Global Dialogue on Resilient Food Systems Lands at UM6P
UN Experts, Local Innovators, and Global Insights Unite in Benguerir
From April 2–4, UM6P hosted the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) for its annual meeting. The event spotlighted resilience, governance, and urban food systems—bringing global expertise and local innovation into sharp focus on UM6P’s Benguerir campus.
On the 2nd and the 4th of April, UM6P welcomed the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) for its annual meeting at the UM6P Campus in Benguerir, which included a workshop on “Resilience and Urban & Peri-Urban Food Systems” on April 3rd.
The session brought together HLPE-FSN members, international experts, and local stakeholders to discuss crisis-proof food systems, guided by findings from HLPE-FSN Reports No. 19 and the upcoming No. 20. The discussions reflected on takeaways from Morocco’s 2023 Al Haouz earthquake and emphasized disaster preparedness, governance, and resilient food supply chains.
Participants also visited UM6P’s innovation spaces—1337, StartGate, and the Phenotyping Platform—to explore applied solutions in sustainable food security
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