Civil Society Mechanism for relations to the UN Committee on World Food Security.

• This consultation is open until 15 June 2026
• Comments can be submitted in English, French and Spanish

The High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has launched an open consultation on the V0 draft of its report, Preserving, Strengthening and Promoting Indigenous Peoples’ Food and Knowledge Systems and Traditional Practices for Sustainable Food Systems. The consultation is open from 15 May to 15 June 2026.

This draft was prepared following the 2024 consultation on the scope of the report, which received 78 contributions, including a submission from the CSIPM. The final report will be presented during the 54th plenary session of the CFS in October 2026, and it will contribute to the CFS policy workstream on the same topic. 

The outcomes of this consultation will support the HLPE-FSN to further develop the draft, which will undergo peer review before a final approval by the drafting team  and the  Steering Committee . More information on the different stages of the process is available here.

Questions guiding the e-consultation

1. The report proposes a working definition of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. Do you have any observations on this definition? 
2. The report introduces a conceptual framework informed by key principles established in previous HLPE-FSN reports (HLPE, 2020) and grounded on the six dimensions of food security. The conceptual framework highlights the importance of relationality, values and territories to understand Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. Do you think the framework captures the key elements to guide policy-making aimed at improving the contribution of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems to food security and nutrition? Do you have any other comments? 
3. Data on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems are limited. What are additional trends and data, especially capturing impacts on food security and nutrition and inequalities/distribution issues affecting Indigenous Peoples, that could be included in the report? Please provide full references.
4. Are there any other issues concerning Indigenous Peoples’ food systems and food security and nutrition that have not been sufficiently covered in the draft report? Are topics under- or over-represented in relation to their importance?
5. Are there other references, publications, or different kind of knowledges, especially Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge, which should be considered?
6. Could you suggest case studies and success stories from countries that were able to preserve, strengthen and promote Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems? The HLPE-FSN is especially interested in examples that contribute to balance geographical representation in the report and that address issues related to all forms of malnutrition.
7. From your perspective what are the areas on which the HLPE-FSN could make recommendations in its report?
8. Do you have any additional comments you would like to share with the HLPE-FSN? 

How to participate

Written contributions can be submitted before 15 June, 2026 using the template provided by the HLPE-FSN.

The CSIPM Working Group on Indigenous Peoples’ Food and Knowledge Systems will facilitate the development of a collective submission to this consultation.

We warmly invite CSIPM Participants to contribute. If you are not yet part of the Working Group and would like to participate, please fill in this form and contact the CSIPM Secretariat  at cso4cfs@gmail.com.

• Further information on the consultation is available on the HLPE-FSN website
• Learn more about the HLPE-FSN publication cycle
• Read the CSIPM submission on the scope of the report.

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The CSIPM participated in a consultation organized by the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on Empowering Family Farmers, in preparation for the Global Thematic Event that will be held during the 54th CFS Plenary Session in October 2026.

In a collective contribution, the CSIPM highlighted that the event is a key opportunity to reflect on and advance policies that strengthen family farmers, small-scale food producers, fishers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, women and youth, as well as peasant and Indigenous agriculture rooted in agroecology. It also stressed that the discussion should build on commitments governments have already made within the CFS and under the United Nations Decade of Family Farming.

The CSIPM called for a critical review of policies from recent decades to better understand how they have contributed to deepening dependence on external inputs, capital, and new technologies (including digital ones); reinforcing the agro-industrial model; weakening resilience, and increasing vulnerability. It also underscored the need to recognize the structural challenges faced by family farmers, including criminalization and limited access to finance and markets.

Among the priorities that the CFS event should address, the CSIPM highlighted agrarian reform, particularly in connection with the ICARRD+20, held in Colombia; the implementation of the UN Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP); access to markets; criminalization and violence against people defending their territories; and the dependency and concentration of power that new technologies and the digitalization of agriculture may generate, among others.

The CSIPM’s initial analysis provides a clear picture of the challenges facing family farmers, based on experiences shared by different constituencies, and underscores the importance of ensuring inclusive and meaningful participation in food governance, so that policies are developed together with those who produce food and feed their communities.

• More information on the CFS Global Thematic Event
• Towards smallholder-oriented public policies. CSIPM independent report (2019)

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