Expert consultation and learning exchange event on building resilient food systems in the Horn of Africa

These strategic consultation and exchange events engaged participants on emerging lessons and insights and provided a learning platform to exchange with a range of different stakeholders and actors, thus further setting the agenda for building resilient food systems in contexts of protracted crises.

General objectives for the strategic consultation and exchange events included the following:

• to share experiences, knowledge, and insights, so that stakeholders can better contribute towards
• strengthening food system resilience for improving food and nutrition security outcomes;
• to identify emerging lessons and key challenges related to building resilient food systems, and where
• possible propose pathways to address the remaining key challenges;
• to stimulate private sector collaboration and investment across FNS-REPRO’s value chain, to ensure the
• sustainability and long-term benefits of the programme;
• to improve stakeholder collaboration for building food systems resilience.

The details for each of the events that were part of this programme were as follows:

• Day 1-2: Expert consultation on food system resilience and food system transformation; FNS-REPRO event on lessons learnt, partnerships, and the localization agenda.
• Day 3: FNS-REPRO Global Programme steering committee meeting; Dutch Relief Alliance expert consultation on localization and HDP nexus operationalization; seminar on investing in fragile settings, followed by a networking reception.
• Day 4: Seeds-specific learning event “Partnerships for building resilient seed systems”; visit to organic farm near Wageningen.
• Day 5: Exposure visits to Dutch companies active in international seeds and fodder/feed value chains.