Country-Led Acceleration
The Accelerator is for governments that want to move from food system plans to implementation and overcome the barriers slowing progress. It brings together ministries, technical experts, national and international partners, and investors to fix coordination, policy, and financing challenges and move faster from plans to action. It strengthens existing efforts by aligning expertise and stakeholders around delivery.
The Accelerator helps overcome fragmented implementation
It operates as one coordinated partnership, bringing together expertise from multiple institutions and partners around your priorities, reducing fragmentation and avoiding parallel processes.
Starting the process
Understand your food system challenge
What we do
We start by working with you to review and clarify your existing food system plans, strategies, and actions, building on what already exists. Together, we look at where progress is happening and where the Accelerator can help you accelerate. Early on, the relevant ministries and partners are brought together to align on priorities and establish a shared baseline.
What you get
You leave this step with a shared, government-led direction for action and a clearer focus on the food system challenges that matter most, rooted in the national context and aligned across key ministries.
The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is the entry point to the Agrifood Systems Accelerator.
Requests for support are submitted through the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, which serves as the Secretariat of the Accelerator. The Hub helps ensure that requests are country-led, aligned with national food systems pathways, and coordinated across partners.
We ask governments to share
A short description of the challenge
What food systems challenge or bottleneck do you want to address (for example, moving from plans to financed action, unlocking investment, or strengthening coordination)?
The outcome you want to achieve
What would success look like, and how would it advance your national food systems priorities?
Existing plans or ongoing work
Any relevant strategies, action plans, or initiatives related to food systems transformation.
What is slowing progress
Your initial view of the main constraints, such as coordination gaps, policy misalignment, capacity challenges, or difficulty accessing finance.
A government focal point
A designated contact person to coordinate discussions and ensure continuity.
What this means in practice
We do not need to start from scratch. The Accelerator builds on what you already have and works with you to move it forward.
Ready to accelerate your country's agrifood system transformation?
Whether you have a quick question or you’re ready to explore support, we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you are in your food systems transformation journey, early ideas, active planning, or moving towards implementation, reach out and we’ll help you identify a clear next step.