Event
29 July 2025
United Nations Food Systems Summit +4 side event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Strengthening Urban Rural Linkages through local, traditional, and farmers markets
On behalf of the World Farmers Markets Coalition, I am very happy to address this side event at the global meeting in Ethiopia. The organization, for which I preside as president, was founded during meetings in 2021 in Rome at the final preparatory meetings for the first UNFSS. Not only are we co-sponsoring this side event together with our WorldFMC member and founder of the new farmers market in Tripoli, Lebanon — Nuhad Sheikh.
Who: Resilient Local Food Supply Chains Alliance; and Italian Government; UN-Habitat; Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO); UN Capital Development Fund; Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI); World Farmers Markets Coalition (WorldFMC); HealthBridge; Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari); Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa; Other Country co-organizers: Benin, Egypt, Cameroon
What: Critically exploring the pivotal role local, traditional and farmers food markets play in consumers’ diets, local economic development, environment and resilience in cities, urban-rural networks and territories. As food environments and hubs, markets are strategic entry points for locally-led, inclusive engagement of formal and informal sectors and governance, and can drive regenerative values. With multiple-levers for nourishing, just food systems transformation, intersecting systems from climate to MSMEs and health, markets are routine places of opportunity, co-benefits, and innovative social protection – especially for low income and vulnerable urban residents including women and youth; and fair revenue for smallholder and family farmers.
When: Tuesday, 29 July 2025 at 13:00 to 14:15 local time
Where: Room C-R3
For more information, visit the UNFSS+4 website.