Our Story
Hesat is an ancient Egyptian goddess believed to provide sustenance to humanity. She is generally depicted as a cow who represents milk and purity.
As the modern world grapples with issues of food supply, trade, and access, we are entering a new era of agriculture and food security. Rather than a production-oriented approach, we are shifting towards food systems that provide sustenance and prioritize livelihoods, equity, nutritious diets, and positive environmental outcomes.
Hesat2030 is responding by advocating for scaling up innovation, evidence, institutional analysis, and resource mobilization, at the highest levels.
Our Mission
We leverage evidence-based research, innovative technologies and coordinated action to provide donor agencies and policy-makers with the resources and tools necessary to make informed and scientifically based decisions.
Our Vision
We are committed to catalyzing transformative change in global policies, programs and investments to end hunger while protecting the climate, improving nutrition, empowering women and advancing the well-being of the poorest and most vulnerable communities.
Our Origins
In October 2020, Ceres2030 published its high-impact roadmap to end hunger, double the incomes and productivity of small-scale producers, while protecting the climate in partnership with Nature Research. It incorporated economic modelling, machine learning and evidence-based synthesis into a single initiative.
The Ceres2030 project, led by Cornell University, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), brought together 84 researchers spanning 23 countries and 53 organizations to focus on how international donors can effectively and efficiently to end hunger sustainably.
Hesat2030 builds upon this foundation. Our research question has been expanded to include the current challenges of climate change, malnutrition, and inequalities. And, our research tools have been updated to benefit from the recent advances in data mining and machine learning. However, our underlying methodology and overarching goal to end hunger remain the same.
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