformation – follow up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit In cooperation with the former Scientific Group of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit APR 11, 2023 - 9:30 TO 11:00AM EDT

1. Bringing together scientific expertise to
advance food systems transformation
Mohamed Hassan

2. S&T
Innovation
Social
Innovation
Business &
Governance
innovations
Indigenous
Innovation
Integrated Innovations Platform for Food Systems Transformation
FST
 Achieving food systems
transformation will require
collaboration between
multidisciplinary teams of
experts and innovators from
natural sciences, social sciences,
business and indigenous
communities
 such teams bring a range of
expertise from different
disciplines to address food
systems complexities and
generate scalable, sustainable
and equitable solutions

3.  SG: good example of a multidisciplinary team
 SG mobilized global science networks and international
organizations as partners
 outcomes of SG work and its partners are peer reviewed,
compiled and published by Springer
 Indigenous Knowledge (IK): part 3 of volume
 IK related to food and medicinal crops
 use of digital technologies for documentation of IK
 AI can create digital maps of IK to facilitate link with modern science
 Inclusion of IK in IPCC future assessment reports
 PAS workshop on IK: October 2023
 Climate Change and food systems: part 4 of volume
 climate-resistant food systems: drought-resistant crops
 reduction of GHG emissions caused by food systems: food waste
Independent Scientific Group: UNFSS-SG

4. • 150 member academies (as of November 2022)
• 4 regional networks
• >30,000 leading scientists, engineers and health professionals in over 100 countries
IAP: The global network of academies of
science, medicine and engineering

5. Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture (FNSA)
 major IAP regional-to-global project
 four regional reports produced by:
(AASSA, EASAC, IANAS and NASAC)
 and used as basis to prepare a fifth, global
synthesis report.
 multidisciplinary teams of experts from all regions
involved in producing the reports
 all reports were published in 2018, and were shared
with UNFSS-SG as background material

6. Input into
2021 UN
Food
Systems
Summit
 Invitation from Scientific Group chair
to contribute policy briefs, based on
an update of the FNSA reports
 five briefs, four regional and one
global, published in parts 6 and 7 of
the volume
 strong support to establishing an
international science advisory body
for sustainable food systems, similar
to IPCC and IPBESS
IAP Contributions to UNFSS

7.  Volume showcases critical role of STI in food systems transformation, including
 biosciences (biotechnologies, gene editing and CRISPR technologies)
 digital technologies (robots, drones, sensors and AI)
 successful applications of STI in North, but limited in South
 barriers to adopting STI in the South, especially in LDCs
 access to affordable electricity and reliable internet
 technical skills of farmers and the youth in digital technologies
 availability of competent research institutions in food systems China Agri University
to attract talented students and retain young researcher
 each country should have at least one world class
university/institute of agriculture/food systems
Wageningen U & R
barriers to adopting frontier STI in LMICs

8. Thank YOU