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Unsustainable agricultural production methods 🌾, and poor nutritional health of population 🧑🤝🧑 are the key drivers behind the annual hidden cost of India's food system, Food System Economics Commission estimates this at 💰USD 1.5 trillion. To build a systemic approach towards addressing this, Food and Land Use Coalition - FOLU India alongwith its regional partner, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, brought together about 42 participants from CSOs with deep experience of working on ground with food system actors, for southern regional consultation in Chennai. Discussions centered on policy outlook, governance mechanisms and areas with potentially highest impact towards a transformative process. Learn more about the consultation and FSEC's recommendations for India: https://bit.ly/3S6JvTz Dr. Jayahari KM, FOLU India Country Coordinator: The hidden cost of India's food systems is huge, about 15% of the global hidden cost of the food system. FSEC's recommendations for India provides us with key insights that we must contextualise for different regions. This southern regional consultation initiated by FOLU India is first of the series of dialogues to be held with on-ground actors in various parts of the country.