<p>On the 2<sup>nd</sup> and the 4<sup>th</sup> of April, UM6P welcomed the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) for its annual meeting at UM6P Campus in Benguerir, which included a workshop on “Resilience and Urban & Peri-Urban Food Systems” on April 3<sup>rd</sup>.</p>
<p>The session brought together HLPE-FSN members, international experts, and local stakeholders to discuss crisis-proof food systems, guided by findings from HLPE-FSN Reports No. 19 and the upcoming No. 20. The discussions reflected on takeaways from Morocco’s 2023 Al Haouz earthquake and emphasized disaster preparedness, governance, and resilient food supply chains.</p>
<p>Participants also visited UM6P’s innovation spaces—1337, StartGate, and the Phenotyping Platform—to explore applied solutions in sustainable food security.</p>
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