Building Resilient Food Systems Survey and Repository

Help advance global understanding of how food systems are becoming more just, equitable, and sustainable. 

We invite organizations, researchers, and practitioners to share their work by completing the Building Resilient Food Systems Survey. Your contribution will help build a global, open-access repository showcasing real-world initiatives that embody Equitably Transformative Resilience (ETR).  

Take the survey here.

For questions, contact: unescofbss@wlu.ca 

About the Building Resilient Food Systems Repository

The Building Resilient Food Systems Repository is an initiative led by the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, grounded in the FAO High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) Report: Building Resilient Food Systems, presented by Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer at the 53rd Plenary Session of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS 53) in October 2025. 

The report calls for ETR in food systems, where institutions, policies, people, ideas and practices uphold the capacity of individuals, communities, and socioecological processes to prevent, absorb, adapt and transform in the context of multiple uncertainties. It goes beyond “bouncing back” (i.e., returning to the state that prevailed before the food system was perturbed) so food systems “bounce forward” through equitable transformations that redress unequal distribution of power, capabilities, resources, rights and duties, while harnessing socioecological synergies so that food systems are less prone to shocks in the future.  

The survey will collect information on projects and initiatives that align with the four key themes of the Building Resilient Food Systems report: 

1. Governance and Policy
2. Emergency Response, Contingency Planning, and Foresight
3. Fostering Diversity in Production, Markets, and Diets
4. Knowledge Systems for Equitably Transformative Resilience

The Repository will serve as a living global resource, connecting research, policy, and practice to advance these pathways and inform the theory and action of sustainable food systems. 

The Repository will launch in early 2026. Stay tuned for updates and featured stories by subscribing to our newsletter and following the Chair on Linkedin.