7 July 2021 - Science Days for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 - Virtual Side Event: When science meets policy to boost food systems transformation. In the composite photo, from top left: Khalid Bomba, Director, Office of Innovation and Chief Innovation Officer, FAO; Rodrigo de Lapuerta, Director, Logistics Services Division, CSL, FAO; Ismahane Elouafi, FAO Chief Scientist; Patrick Child Deputy Director-General for Implementation, Impact and Sustainable Investment Strategies, EU Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD); Bernard Magenhann, Deputy Director-General, EU Joint Research Centre; Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission; Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment & Energy of Costa Rica; Roberta Sonnino Professor Director of Impact and Engagement, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Rapporteur, European Commission High-level Expert Group to assess need for an international Platform for Food Systems Science; Máximo Torero Cullen Chief Economist, FAO; Ladislav Miko, EU Convenor for the UN Food Systems Summit and EU Representative in Slovakia; Alan Belward, Head of Unit, Food Security, EU Joint Reasearch Centre /JRC); Yemi Akinbamijo, Executive Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, (FARA); Elizabeth Nsimadala, President, Pan-African Farmers' organization (PAFO); Divine Ntiokam, Founder and Managing Director of the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth network (CSAYN) and UN Food System Summit 2021 Champion; Pal Goda (Research Institute of Agricultural Economics); Kerstin Rosenaw, Head of Unit, Research and Innovation, EU Commission Directorate -General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI); Esther Penunia, Secretary General of the Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development; Cherrie Atilano ,Founding Farmer, CEO and President of AGREA; Martin Hojsík, Member of the European Parliament; Martin Frick, Deputy to the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit; Ale?Irgolic State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of the Republic of Slovenia, Presidency of the Council of the EU.