11 -15 October 2021. UN Biodiversity Conference

• The Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) in Kunming, China is being held in two phases.
• Phase one takes place virtually, from 11 to 15 October and will include a High-Level Segment from 12 to 13 October. Phase two will be an in-person meeting in Kunming, from 25 April to 8 May 2022.

12 October 2021. 4-5 PM CEST. Launch of the Digital Agri Hub, a multiactor knowledge broker and matchmaking platform

12 October 2021. BBC follow the food

• The hour long event will include a key note interview as well as interviews with the team behind the Global Food Security Index to explain the findings and ten year trends as well as regional “breakout” segments covering Asia, Middle East and Africa, North America, Latin America and Europe.
• BBC Global News invites organises this special webinar event hosted by James Wong, ethnobotanist and presenter of the BBC series, Follow the Food, which examines the biggest challenges facing the world food system.

12 October 2021. 2 PM CEST. Towards resilient city region food systems

• This webinar will introduce key tools developed by the RUAF Global Partnership and WLE to assess the climate-resilience of urban areas.
• It will outline the action plans, policies and programs required to develop innovative and resilience-strengthening water and food solutions.
• By CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

11 -12 October 2021. Farmer Research Film Festival Reimaging research for agroecology
Films will be screened on YouTube Live Stream simultaneously in three different languages (English, Spanish, and French)

11-15 October 2021. CFS 49/The 49th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

• 11/05 SIDE EVENT 1 Transforming Food, Land and Water Systems for Sustainable Healthy Diets Organizers: Stanford University, WorldFish, Environmental Defense Fund, UN Nutrition, CGIAR, ILRI
• 11/05 SIDE EVENT 2 Food for Our Future: Youth Leading Radical Transformations Toward Economies of Well-being Organizers: CSM (Youth working group), UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food
• 11/05 SIDE EVENT 3 Development Finance and Land Rights: Leveraging the VGGT to Enhance Food Systems, Climate Resilience, and Land Degradation Neutrality Organizers: Land Portal Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands – RVO, UNCCD, GIZ, FAO, USAID
• 11/05 SIDE EVENT 4 Prioritizing Climate Resilience: Building a New Policy Consensus with Smallholder Farmers Organizers: GAFSP, IISD, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, Asian Farmers Association (TBC), Réseau des organisations paysannes et de producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (ROPPA) (TBC), Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (TBC)
• 12/05 SIDE EVENT 5 From Commitments to Action: The Importance of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines for a Coalition for Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems Organizers: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), World Health Organization (WHO), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), CARE, EAT, The Club of Rome, FAO, Mexico, Indonesia, Sweden, Ghana , Centre for Food Policy at City University of London
• 12/05 SIDE EVENT 6 Healthy Diets at the Nexus of Food Systems, Biodiversity, Climate and Nutrition: Global Summits, Local Transformation and the CFS VGFSYN Organizers: UN Nutrition, WFP, FAO, World Bank (Agriculture and Food Global Practice)
• 12/05 SIDE EVENT 7 Addressing Nutrition and Environmental Challenges: The Role of Urban and Territorial Governance for Inclusive and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation Organizers: Urban Food Systems Working Group, Ad Hoc Working Group on Territorial Governance, FAO (UN), GAIN, UCLG, UN Habitat
• 12/05 SIDE EVENT 8 Women farmers and Indigenous women’s views on climate change, Covid-19 and the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment Organizers: SEWA, IFPRI, FAO
• 13/05 SIDE EVENT 9 Human Rights, Nutrition and Law: Keys to Transform Food Systems Organizers: Chaire de recherche en droit sur la diversité et la sécurité alimentaires; WHO; UNICEF; IDLO intergovernmental organization; FAO; UN-Nutrition
• 13/05 SIDE EVENT 10 Bridging Agroecology and Biodiversity Action: Coalitions, Evidence, Policy Frameworks Organizers: Global Alliance for the Future of Food, UNESCO, Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Member Country (TBC), IPES-Food, AgroEcology Fund, Biovision Foundation, WWF International, Bioversity-CIAT
• 13/05 SIDE EVENT 11 Youth Leadership for a Better Food Future: The World Food Forum (WFF) as a Movement by Youth and for Youth to Transform Agri-food Systems Organizers: World Food Forum (Coordination Team), FAO Youth Committee, Major Group for Children and Youth, Youth Alliance of Zero Hunger, WFP Youth network, IFAD Youth Network, Young Farmers Association - representative, Indigenous Youth - representation, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates (TBD)
• 13/05 SIDE EVENT 12 Water Tenure Approaches for Securing Rights, Advancing Climate Resilience and Food Security Organizers: FAO, Environmental Law Institute, International Water Management Institute, Government of Rwanda, Government of Senegal, Government of Sri Lanka, German Ministry of Food and Agriculture
• 14/05 SIDE EVENT 13 Innovation as a Force for Good in the Fight against Climate Change and Malnutrition Organizers: FAO; United Kingdom; CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security; Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture ; Italy
• 14/05 SIDE EVENT 14 How can data and digital technology support small-holder farmers and enable more equitable, inclusive and sustainable food systems? Organizers: Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Government of Kenya (TBC), FAO (TBC), USAID, Digital Agriculture Association?
• 14/05 SIDE EVENT 15 Advancing Equitable Livelihoods for All Food Systems Workers Organizers: CARE, IFAD, FAO, ILO, PSM, Antigua and Barbuda, Indonesia, Malawi, Republic of Turkey, Argentina, Hungary
• 14/05 SIDE EVENT 16 Rethink > Repurpose > Reform: Why and how we Need to Overhaul Agricultural Support for Better Food Security and Nutrition Organizers: FAO; UNDP; UNEP; World Bank

13-15 October 2021. 1st Conference on Farmer-Centric On-Farm Experimentation by INRAE14-15 October 2021. Farm to Fork 2021 Conference - Building sustainable food systems together

13 October 2021 at 15:30 CEST. Webinar on "Data Governance in Agriculture: Including Farmers"

14 October 2021. 4PM – 6PM CEST or 2PM-5PM GMT Youth‘s key role in the #digital transformation of Africa’s agriculture

14-16 October 2021 Agro-Food Ethiopia 2021 A viable opportunity to generate valuable business contacts in Africa. 

14 October 2021. Ideas for confronting climate change today. by IFPRI

14 October 2021. 2 PM CEST. Innovation investment for impact

• The WLE-supported Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI) will present insights on enabling behavior change in innovation investors and policymakers – and how this can be used to underpin the investment approach for innovation of future food systems.
• By CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

15 October 2021. Join from 10:00 CEST. World Food Day with FAO - Our Actions are our Future

16 October 2021. World Food Day

16 October 2021. Regenerating the culture of food in Africa

• Regeneration International are teaming up with partners all over the world for The People’s Food Summit to be held on World Food Day this year, October 16th.
• It will be a 24-hour event that travels through all the time zones around the globe.

16 October 2021. World Food Day with Expo 2020 - Connecting Minds, Creating the Future

• World Food Day 2021 will be the first international Day to be celebrated at Expo Dubai, under the theme 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future', as a series of activities and events which call for global solidarity in rethinking and reshaping food systems for people and the planet. 
• A site-wide celebration will unite Expo’s stakeholders and visitors in a commitment to build forward better.