International Conference on Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture ICFSNSA on November 15-16, 2026 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Forests for Food Security and Nutrition
Global and local analyses of food security and its drivers
Policies to improve local and global food security
Sustainable intensification of food production systems
Urbanization, food value chains, and the sustainable, secure sourcing of food
Competing demands and tradeoffs for land and water resources
Technological breakthroughs to help feed the globe
Reducing food loss and waste
Reducing risks to food production and distribution from climate change
Consumer behavior, nutritional security and food assistance programs
Business-science cooperation to advance food security
The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus

Benefits from forests, trees on farms and agroforestry systems for food security and nutrition
Food availability – food from forests, trees on farms and agroforestry systems
Food accessibility – economic access to food through income generated by the production of forest and agroforestry products
Food system stability – ecosystem services performed by forests and trees that build or enhance the resilience of food production systems
Food use

Key challenges and bottlenecks
Competition for natural resources
The impacts of climate change
Access and rights to resources and benefitsharing
Lack of data, appropriate technologies to enhance the contributions
Poor Service delivery (extension, research and technology transfer)
Sectorial barriers

Policy options, innovative approaches and emerging opportunities
National policy and governance mechanisms
Policy and regulatory reforms for secure tenure rights
Strong and innovative rural institutions, to increase the uptake of good practices
New, appropriate and sustainable technologies to increase production
Indigenous peoples and their knowledge and cultural values in shaping food-security policies