Speakers, including academics, at a national dialogue on Thursday emphasised the need to integrate innovative, inclusive, and climate-responsive solutions into the national agenda, collaboratively shaping the National Food Systems Pathways towards more sustainable, resilient, healthy, and equitable food systems.聽
The Ministry of Food and the World Food Programme, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, organised the 鈥楴ational Dialogue for Food Systems Transformation鈥� in the capital, said a WFP press release.
During the dialogue, five critical thematic action areas for food systems transformation were identified: nourishing all people, nature-based solutions, equitable livelihoods and decent work, building resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks, and stresses, and means of implementation through governance.
鈥楤y focusing on nourishing all people, boosting nature-based solutions, advancing equitable livelihoods, building resilience, and accelerating effective governance, we can create a food system that is not only capable of feeding our population but doing so in a way that is environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable,鈥� said聽Md Monirul Islam, additional secretary (SDG) from the Chief Advisor鈥檚 office.聽
鈥榃e need implementation on scale of transformative solutions that gather all partners from all sectors to join efforts around a common objective of zero hunger and poverty eradication,鈥� said Dom Scalpelli, country director of WFP Bangladesh.聽聽
Other guests at the event included Research director of the FPMU Mahbubur Rahman, additional secretary from the Chief Adviser鈥檚 office Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis, IFAD country director Valantine Achancho, GAIN country director Rudaba Khondker, and FAO representative Jiaoqun Shi.