From 31 October to 12 November, the UK, in partnership with Italy, hosted the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. World leaders, alongside negotiators, government representatives and other relevant stakeholders, convened in Glasgow for twelve days of talks on how to accelerate action towards a successful Paris [...]
On November 3, within the context of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, WFO President Theo de Jager joined the event "Accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement through innovative climate-resilient agri-food systems", organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization [...]
On November 5, WFO President Theo de Jager joined the COP 26 event "Bridging the Science-Policy Gap for Impactful, Demand-Driven Food Systems Innovation", co-organised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the American University of Beirut (AUB-IFI) and Columbia University. [...]
From October 31 to November 12, the UK, in partnership with Italy, will host the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, hailed as "the world's best last chance to get runaway climate change under control". World leaders, alongside negotiators, government representatives and other relevant [...]
Last October 16, the President of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), Theo de Jager, joined the official flagship event celebrating the 2021 World Food Day at the EXPO 2020 Dubai. The theme of this year's World Food Day, "Our actions [...]
From October 11 to 14, a delegation of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) joined the 49th Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 49), addressing several panels and roundtables. Organised shortly after the United Nations Food Systems [...]
On the occasion of this year's International Day of Rural Women, we are glad to share a message from Tamisha Lee, President of Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers and a member of the WFO Women Committee. 15 October is [...]
The role of farmers' organisations in promoting agriculture for younger generations As the President of the World Farmers' Organisation, Theo de Jager, always says, "Young farmers of the world present a huge goldmine providing the solution to the main challenges of the 21st century". Youngsters' energy and passion, empowered [...]
From September 30 – October 2, 2021, Italy, as the UK's COP26 Presidency partners, hosted the pre-COP in Milan. A delegation of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) was there virtually and in person to reiterate the importance of putting farmers [...]
Rome, Italy, September 30, 2021 – As part of this year WTO Public Forum, the World Farmers' Organisation hosted the virtual event "Rethinking trade and value chains sustainably to benefit both farmers and consumers, while bringing them closers". Under the [...]