On the first-ever observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, on September 29th, 2020 the WFO President Theo de Jager was invited to attend a special virtual panel discussion on the role of innovation. The [...]
Next September 30th, 2020, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) with International Cooperation and Development Fund of Taiwan (Taiwan ICDF) will co-host THE CLIMAKERS Latin America Digital Workshop “Farmers’ Solutions to Climate Crisis: Latin American Stories in the era of COVID19″. This year, [...]
From 21 to 24 September, the WFO President Theo de Jager attended the World Economic Forum's fourth and, for the first time virtual Sustainable Development Impact Summit (SDI20), taking place in the context of the United Nations General Assembly. Scaling-up [...]
On September 24th, Mr Sok Sotha, Vice-President of Cambodian Farmers Association – Federation of Agricultural Producers (CFAP), Cambodia, as Representative for the WFO Asian Constituency, attended the session "Nature for Prosperity", enriching the debate with his experience from living and [...]
The world has set an ambitious target to halve food loss and waste by 2030. This issue has significant social, environmental, and economic impacts. On September 24th, the WFO President Theo de Jager as a member of the Champions 12.3 [...]
On September 09th, 2020, the WFO President Theo de Jager, delivered the closing remarks of the Farmers' Forum organised within the 10th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF). During his speech, de Jager highlighted how COVID-19 [...]
On September 3rd, the Secretary General of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Arianna Giuliodori, brought the voice of the farmers of the world into the virtual debate “Food Security and the Global Recovery”, the first of a three-part digital event series [...]
Rome, 30th July 2020 – Today the World Farmers’ Organisation hosted a virtual meeting establishing the WFO Scientific Council. This independent scientific body is composed by 15 scientists, experts and professors from across the globe, with the aim of [...]
Rome, 27th and 28th July 2020 – The joint secretariat of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) - UNDFF organised a digital Multi-Actor Global Exchange Meeting. As a member of the UNDFF International Steering Committee, WFO was represented [...]
A WFO policy paper for fairer and more sustainable food systems At its 2020 General Assembly, WFO adopted a Policy position on Sustainable Food Systems. The Policy is proposed as the Farmers’ Route to a sustainable food systems transformation. Food [...]