The “Global Research Initiative and Knowledge Repository to integrate Indigenous Knowledge into the Food Systems” will function as the digital infrastructure, termed as “Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure (IKRI)”, and support the implementation of the UN Food Systems Summit.

It was created during the UN FSS Pre-Summit held on July 26, 2021, and builds on the outcome from the UN FSS Independent Global Dialogue “Integration of Frontier Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge for Food Systems Transformation” held on 31 May, 2021.