On the World Food Day, on October 16th, WFO SG Arianna Giuliodori joined the side event “COVID-19 and farmer livelihoods: where are the opportunities to future-proof our agri-food systems?”, organised by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) within the framework [...]
On October 15th, WFO President Theo de Jager and Veronica Barbati, President of Coldiretti Giovani Impresa and WFO Gymnasium Alumna, brought the farmers’ voice into the event “The Potential, Practice, and Politics of Repurposing Public Agriculture Support for Healthy People, [...]
WFO President Theo de Jager co-authored with Helena Leurent, Director-General of Consumers International an insightful blog for the World Economic Forum Global website on how considering the needs of farmers and consumers could shape fairer and more resilient food systems. [...]
We are glad to share with you a message from Tamisha Lee, President of Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers and member of WFO Women Committee. Since time immemorial, rural and indigenous women have silently been the backbone of our [...]
Today, WFO young farmers Sarah Crofoot from Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Brenda Tlhabane from the African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) and Richard Bower from the National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU UK), joined early-career scientists for a special session of 2020 CLIFF-GRADS Science Collaboration Series. The meeting, [...]
Every October, during the Plenary Session of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) and its representatives from around the world attend a large number of events to represent the interests of those [...]
Next Wednesday, October 14th, the WFO young farmers Sarah Crofoot from Federated Farmers of New Zealand, Brenda Tlhabane from the African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) and Richard Bower from the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales will be guest [...]
On October 7th, WFO President Theo De Jager was invited to give a keynote speech at the opening of 2020 BGRI Virtual Technical Workshop, hosted by Cornell CALS in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK Foreign, [...]
"Never in our lifetime farmers have been more under pressure than now to answer on the what, the how and the when we produce in the framework of the global climate challenge. Agriculture was not even mentioned in the Kyoto [...]
One scholarship available for WFO young farmers interested in advancing on food legal issues. For the third year in a row, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) in collaboration with LUISS University in Rome, is pleased to announce one scholarship for [...]