International Conference and Training Workshop on “Food Systems Transformation for Climate Actions” (ICTW-FSTCA 2025)

Organized by
OIC – COMSTECH, and ICESCO,
in collaboration with Makerere University, Uganda

Date: 13 – 15 October, 2025
Venue: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Deadline for Physical Participation: 13 September, 2025

Flyer: Click Here

Introduction:

Food systems contribute one-third of the global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, limiting global warming well below 2 degrees would be hard without mitigating emissions from food systems. Furthermore, climate change negatively impacts food systems, jeopardizing food security. Ongoing and projected climate change and extreme weather events could result in food insecurity and malnutrition of millions of people, with cascading effects beyond food systems. Thus, it is crucial to explore climate actions leading to sustainable food systems and transform food systems to net zero greenhouse gas emissions

Multiple response options exist throughout food systems to mitigate climate change and build climate resilience. These options include institutional management and governance actions that could prevent or reduce the severe climate risks to future human food security and nutrition. Moreover, the food system approach could bring down adaptation and mitigation silos with novel ways to integrate climate change solutions from production to consumption. Thus, this workshop aims to provide a platform for exchanging options for food systems transformation for climate action among various stakeholders. The workshop focuses on Africa, the world region suffering from several issues related to food and nutrition security.

Objectives:

The specific objectives of the workshop are threefold:

  • Bring various stakeholders together to discuss and communicate the state-of-the-art food system transformation options to ensure food and nutrition security in Africa, contributing to climate actions.
  • Exchange best practices globally and in Africa, to identify strategies for transforming food systems and ensuring climate action, accounting for local and Indigenous knowledge
  • Develop a consensus paper on food system transformation strategies to ensure food and nutrition security, implementing climate actions.

Target Audience:

Farmers, agribusiness owners, food industry managers, supply chain professionals, agri-entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers, exporters, and academicians from the OIC countries are encouraged to participate.

Key Contents:

The workshop consists of plenary sessions, break-out groups, and a field visit. The plenary sessions will consist of a few keynote presentations, panel discussions, and reporting back from the break-out groups. Participants will discuss different food system transformation strategies in the break-out groups. These groups represent various components of the food systems, including food production, supply chains, diets, and food loss/waste.

Theme I – Sustainable Food Production 

Theme II – Sustainable Food Supply Chain

Theme III – Sustainable Food Consumption and Health

Theme IV – Food Security and Nutrition

Theme V – Climate Smart Agriculture

Theme VI – Technology and Innovation

Theme VII – Policy and Advocacy

Speaker and Resource Persons of the ICTW-FSTCA 2025

The resource persons will consist of researchers, technology developers and heads of various agriculture research centers, who will deliver lectures on key areas of food system lifecycle and management.

List of Resource Persons

Local Hospitality:

Organizers will provide complete local hospitality (accommodation, meals, etc.) for international resource persons and selected international participants.

Travel Support:

Organizers will provide air travel support to resource persons and selected participants  from OIC member countries travelling for the workshop.

Registration Process:

For Participation please register at: Click Here

Selected candidates will be notified through email; hence, applicants are required to check their emails.

Technical Focal Person           

  1. Ambassador Shahid Kamal

Senior Advisor
OIC-COMSTECH

  1. Dr. M. Sharif

Advisor
Science & Environment Sector
ICESCO

Workshop Coordinator 

  1. Muhammad Haris Akram

Program Manager, COMSTECH                               
Tel: +92-51-9220681-3      
Fax: +92-51-9205264, +92-51-9220265             
Email: haris@comstech.org

  1. Ephraim Nuwamanya (PhD)

Lecturer
Plant Biochemistry and Physiology
College of Agriculture
Makerere University, Uganda

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