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/cfs/cfs-hlpe /en/ INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR Sustainable Food Security and Nutrition Under Agriculture Transformation and Urbanization Friday 26th May, 2017, 9:00 – 13:00 Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS – Beijing, China Scope: The current transformation of the agricultural landscape, with increasing urbanization and sophisticated food systems acting on a global scale, challenges the concept of sustainable food security and nutrition (FSN) at all levels. This international seminar intends to discuss, first the preliminary findings from the HLPE report on “Nutrition and Food Systems” and then the results of the recent open inquiry on “Critical and emerging issues for FSN” in the overall perspective of the Agenda 2030 in order to inform the global policy debate on the possible concrete actions to foster sustainability in FSN. 08:00-09:00 Registration / Welcome 09:00-09:30 Opening Remarks 09:00-09:10 Chairman：Prof.Mei Fangquan, CAAS 09:10-09:20 Welcome Remarks from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 09:20-09:30 Remarks and Introduction of CFS HLPE Session 1 Preliminary findings of the HLPE report on Nutrition and food systems 09:30-09:50 Dr. Jessica Fanzo, HLPE Project team leader Food Security and Nutrition in Poverty Areas in China 09:50-10:10 Dr. Nie Fengying, Deputy Director of Agricultural Information Institute of CAAS 10:10-10:30 Discussion with the floor 10:30-10:50 Coffee Break Session 2 Critical a