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The Food Systems Summit 2024 is designed as a premier national conference of the Food Systems Hub where practitioners, academicians and private sector will showcase their work on various aspects of food systems transformation. The Summit is co-organized by Food and Land Use Coalition India (FOLU India) with the support of its core partners and Bharat Krishak Samaj. The inaugural edition of the Summit is scheduled to take place from 15th to 17th of October, 2024 in New Delhi.
The objective of the Summit is to foster understanding, collaboration, and learning among participants to accelerate Food Systems Transformation in a just and inclusive manner. The Summit will showcase sustainable models focusing on the following four key thematic areas:
• Supporting sustainable agriculture production
• Facilitating rainfed area management
• Improving nutritional outcomes
• Driving sustainable food distribution systems and consumption behaviour
The Summit will be held over three days. Events will include:
• High-level plenary sessions and addresses by sectoral experts
• Parallel sessions across the four thematic areas, hosting about 80 CSOs
• Networking opportunities for all participants
The FSS will witness about 200 participants, drawn from diverse fields related to the food system. The expected audience includes the presenting institutional representatives, policymakers, individual experts, civil society, students, and academia.
Read the full event background note here.
Full Agenda15th – 17th October, 2024
New Delhi
Participation by invitation
15th Oct Opening Plenary | Keynote Speaker
15th Oct Opening Plenary | Moderator
15th Oct Opening Plenary | Welcome Address
15th Oct Opening Plenary | Vote of Thanks
15th Oct High-level Plenary Session 1
15th Oct High-level Plenary Session 1
15th Oct High-level Plenary Session 1
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 2
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 2
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 2
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 3
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 3
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 3
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 4
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 4
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 4
16th Oct High-level Plenary Session 4
17th Oct High-level Plenary Session 5
17th Oct High-level Plenary Session 5
17th Oct High-level Plenary Session 5
17th Oct High-level Plenary Session 5
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM (90 minutes)
10:30 AM – 11:40 AM (70 minutes)
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM (20 minutes)
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (90 minutes)
Pavillion 1 - Supporting sustainable agriculture production Innovations in agri-finance and investment pathways for sustainable Indian agriculture
Pavilion 2 - Facilitating Rainfed Area Management Climate Resilience through indigenous mixed cropping systems
Pavilion 3 - Improving nutritional outcomes India's nutrition status - An overview
Pavilion 4 - Driving Sustainable Food Distribution Systems and Consumption Behaviour Public Distribution System: Impact and challenges
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (60 minutes)
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (120 minutes)
Pavillion 1 - Supporting sustainable agriculture production Knowledge and best practices from Indian landscapes
Pavilion 2 - Facilitating Rainfed Area Management Strengthening water security in climate vulnerable regions
Pavilion 3 - Improving nutritional outcomes Addressing malnutrition through community mobilisation
Pavilion 4 - Driving Sustainable Food Distribution Systems and Consumption Behaviour Innovations in sustainable agriculture value chains and their co-benefits
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM (15 minutes)
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM (60 minutes) Frameworks and learnings available for global food systems transformation
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM (30 minutes)
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM (75 minutes) Priorities for next decades - Views from funding agencies in India
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM (15 minutes)
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (90 minutes)
Pavillion 1 - Supporting sustainable agriculture production A Vision for Healthy Soils in India
Pavilion 2 - Facilitating Rainfed Area Management Community-managed Seed Systems for Climate Resilient agriculture
Pavilion 3 - Improving nutritional outcomes Rural and gender perspectives on nutrition outcomes
Pavilion 4 - Driving Sustainable Food Distribution Systems and Consumption Behaviour Driving sustainable consumer behaviour shift: Nutrition, environment and livelihood
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (60 minutes)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (60 minutes) Convergence of key factors in food systems transformation
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM (10 minutes)
2:40 PM – 4:40 PM (120 minutes)
Pavillion 1 - Supporting sustainable agriculture production Community based innovations in water productivity
Pavilion 2 - Facilitating Rainfed Area Management Significance of Pastoral and Extensive Livestock Systems
Pavilion 3 - Improving nutritional outcomes Fortification as a solution for malnutrition
Pavilion 4 - Driving Sustainable Food Distribution Systems and Consumption Behaviour Mainstreaming private sector commitments on sustainability: Nutrition, environment and livelihood
4:40 PM – 4:55 PM (15 minutes)
4:55 PM – 5:55 PM (60 minutes) National Food Systems Transformation - Perspectives from multi-lateral & bilateral agencies on action pathways
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM (30 minutes)
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM (75 minutes) Priorities for next decades - Views from global funding agencies
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM (15 minutes)
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (90 minutes)
Pavillion 1 - Supporting sustainable agriculture production Scalability and profitability in agri-diversification practices
Pavilion 2 - Facilitating Rainfed Area Management Policies and practices for sustainable rainfed area management
Pavilion 3 - Improving nutritional outcomes Tapping opportunities for improved nutrition through top-down approaches
Pavilion 4 - Driving Sustainable Food Distribution Systems and Consumption Behaviour Role of FPOs and technology interventions in market linkages
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (60 minutes)
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM (120 minutes)
Pavillion 1 - Supporting sustainable agriculture production Innovations by private sector in optimising agri-inputs
Pavilion 2 - Facilitating Rainfed Area Management Securing livelihoods through people-centric approaches in millets value chain
Pavilion 3 - Improving nutritional outcomes Co-benefits of securing nutrition for communities
Pavilion 4 - Driving Sustainable Food Distribution Systems and Consumption Behaviour Collaborative Action to Reduce Food Loss and Food Waste in India
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM (15 minutes)
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM (90 minutes)
Founding Member, Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN)
Managing Director,
Ploughman Agro Pvt. Ltd.
Director of Systems Change,
Climate Group
Founder & Principal Anchor,
Desert Resource Centre (DRC)
Director, Sahyadri Farmers Post
Harvest Care Ltd.
Co-founder & Chairperson,
Dvara Holdings, Dvara Trust
Health Program Strategist,
Amhi Amchya Arogyasathi (AAA)
Senior Country Manager,
HarvestPlus India
Founder & CEO, GreenPod Labs
Scientist & Director,
People’s Science Institute
Founder & Managing Director,
Mu Gamma Consultants
Director, Centre for Rural Development, The/Nudge Institute
Associate Director, Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute (SSMI); Nutrition and Product Development Expert
Country Coordinator, FOLU India
Country Representative, SWISSAID India
Co-founder, Wastelink
Managing Director,
Chaitanya & WISE (Women’s Integrated and Synergistic Empowerment)
Co-founder & Executive Director,
Farmers for Forests
Associate Director, Health & Nutrition, Grameen Foundation India
Senior Consultant, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institute (APAARI), WASSAN, RRAN
Agricultural Counselor, Netherlands Embassy in India and Sri Lanka
Founder & CEO, Agrozee Organics
Director, South Asia, Rainforest Alliance
Founder, Samaj Pragati Sahayog
Founder, KisaanSay
President, Agricultural Economics Research Association; Vice President, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
CEO, Self-Reliant Initiatives through
Joint Action (SRIJAN)
Project Director,
Satvik Promoting Ecological Farming
Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition and Food Technology,
Lady Irwin College
Assistant Professor,
School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi
Vice President, Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI)
Chairperson, Steering Committee, National Association of
Farmer Producer Organisations (NAFPO)
Program Director,
BAIF Development Research Centre
Professor & Head, ADRTC, ISEC
Research Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute
Executive Director, Area Operations, MSSRF
CFO, Naandi Foundation, Urban Farms Co.
Independent Researcher, Agro-ecology & Heirloom Seed Conservation
Program Head, Nutrition,
George Institute for Global Health
Program Manager, SELCO Foundation
Chairman, Board of Directors,
National e-Repository Limited;
Trustee, World Food Programme (WFP); Advisor, FICCI for food processing
Founder, Bastar Se Bazaar Tak
Professor, School of Economics,
University of Hyderabad
Independent Researcher &
Activist, Sangtin
Principal Scientist, Shri A.M.M. Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre
Programme Manager,
Centre for Science and Environment
National Lead, Health & Nutrition, Transform Rural India (TRI)
Professor & Former Chairperson,
CMA, IIM, Ahmedabad
Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO),
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Coop Ltd.
Founder & CEO,
Agnext Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Culinary Expert & Founder, The Locavore
Senior Program Officer,
Water Shed Support services
and Activities Network (WASSAN)
Co-Founder & CEO, Proxy Ideas Pvt. Ltd.; Regional Advisor Asia,
Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI)
CEO, Food Security Foundation India,
India Food Banking Network
State Coordinator,
UP Agri Water Accelerator Program
