SASi-SPi

20 February 2025

Final global Science-Policy Lab to address critical challenges in African aquatic food systems

SASi-SPi management team announces the final Global Science-Policy Lab (S-POL) on Aquatic Food Systems, set for March 3-4, 2025, in Brussels.

12 February 2025

Rethinking food systems: the critical role of consumer purchasing power (CFS-52)

The Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Intelligence (SASI) initiative brought a fresh perspective to the 52nd Committee on World Food Security with a provocative question: Do farmers feed consumers, or do consumers feed farmers? This side event, organized by Agrinatura and the FAO Investment Centre with European Commission funding, gathered experts to explore how consumer purchasing power shapes food security.

12 February 2025

Collaborative pathways to inclusive aquatic food systems in Africa - Insights from the SASi-SPi Science-Policy Lab in Mombasa

The SASi-SPi project organized a Science-Policy Lab (S-POL) in Mombasa to advance shaping policy options towards more inclusive aquatic food systems. The event brought together 46 participants from nine countries to address critical challenges facing small-scale actors in aquatic food systems.

05 February 2025

Advancing Food System Resilience in Sierra Leone: Key Insights from the SASi-SPi mission

In Sierra Leone, the key transition challenge identified in collaboration with the government is ensuring that the Feed Salone strategy contributes to healthy and nutritious diets for the population.

27 January 2025

Attracting youth to Agri-Food systems: Insights from SASi - SPi's mission in Bhutan

Bhutan is one of the three pilot countries covered by the European Commision funded project Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Intelligence - Science-Policy Interface (SASi-SPi). The objective is to support the sustainable transformation of national agrifood systems, using a specific transition challenge as a starting point and a bottom-up participatory approach. In the case of Bhutan, a significant challenge identified with the government is attracting youth to agriculture in a context marked by constrained opportunities.

27 January 2025

Moving foward Sustainable Food Systems in Colombia

The SASI/SASi-SPi initiative is transforming food systems in Colombia through a collaborative effort led by AGRINATURA represented by CIRAD and ICRA, and national research partners such as AGROSAVIA and local universities. This initiative focuses on participatory action research, and international European cooperation to address the unique challenges and opportunities of territorial food systems across the country.

20 December 2024

"The mother of the Mediterranean diet" shares her insights around sustainable food systems

Antonia Trichopoulou, MD, PhD, Member of Academy of Athens, adjunct professor at Yale School of Public Health and Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Athens, explains why the traditional Mediterranean diet should be seen as a sustainable food system.

19 December 2024

"Education and inclusion of women is very important for systemic change"

Thi Mihn Phuong, Chief Social Policy (Social Inclusion) at UNICEF, shares her insights of the food system within her line of expertise.

Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Intelligence – Science-Policy Interface

A five-year initiative supported by EC DG-INTPA with the objective to support transitions towards more sustainable Aquatic and Agri-Food Systems in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Thematic narratives and reference frameworks

Transition support model in countries

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