Amidst this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which focuses on youth empowerment, we asked young farmers from the WFO Gymnasium's fourth edition to share their experiences in preventing disasters and managing the aftermath. We collected their stories [...]
On October 9, the Advocacy, Policy and Partnerships Lead of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO), Luisa Volpe, represented the global farmers' voice at the High-level Briefing "The Important Role of Agrifood Systems Across the Rio Convention Conference of Parties to [...]
On October 8, representatives from the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), including Toussaint N'Guessan from Réseau Ivoirien pour l'Agriculture Durable (RIAD) in Côte d'Ivoire and Cesarie Kantarama from INGABO Syndicatein Rwanda, along with seven other farmers' leaders from Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, [...]
WFO at the World Biodiversity Summit in New York Champions Farmers' Key Role in Global Biodiversity Efforts On 26 September, the Secretary General of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), Dr Andrea Porro, participated in the World Biodiversity Summit in New [...]
On September 26, 2024, during the High-level Week of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79), the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) took a decisive stand on the global challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at the High-level Meeting on [...]
WFO highlights farmers' role in global technology transfer and advocates for a farmer-centric trading system at WTO’s 2nd thematic session on Transfer of Technology. On September 24, Mr Brodie Berrigan, Facilitator of the WFO Working Group on International Trade from the [...]
WFO champions farmers' voices at WTO Public Forum 2024, paving the way for inclusive agricultural trade From September 10 to 13, a delegation from the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), including trade experts and farmer leaders from WFO Member Organisations and [...]
WFO Newly Appointed Member to the Civil Society Advisory Group of the World Trade Organization (WTO) The World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) announces its appointment as a new member of the Civil Society Advisory Group of the World Trade Organization (WTO). [...]
On September 2 and 3, Sharon Cherono, Project Officer at the Kenya National Farmers' Federation (KENAFF), a WFO's member organisation, represented the UNFCCC Farmers' Constituency at the 2024 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance. The Forum of the Standing [...]
On July 31, in the recent virtual consultation on the second revision (REV2) of the Pact for the Future, the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), represented by Ms Francesca Mancarella, Advocacy, Policy, and Partnerships Officer at the WFO International Secretariat, delivered [...]