On 7 March, the WFO Board member Kati Partanen from MTK joined a food security seminar in Helsinki, Finland. The event "Where is the global food system heading? Civil society possibilities to affect the sustainability of food systems" brought together high-level [...]
We are thrilled to announce that registration is now open for the 2023 WFO General Assembly in Sun City, Rustenburg, South Africa, from May 21 to 24! The event is organised in collaboration with the WFO Members Southern African Agri Initiative (SAAI), African [...]
February 16, 2023 - The new group of young farmers from all over the world attending the WFO Gymnasium High-Level Capacity Building Program convened digitally for the official start of the third edition of the program. The meeting featured the [...]
Again this year, on February 15, the WFO International Secretariat opened the doors of its premises in Rome to 27 young farmers all coming from different parts of Germany and taking part in the TOP Kurs programme, managed by the WFO partner Andreas Hermes Akademie [...]
February 14, 2023 – Today Ms Tamisha Lee, President of the WFO Member Organisation Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers went to FAO headquarters in Rome to bring the rural women producers’ voice to the IFAD Governing Council (#GC2023). [...]
Yesterday, Thursday 9 February, during the 61st Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD61), the WFO Member Organisation Indian Co-operative Network for Women (ICNW) hosted the virtual side event “The role of Young Women in Cooperatives in combating inequalities, [...]
Today, February 8, the distinguished members of the Scientific Council of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) convened digitally for their first meeting of 2023. Created in 2020, the Scientific Council is an independent scientific body composed of scientists, experts [...]
The new agreement continues support for farmers, recognizing their key role in achieving sustainable agrifood systems and the 2030 Agenda 27 January 2023, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Farmers’ Organisation [...]
Photo copyright: BMEL/Photothek For the seventh time this year, at the invitation of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), 10 young farmers from WFO Member Organisations across the globe joined the annual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), participating in [...]
Photo copyright: BMEL/Photothek Last week, under the theme "Food Systems Transformation: A Worldwide Response to Multiple Crises", the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) hosted in Berlin, from 18 to 21 January 2023, the annual Global Forum for [...]