Transforming food systems toward greater sustainability, inclusiveness, and resilience is essential to accelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Lebanon’s food systems transformation process began in 2021 through inclusive national dialogues, that engaged government institutions, civil society, farmers, academia, and development partners. These efforts culminated in the publication of the Lebanese Food Systems Transformation Pathway in March 2024, outlining a shared national vision.
However, the recent war has severely impacted the food system—displacing more than a million people, damaging 2,200 hectares of farmland, and pushing 1.59 million into food insecurity. These new challenges compound existing structural issues such as import dependence, high food costs, and natural resource degradation.
In this context, the National Convenor of Lebanon, with the support of ESCWA, is convening a national stakeholder workshop to assess progress, realign priorities, and update Lebanon’s food systems pathway to reflect the current context and strengthen the system’s capacity for antifragility.
Objectives of the Workshop:
- Present key findings from a recent mapping exercise on the challenges, resilience strategies, and needs of Lebanon’s food systems in the aftermath of the recent conflict.
- Engage in a structured dialogue with national stakeholders to validate results, gather feedback, and identify priority areas for intervention.
- Agree on next steps to update Lebanon’s national food systems transformation pathway, ensuring it reflects current realities, emerging risks, and a forward‑looking vision for recovery and antifragility.
- Introduce foresight approaches to support scenario‑based planning and strengthen the country’s capacity to anticipate, adapt to, and recover from future shocks.
