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AI Standards for Global Impact: From Governance to Action AI Part 1: International

Figure 26: Rodrigo Hübner Mendes, CEO & Founder, Institute Rodrigo Mendes &
Olivier Ouillier, Co-Founder & CEO, Inclusive Brains; Visiting Professor, Mohamed Bin
Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI); Chairman, AI Institute, Biotech
Dental Group

5�8 AI for food systems

This high-level session between International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP),
and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) discussed how to leverage the
transformative power of AI and digital technologies across the food value chain to enhance
productivity, strengthen food security, and build resilient food systems building on the thematic
workshop held earlier. The summit also hosted the announcement of the launch of a new Global
Initiative on AI for Food Systems, a strategic partnership between ITU, FAO, WFP, and IFAD.

ITU's partners were represented by Dejan Jakovljevic, Director of the Digital FAO and Agro-
Informatics Division; Pieternel Boogaard, Managing Director of Technical Delivery at IFAD;
Magan Naidoo, Chief Data Officer at WFP; and Sebastian Bosse, Head of Interactive and
Cognitive Systems at Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, and Chair of the ITU/FAO Focus Group
on AI and IoT for Digital Agriculture – the predecessor of the new Global Initiative.

The main points shared during the session are summarised below:

• The global food system faces unprecedented challenges, including climate shocks,
demographic pressures, and supply disruptions, necessitating innovative solutions.
• The new Global Initiative aims toleverage AI to provide practical, scalable solutions aimed
at addressing humanity's urgent food security needs through sustainable and inclusive
approaches.
• The initiative emphasizes global collaboration to create interoperable, secure, and
adaptable frameworks for digital food systems.

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