Food System Transformation for a Better Future

World Food Day | 16 October 2025

World Food Day 2025 calls for collective action to build peaceful, sustainable, and food-secure societies. The transformation of agrifood systems requires collaboration across disciplines and sectors — uniting science, technology, community engagement, and social innovation.

The FAR-LeaF Food Security Cluster will host a virtual panel discussion to commemorate World Food Day on 16 October 2025. This panel brings together experts from agriculture, consumer science, environmental geography, plant breeding, and social science to explore how their combined expertise can lead to better food production, equitable access, and environmental harmony.

The discussion will showcase how biophysical innovations (such as improved plant varieties and urine-based fertiliser) and social innovations (including behavioural change, waste prevention, and community empowerment) can work in tandem to achieve sustainable outcomes.

The panellists are

1. Dr Miriam Ameworwor (Ghana),

2. Dr Ololade Abdulrahman (Nigeria),

3. Dr Allasan Seidou (Benin),

4. Dr Jabulani Nyengere (Malawi),

5. Dr Gabriel Ndimbo (Tanzania),

6. Dr Juliana Cheboi (Kenya),

7. Dr Judith Falola-Olasunkanmi (Nigeria),

8. Dr Enoch Tham-Agyekum (Ghana),

9. Dr Ferdinand Lubobi (Kenya) and

10. moderator Dr Pearl Lefadola from Botswana.

The objectives of the panel discussion are to examine cross-disciplinary strategies for transforming agrifood systems toward sustainability and resilience; to highlight scientific and social innovations — from plant breeding to waste recovery — that can strengthen food and nutrition security; to discuss how collaboration among scientists, engineers, and communities can ensure equitable and sustainable food access; and to inspire collective action among policymakers, educators, researchers, and the public.

The Zoom panel discussion on 16 October starts at 18h00. The meeting ID is 644 3581 8107, and the Passcode Is 962473.