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68. What is “food innovation hub”? What is the role of these hubs?

Are there orientations in the Strategy to develop these hubs?

As defined by the World Economic Forum • Promote and develop food system
(2012), “Food innovation hubs” are partner innovation
platforms that connect different members of • Support the transfer and adoption of
the food ecosystem to foster relationships and innovations on a large scale
networks of partners and attract investment, • Enhance sharing of lessons learned
encourage innovation, and jointly develop and capacity building
applicable standards. The Food Innovation Viet Nam has been actively promoting the
Hubs (FIH) are the flagship initiative of the transformation of the global food system as
Food Action Alliance of the World Economic a country providing “transparent, responsible
Forum (WEF) at the 2021 United Nations Food and sustainable food products” with
Systems Summit. The FIH was founded by strong commitments from the Party and the
partners from governments, the private sector, Government. Specifically, in the Strategy for
inventors, businesses, farmer organizations, Socio-Economic Development in 2021-2030,
civil society, and international organisations. Viet Nam advocates promoting agricultural
Food Innovation Hubs (FIH) are designed to restructure and development of concentrated
address the needs of countries’ food systems. commodity agriculture at large-scale in the
FIHs play the role of: direction of modernity, application of high-

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