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🌍 What is ICFSA? International Collaboration for Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture At ICFSA, our vision is bold yet simple: ✨ A world free from hunger - built on collaboration, powered by sustainability, and strengthened through resilience. Food security is not just about growing more crops. It’s about building food systems that are fair, inclusive, and sustainable - where every person, everywhere, has access to safe and nutritious food. Our Vision Pillars: 🌱 Sustainability - Farming in harmony with nature, protecting soil, water, and biodiversity. 🤝 Collaboration - Bridging farmers, researchers, policymakers, and communities across borders. 📚 Knowledge Sharing - Opening doors to education, tools, and resources for all. 🌍 Global Impact - Transforming food security with innovation, justice, and inclusivity. At ICFSA, we don’t just grow food - We grow knowledge, resilience, and hope. 🌱✨ 💡 Because the future of food belongs to all of us - and together, we can shape it. #ICFSA #FoodSecurity #SustainableAgriculture #GlobalCollaboration #HungerFreeFuture #Vision2030

🌍 On this International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, it’s a timely reminder that reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is a critical part of the global solution to the triple challenge of: - Feeding a growing population, - Supporting livelihoods along the agro-food supply chain, - Meeting climate and sustainability commitments. 📊 The OECD Trade and Agriculture’s recent report, The Potential Effects of Reducing Food Loss and Waste https://lnkd.in/egS_Vmwr, highlights how FLW reduction can deliver positive impacts across food security, rural livelihoods, and environmental sustainability—making it an essential policy priority. 🔍 Our quantitative analysis shows that achieving SDG 12.3—halving FLW by 2030—could reduce agricultural GHG emissions by 4% and lift 137 million people out of hunger by 2030. 📚 Building on this, the OECD Trade and Agriculture’s report, Beyond Food Loss and Waste Reduction Targets https://lnkd.in/eEBmHSCd, along with case studies from Australia, France, and Japan, provides a first-ever global overview of FLW policy environments. 🚀 Looking ahead, the OECD is launching a new project for 2025–2026: Better Data and Evaluation Practices to Strengthen Food Loss and Waste Policies with goals to: ✅ Better track and document progress made by food system actors—from farmers to households— and co-benefits for food systems, ✅ Enhance international dialogue on monitoring and evaluation practices, ✅ Identify and promote effective FLW reduction initiatives. Reducing FLW isn’t just a goal—it’s a crucial pathway to a sustainable, equitable, and food-secure future. 🍽️ Stay tuned for more updates on OECD-OCDE’s ongoing work! Juan David Sáenz Henao Hubertus Gay Diego González González Liz Goodwin Toine Timmermans Felicitas Schneider Carola Fabi Clementine O'Connor Oksana Sapiga

🌍 Aid cuts and a fragmented funding landscape may hinder dairy's global sustainability action 🌍 The Global Dairy Platform Inc. is spearheading efforts to make global dairy farming more sustainable despite the industry facing significant hurdles, such as limited climate finance and fragmented or lacking funding methodologies. On the eve of #ClimateWeekNYC, we spoke to Donald Moore about the challenges and opportunities carbon markets offer to dairy producers worldwide; how his organization is working with developing countries to improve farming efficiency and productivity, and how policymakers can enable better pathways to a sustainable transition in dairy. Can the industry reduce emissions without reducing production? Join the conversation and share your thoughts! 🐄💬 #DairySustainability #ClimateAction #GreenDairy 👉 https://lnkd.in/dsifRBhP 🟢 DON'T FORGET: As part of #SustainableSeptember, you have the rare chance to share your thoughts through our anonymous #survey designed to help shape the global conversation on sustainability in the food and beverage industry. Head over to this page to find out more: 🌿 https://lnkd.in/dKqcipsp 🌿

Sustainable productivity is at the heart of food security. Last week in New York, on the margins of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, our Managing Partner Rene Awambeng joined global leaders at a roundtable hosted by the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), the GAP Initiative at Virginia Tech, ADM, and CIMMYT. The discussion focused on how investments in soil health, crop diversity and regenerative practices can help close the productivity gap while improving diets and livelihoods. At Premier Invest, we see finance as the bridge between ambition and action. Through our ecosystem: Premier Investment Partners Limited, Premier Trading Services and Premier Bank (pending regulatory approval), we are mobilising sustainable capital towards climate-smart agriculture across Africa and the South–South corridor. #FoodSecurity #SustainableAgriculture #UNGA80 #PremierInvest #UnlockingThePowerOfCapital

Good food shouldn’t be getting harder to afford. 🍎 As food prices climb more than 27% in five years, it’s clear Canada’s food system needs more than patchwork fixes — it needs transformation. Here’s what stood out to me in an article from Firat E, CEO of Bunz Inc., on building an affordable, sustainable food system: - We must redefine productivity — not by how much we produce, but how efficiently, sustainably, and fairly we do it. - Agri-tech innovation can help farmers cut waste, boost yields, and stabilize prices. - Infrastructure investments—from irrigation and energy to digital access—are essential to scale this transformation. - A stronger food system means more resilient communities, better jobs, and healthier futures. If we can’t make sustainable food affordable, how sustainable is it really?

🌿 GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE CEO: GOVERNMENTS EMBRACING SUSTAINABLE PROTEINS LIKE NEVER BEFORE It’s been over a month since Nigel Sizer took over as CEO of alternative protein think tank The Good Food Institute (GFI). His appointment comes amid a turbulent time for the industry. Sales have plummeted in some of the biggest markets for alternative proteins, including the US and the UK, and investment has slowed dramatically. GFI is at the heart of the industry’s push to boost investment and policy support, which has diminished as climate takes a backseat in stakeholders’ decision-making. Sizer is hoping to change that. He spent 15 years in the Global South working for organisations like the UN Environmental Programme and The Nature Conservancy, among others. In addition, he served as the president and CEO of Rainforest Alliance, and as the global director for forests at the World Resources Institute. After Covid-19, he founded Preventing Pandemic at the Source, a 20-organisation coalition lobbying for policies centring on upstream pandemic prevention. Now, Sizer is building upon all that experience to take the fight for food systems transformation to the next level. In an interview with Green Queen, he outlines the alternative protein space’s most prominent accomplishments and challenges, whether the climate argument still works with consumers, and his immediate priorities at GFI. Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/e5-CvuVw #GreenQueen #interview #altprotein #futurefood #foodsystems #sustainability

This World Food Day, themed “Hand in hand for better foods and a better future”, we’re spotlighting the vital role of innovation in agriculture. As the global population grows, farmers face mounting pressure to produce more with less. Sustainable solutions like POLY4, a multi-nutrient natural mineral fertiliser, are helping meet this challenge by enhancing crop yield, improving soil health, and reducing environmental impact. By embracing smarter inputs and regenerative practices, we can support farmers in building resilient food systems and securing a better future for generations to come. Learn more by visiting: uk.angloamerican.com #WorldFoodDay

💥Food systems are facing unprecedented shocks, from pandemics and protracted crises to climate impacts and supply chain disruptions. 📘The HLPE-FSN’s latest report, “Building resilient food systems”, presents evidence-based pathways to strengthen food systems, reduce vulnerabilities, and promote equitable, transformative resilience (ETR) while respecting human rights and planetary boundaries. ⚙️By combining evidence, inclusive governance, and local solutions, the HLPE-FSN report provides a toolbox for resilient, just, and sustainable food systems that can be adapted to different regions and contexts, guiding governments, stakeholders, and communities towards a more secure and equitable future. Read more on the launch of the report: https://lnkd.in/dGy9AGZX 📺 Watch the launch recording: https://lnkd.in/d-4uTiFm 📘 Read the report and its executive summary: https://lnkd.in/dHrFX8Ue 🖥️ Check out the presentation delivered by Alison Blay-Palmer: https://lnkd.in/de7WunBr

With global protein demand projected to rise by over 70% in the next 30 years, the beef sector faces a potential opportunity: how to scale production while strengthening environmental resilience and sustainability. 💡 But ambition alone isn’t enough. We need to unlock the finance that makes sustainable beef production possible. That’s why our European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability (ERBS) has launched the Finance Drivers Project, an initiative aiming to unlock investment across the beef value chain. With practical tools, real-world case studies, and a Toolbox of Options for Financing the Transition, this project aims to empower farmers, businesses, and value chains to take action. #AgricultureFinance #BeefSector #ClimateAction    Learn more here https://lnkd.in/e9XjNGYP

European food systems face mounting pressures—from climate change and biodiversity loss to market volatility and rising costs. 🌱 The European Commission’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture and Food aims to make farming resilient, fair, and climate-neutral while securing healthy diets for all. 💡 Key directions include: • Sustainable production: reducing emissions, protecting soils and water, and promoting agroecology. • Fair incomes & rural vitality: supporting farmers, young entrants, and rural communities. • Innovation & food security: boosting research, digital tools, and shorter supply chains. 📢 Civil society groups call on the Commission to make the EU Vision for Agriculture & Food actionable by setting concrete, enforceable targets, embedding systemic change, and ensuring meaningful participation of small-scale farmers, NGOs, urban and rural communities. 🌍 Building a just and sustainable agriculture and food system means going beyond competitiveness, prioritising sustainability, fairness, and climate resilience, with clear goals and active engagement of civil society and local stakeholders.  ❓The question remains: Will the implementation of the EU Vision for Agriculture & Food truly integrate and scale transformative local innovations and community-led solutions already proving effective on the ground? Register here for our main policy event: Housing and Food: Communities and local-governments driving fair sustainability transitions and join us in calling for an implementation of the Vision with communities at heart! This conversation directly links to the European Day of Sustainable Communities (EDSC) 2025, taking place September 22–27. For the past nine years, EDSC has showcased community-led initiatives (CLIs) across Europe, celebrating their role as key drivers of sustainability transitions. In 2025, ECOLISE and its partners will host six national policy dialogues in Finland, Spain, Croatia, France, and Portugal, connecting community-led solutions with EU priorities on food, housing, and more. 👉 Follow the European Day of Sustainable Communities full campaign on our Instagram account @communitiesforfuture to learn more about the EU priorities that impact community-led initiatives.  #EDSC2025 #fundingfairerfutures #EUdearprogram #SustainableCommunities #Agroecology #FoodSystems #SustainableProduction #JustTransitions