Over the years, the transition to green and sustainable agriculture has become a strategic focus for many countries, aiming to address global challenges such as climate change, land degradation, and ecological imbalance. Agroecological models, which incorporate environmentally friendly farming methods, resource reuse, and minimizing negative impacts on ecosystems, are increasingly asserting their importance in building a sustainable food system.

Within the framework of activities to promote the implementation of the “National Action Plan for Transforming Vietnam’s Food System Towards Transparency, Responsibility, and Sustainability by 2030” under Decision No. 300/QĐ-TTg by the Prime Minister at the provincial level, the Sơn La Department of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinated with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), and the National Institute of Nutrition to organize a meeting. The purpose was to share and discuss the current state of Sơn La Province's food system to identify priority issues, stakeholders, and both existing and future resources needed to address these challenges.

As part of Component 2 on "Nutrition-Secured Food Systems" under the initiative "Protecting Food Systems in Major Asian Deltas for Livelihoods and Climate Adaptation (AMD)," the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), in collaboration with the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and other partners, organized the consultation meeting on "Developing the Food System Profile for the Mekong Delta Region (MKD)" at CIAT's office on November 27, 2024.

Continuing a series of activities to promote the implementation of the “National Action Plan for Transforming the Food System towards Transparency, Responsibility, and Sustainability in Vietnam by 2030” (NAP-FS) under Decision No. 300/QĐ-TTg of the Prime Minister at the provincial level, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Đồng Tháp, in collaboration with the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, organized the meeting on “Identifying Priority Issues, Implementation Partners, Activities, and Resources in the Food System in Đồng Tháp Province.” The meeting aimed to:

On November 19, 2024, a meeting titled "Consultation on the Current Status of the Food System in Son La Province" was organized by the Son La Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the inter-agency task force (Biodiversity Alliance and CIAT, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development, National Institute of Nutrition). This event is part of a series of consultation activities aimed at developing the profile of the current status of the food system in Son La Province.

In a coordinated effort to promote the implementation of the “National Action Plan for a transparent, responsible, and sustainable transformation of the food system in Vietnam by 2030” under Decision No. 300/QD-TTg by the Prime Minister in 2023, an inter-agency working group consisting of the Bioversity and CIAT Alliance, the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development, and the National Institute of Nutrition, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Sơn La, organized a consultation meeting on the current status of the food system in Sơn La Province on November 7, 2024, in Sơn La City.