The 50th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will be held from 10 to 13 October 2022. The CFS 50 Plenary will endorse two key policy products: the Voluntary Guidelines on Gender Equality and Women's and Girls' Empowerment and the Policy Recommendations on Promoting Youth Engagement and Employment in Agriculture and Food Systems. Additionally, CFS 50 will discuss the 2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition report, review the work of CFS and its HLPE toward 2030, and kickstart the workstream on data collection and analysis for food security and nutrition.
The Land Matrix is proud to be hosting a side event at this year's CFS entitled Human rights in global land acquisitions and agricultural supply chains: Global frameworks and human rights due diligence. The side event will take place virtually on 12 October, 8:30-9:45 (CEST). The registration link to participate in the side event will be made available shortly.
For more information, visit fao.org/cfs/plenary/cfs50/en/.