To pursue its broad aim of contributing a transition to a more just and sustainable food system in South Africa through improved food system governance, the Food Imbizo has the following objectives:

• Build a collaborative stakeholder network
• Promote, exchange and connect different types of knowledge and action for policy change
• Create awareness of food system failures
• Build a coalition for action
• Understand broader food system challenges
• Draw on different perspectives
• Inform decision-making
• Identify research gaps
• Align with national and local priorities and policies