On 27 June 2025, the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) will participate in the Sixth African Union – European Union Agriculture Ministerial Conference, held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome.

Held in the framework of the Africa-EU Partnership, the event will be centred around strengthening the collaboration and addressing current challenges affecting both Continents’ agri-food systems.

Framed within the overarching theme “A sustainable future for agri-food systems,” the conference will feature in-depth discussions on four key thematic areas,  that highlights the strong potential for a concrete and impactful EU-AU partnership:

1. Investment and Financing in Agri-Food Value Chains
2. Sustainable Practices and Climate Resilience
3. Research, Innovation, and Technology
4. Market Access and Trade Facilitation

Among the WFO representatives actively engaging in high-level sessions and side events are WFO Board Member Kati Partanen as well as prominent representatives from WFO African and European Member Organisations, including Betty Chinyamunyamu from the National Association of Smallholder Farmers (NASFAM), Tobias Gräs from the Danish Agriculture & Food Council (DAFC), Pieter Verhelst from the Boerenbond, and Katariina Latva, WFO Gymnasium Alumna from the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK).

WFO’s involvement in the event underscores its commitment to bring farmers’ perspectives into high-level intercontinental dialogues on agriculture and rural development.

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