NFU22: WFO President on the challenges and opportunities for farmers and farming
WFO President Theo de Jager joined the NFU Conference 2022 to bring into the debate the global perspective on challenges and opportunities for farmers and farming.
Transitional Agriculture Project: Looking into the Future
On February 21, 2022, farmers' representatives whose organisations are partnering in the Transitional Agriculture project met in a digital Advisory Board meeting for a forward-looking and constructive exchange about 2021 achievements and the 2022 planned activities of the project. The [...]
WFO opens its doors to TOP Kurs students
Again this year, on 10 February, the WFO International Secretariat welcomed in its premises in Rome 20 young farmers all coming from different parts of Germany and taking part in the 2022 TOP Kurs programme, managed by the WFO [...]
Cooperatives for Rural Women’s Empowerment towards Social Development
Last Friday, February 11, during the 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD60), the WFO Member Organisation Indian Co-operative Network for Women (ICNW) hosted the virtual side event “Women cooperative warriors combat COVID-19 with sustainable gender and equity [...]
Better Agricultural Public Policies and Support: What Makes Sense to Farmers?
Yesterday, the President of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) Theo de Jager brought the farmers' voice into the event "Can agricultural policies deliver better value for money for people, the planet, and the economy?" co-organised by IFPRI and World Bank [...]
2022 GFFA: “Farming is our passion and, most of all, our profession”, said Young Farmers
Again this year, at the invitation of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), 16 young farmers, including a delegation selected from the new class attending the WFO Gymnasium Programme, joined the 14th Global Forum for Food and [...]
Towards 2022 GFFA: WFO President meets Young Farmers’ Forum participants
Yesterday, in the leading up to this year's Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (2022 GFFA), the President of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), Theo de Jager, together with Joachim Rukwied, President of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V. (DBV) met virtually [...]
LUISS Master of Law in Food Law: Congratulations to WFO 2022 scholarship winner!
Kajol Bajracharya from the WFO Member Organisation Nepal Agricultural Co-operatie Central Federation Ltd (NACCFL) successfully passed the selection procedure and won the scholarship to attend the sixth edition of the Master of Law (LL.M.) in Food Law at the LUISS [...]
UNFSS 2021 Dialogues: What the Value to Farmers?
Yesterday, November 29, Luisa Volpe, Head of Policy Development at the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), addressed the “Independent Summit Dialogues Public Forum” organized by the Special Envoy on Food Systems, Dr Agnes Kalibata and the 4SD Director, David Nabarro with [...]
Family Farming at the core of Sustainable Food Systems
From November 23 to 26, the World Rural Forum hosted the four-days Global Conference: "Family Farming at the core of Sustainable Food Systems". On November 24, Mr Sotha Sok, in his role of WFO Board Member for the Asian Constituency, joined other esteemed panellists for [...]