Third Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Central Asia

The principal objective of the meeting is to deliberate on identifying innovative ways to transform food systems towards sustainability. An additional objective is to discuss ways to participate effectively in the 2021 Food Systems Summit taking into account regional cooperation in this regard. Specifically, the meeting is expected to:

1. Achieve a shared understanding of the concept of sustainable food systems and their importance in shaping diet, nutrition and health, socio- economic and environment outcomes.
2. Achieve a shared understanding of the objectives and structure of the 2021 Food Systems Summit.
3. Identify the key challenges in the Central Asian region for continuing to improve their food systems as well as some promising agricultural policies aimed at creating an enabling environment that encourages innovation.
4. Share the examples of innovative approaches, already implemented in the countries of Central Asia.
5. Share the status of the country level preparations for participating in the Summit, especially the Member State Dialogues and the role of the Issue-based Coalition for Food Systems in this process. In this context, the ministers may wish to deliberate on what they want to focus on in the national dialogues.