African CITYFOOD Month 2021 Event Report

The year 2021 has been a significant year for food, representing commencement of the decade of action towards the attainment of the SDGs and is a year in which significant events and discourse around food systems were held. The 2021 #AfricanCITYFOOMonth campaign built on the momentum around the UN Food Systems Summit and reflected on the Independent Summit Dialogues process that ICLEI Africa, FAO and partners conducted in 13 African cities under the FAO-ICLEI Partnership. Altogether, the partnership between FAO and ICLEI supported 26 cities that were engaged in local multi- stakeholder Food Dialogues, ongoing from April to August 2021.