Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs (session two)
Channel: IIED
Date: 2020-10-23

This is a recording of the second session of a four-part virtual workshop co-hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on 'Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and the SDGs: challenges, interdisciplinary research gaps and empowering methodologies'.

The workshop brought together a range of actors, including UK academics from humanities and botanical sciences, agri-food sectors, action-researchers, indigenous experts and FAO. It aimed to enable equitable dialogue between diverse actors and disciplines.

This session on 14 October 2020 focused on co-creating research agendas: Indigenous priorities and inter-disciplinary gaps.

It featured an Indigenous panel on the priorities for research on indigenous food systems, including Hindou Ibrahim (Chad), Phrang Roy (India), Edmond Dounias (IRD) and Vyacheslav Shadrin (Artic).

There was also an introduction to a global hub on Indigenous food systems, a knowledge platform generating evidence for policy on sustainable food systems, by Yon Fernandez-de-Larrinoa and Anne Brunel of FAO.

The workshop forms part of a project on “Indigenous food systems, biocultural heritage and agricultural resilience”, funded by UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

More details: https://www.iied.org/indigenous-peoples-food-systems-hold-key-feeding-humanity