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International symposium organized by the UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems (Montpellier SupAgro and CIRAD), UMR Moisa (CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, CIHEAM-IAM), OCHA (CNIEL) and the Edgar Morin Center of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Contemporary Anthropology (IIAC).
Paris, OCHA, 4 & 5 December 2017
The first two days of the "Eating in the city" symposium, open to a registered scientific audience, discussed the results of field surveys in African, Asian and Latin American cities conducted by socio-anthropologists from these cities who had responded to a call for papers. (...)

International symposium organized by the UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems (Montpellier SupAgro and CIRAD), UMR Moisa (CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, CIHEAM-IAM), OCHA (CNIEL) and the Edgar Morin Center of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Contemporary Anthropology (IIAC)
Paris, Unesco, 6 December 2017
The third day of the international "Eating in the City" symposium was divided into two parts. In the morning, findings from the first two days were summed up with presentations on how distrust manifests itself in recently industrialized countries. The afternoon, the discussion (...)

Side event of the Science Days for the UNFSS 2021 Priorities for inclusive urban food transformations in the global South Tuesday July 6, 18:00-19:30 UTC 07:00-8:30 Los Angeles, 09:00-10:30 Quito, 14:00-15:30 Ouagadougou, 16:00-17:30 Paris, 21:00-22 :30 Hanoi
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Registration is free of charge but compulsory (Registration will be open on Wednesday, June 30)
The event, in collaboration with the RUAF Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food (...)

Thursday afternoon April 15, 5pm-6pm (CET) Registration: just follow this link.
Cities have been propelled into the forefront of the debate about sustainable food policies because, with rapid urbanization, the urban realm has become a locus for three of the main challenges to the conventional food system: multifunctionality, co-governance and re-localization. Since the early 90’s, many cities have engaged in food and agricultural policies as a way to reduce distance between producers and (...)

On Tuesday 23 March 2021 - from 4pm to 6pm (CET) By following the link: https://zoom.us/j/92218337761 Simultaneous translations in French and English
The Africa2020 Season is an allegory of the cultural, spiritual, commercial, technological and political networks that have linked the nations of the African continent throughout history. Bringing the whole of Africa together in one Season is a conscious choice. It is about creating a platform so that societies, which sometimes lost sight of (...)

SEMINAR - Impact assessment of food innovations
Thursday, 11 February 2021 14.30-16.30 by videoconference
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The URBAL project (Urban-driven food innovations for sustainable food systems) is pleased to invite you to the seminar on: “Impact assessment of food innovations”. The seminar is organized by the UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems (Montpellier SupAgro), Cirad, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Està.
Sustainable food system innovations are multiplying (...)

The UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, in partnership with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), organized the second edition of the Symposium on “Eating in African, Latin American and Asian Cities”, the 19th September.
Programme - in spanish: Introducción: “La comida en la calle, un must del análisis de la comida en las ciudades” Nicolas Bricas, Centro de Cooperación de Investigación Agronómica para el Desarrollo (Cirad, UMR Moisa), UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, France
“De la casa (...)

Following the first edition held in Paris in late 2017 on “Urban food styles in Africa, Latin America and Asia”, which led to the publication of a book (Soula et al., 2020), and then the second edition in Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 2018 on “Street food”, CIRAD (MOISA joint research unit) and the UNESCO Chair in World Food Systems, in partnership with OCHA and the Anthropology of Food journal, are organizing the third edition of the Symposium on “Eating in African, Latin American and Asian Cities” (...)

At the 5th Annual Gathering of the MUFPP, the Unesco Chair in World Food Systems organises a public session about an urban foodscapes world tour with Foodscapes and Urbal researchers.

Monday 7 October 2019, 3 pm.
at Corum, Montpellier.

Given that up to 37% of human GHG emissions are linked directly to the global food system (IPCC 2019) and that more than 820 million people are food insecure and over 2 billion are overweight or obese (FAO 2018), it is increasingly recognized that sustainable food systems can help tackle climate change through GHG reduction and improve health by addressing diet-related disease. It is also increasingly recognized that better connections between urban and rural food spaces can amplify these (...)

23-24 Juin 2014 - Ryerson University, Toronto
International symposium
Co-sponsored by the Unesco Chair in World Food Systems, this two days international conference commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Centre for Studies in Food Security at Ryerson University, and celebrates the International Year of Family Farming.
It will address questions and issues concerning the future of family farming in an increasingly urbanized world.
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3-4 Septembre 2015 - University of Wisconsin - Madison
Food waste is a growing issue. The seminar covered its various dimensions as well as sustainable perspectives : Economic, social and environmental impacts of food waste, L. Zepeda (University of Wisconsin, Unitwin)
Download the presentation Consumers and sustainability : focus on food waste concern, L. Sirieix & G. Le Borgne & S. Costa (Montpellier Supagro - UMR MOISA)
Download the presentation How to encourage a change in (...)