Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure (IKRI) To Support the Implementation of UN Food System Summit (23 September 2021) Action Area: “Support Means of Implementation”, including addressing SDG 10 to Reduce inequalities and support the digital transitionAs part of the Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit, CANEUS, together with the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), The Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Platform (AERAP) and the LifeWatch ERIC Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Research Infrastructure, will organise a session titled ‘Integration of Frontier Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge for Food Systems Transformation’ online on 23 September 2021 at 14:00 hours.
The session will launch the “
Global Research Initiative and Knowledge Repository to integrate Indigenous Knowledge into the Food Systems”.
The initiative and related repository have the following objectives:
- Sensitising decision making about the use of IK in food systems;
- Trigger Public-Private interest and develop entrepreneurship;
- Protect geographic set up of indigenous systems;
- Link IK with biodiversity knowledge systems
- Establish producer to consumer connection;
- Technology transfer for the benefit of indigenous people, as well as the food systems.
The meeting will demonstrate how Indigenous knowledge (IK) is critical for Food Systems. It adds diversity, enhances nutrition, improves immune and health, has environmentally sound practices that are resilient to risks and disasters, and is climate-sensitive.
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