Promoting Farmer-Driven, Science-Based, Solution-Oriented Policy Development
The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) develops institutional policies and positions through a truly bottom-up, member-driven approach. WFO members identify key policy areas, draft position papers, and adopt them during the General Assembly, ensuring that each document reflects the needs, expectations, and realities of the global farming community.
This inclusive and democratic process guarantees that WFO policies are balanced, consensus-based, and regionally representative. Working Groups, Committees, and Task Forces – established by the General Assembly – play a key role in advancing this work by fostering ongoing collaboration among members on agreed priority areas.
WFO’s positions are further strengthened by scientific evidence and expert validation. The WFO Scientific Council, established in 2020, supports the development of credible and forward-looking policy documents.
Developed through a bottom-up approach.
Informed and validated by scientific evidence.
Aimed at proposing pragmatic, locally relevant solutions
Les positions de l’OMA sont le résultat d’une approche véritablement ascendante menée par ses membres qui sont à la base de chaque document stratégique et politique. Les membres de l’OMA proposent les domaines clés, travaillent sur les prises de position et les approuvent lors de l’Assemblée Générale, en s’assurant que l’OMA peut défendre les besoins et les attentes de la communauté agricole.
Document Politique de l’OMA sur des Systèmes Alimentaires Durables
L’OMA s’est engagée à la réalisation des Systèmes Alimentaires Durables en contribuant à la conception, à la préparation et à la mise en œuvre des processus, afin de garantir que la voix des agriculteurs familiaux soit entendue et que les agriculteurs du monde entier soient maintenus au cœur d’une transformation des tous systèmes alimentaires durables.
Politique de l’OMA sur la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle Mondiale Durable – Révisée et adoptée par l’Assemblée générale de l’OMA en 2024
Les agriculteurs sont la clé de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle mondiale durable. Ce que les agriculteurs produisent est la condition préalable à la réalisation de l’objectif de développement durable n° 2 des Nations Unies.
Sur la base des résultats du Sommet des Nations Unies sur les systèmes alimentaires et des conclusions du Rapport sur l’état de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition dans le monde 2023, il est évident qu’il est nécessaire de prendre en compte les effets néfastes sur la sécurité alimentaire causés par divers conflits et crises qui n’étaient pas présents lors de la première révision de la politique, ainsi que l’impact généralisé, rapide et intensifié du changement climatique. En réponse, l’Assemblée générale de l’OMA a adopté une version actualisée de sa politique institutionnelle sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition.
Position de l’OMA sur la nutrition
Les agriculteurs jouent un rôle crucial dans la garantie de la sécurité alimentaire, en produisant des aliments nutritifs tout en maintenant des pratiques agricoles durables. La nourriture n’est pas seulement une marchandise sur le marché, mais le fruit d’un travail agricole qualifié, essentiel à la santé et au bien-être humains. Les aliments produits à la ferme soutiennent une transition vers des systèmes alimentaires sûrs et résilients. Renforcer le lien entre les agriculteurs et les consommateurs, déconcentrer le pouvoir dans les chaînes de valeur et garantir une rémunération équitable aux agriculteurs sont des éléments clés pour améliorer l’accès des consommateurs à une alimentation fraîche, saine et riche en nutriments.
Recommandations de l’OMA pour l’éradication de la pauvreté rurale et la réalisation de la Sécurité Alimentaire
Plus d’un milliard de personnes dans le monde vivent dans la pauvreté absolue. 925 millions de personnes n’ont pas assez de nourriture pour vivre et travailler. La grande majorité de ces personnes vivent dans des zones rurales, et la plupart d’entre elles sont des agriculteurs. Les agriculteurs représentent environ un tiers de la population mondiale, dont la moitié souffre de la faim.
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Le changement climatique est l’un des plus grands défis du XXIe siècle. Les agriculteurs et les forestiers sont en première ligne de ce changement, car la vie et les moyens d’existence de ceux qui nourrissent, habillent et alimentent le monde sont directement affectés par le changement climatique et les phénomènes climatiques extrêmes. En même temps, l’agriculture devrait répondre aux besoins futurs d’une population plus urbaine et plus aisée de 9 milliards d’habitants d’ici 2050. Par conséquent, la production agricole devra augmenter de manière significative. La demande mondiale d’eau, d’énergie et de terres augmentera également, tout comme la demande alimentaire, ce qui exercera une pression supplémentaire sur les ressources naturelles de la planète et menacera les écosystèmes mêmes dont nous dépendons.
Position de l’OMA sur les marchés du carbone
L’introduction de systèmes volontaires de compensation des émissions de carbone a été considérée comme une occasion de récompenser les agriculteurs qui mettent en œuvre des pratiques favorisant le stockage du carbone dans les sols. La conception des marchés du carbone doit être conforme à l’Accord de Paris qui reconnaît « la priorité fondamentale de préserver la sécurité alimentaire et de mettre fin à la faim » et vise à renforcer la réponse mondiale au changement climatique « d’une manière qui ne menace pas la production alimentaire. » Il s’agit d’un élément essentiel pour garantir que l’humanité atteigne tous les objectifs de développement durable. Afin de maximiser les opportunités et de minimiser les risques, il est essentiel que les marchés du carbone placent les besoins des agriculteurs, du secteur agricole et des communautés rurales au cœur de l’élaboration des politiques.
Politique de l’OMA sur la conservation et l’utilisation durable de la biodiversité et des ressources naturelles
Le déclin de la biodiversité, de la santé des sols, de la qualité et de la disponibilité de l’eau n’est pas seulement une crise en soi ; il exacerbe les effets du changement climatique et a un impact direct sur la production d’aliments, de fibres et de combustibles, et donc sur les revenus et les moyens de subsistance des agriculteurs. Une politique environnementale saine qui mettrait un terme au déclin, puis l’inverserait, est tout simplement dans l’intérêt des agriculteurs du monde entier qui dépendent de la biodiversité et des ressources naturelles telles que le sol et l’eau pour des services essentiels tels que la pollinisation, la lutte naturelle contre les parasites, le maintien de la structure et de la fertilité du sol et la régulation de l’eau. Tout comme les agriculteurs dépendent de l’environnement, l’environnement dépend souvent des agriculteurs, qui gèrent activement et en coopération avec la nature plus d’un tiers des terres du monde. Trop souvent, les décisions gouvernementales et les politiques publiques ne tiennent guère compte des services que nos agroécosystèmes fournissent à la société, tandis que les incitations commerciales déformées et les réglementations descendantes inappropriées réduisent la capacité des agriculteurs à accroître l’efficacité de la production agricole sans impacter les résultats environnementaux dans le monde entier. Il est urgent de reconnaître le rôle des agriculteurs non seulement en tant que producteurs alimentaires mais aussi en tant que gardiens de l’environnement et de développer des structures d’incitation adéquates pour les aider à gérer durablement la biodiversité et les ressources naturelles dans le cadre de leurs activités agricoles.
Politique de l’OMA sur la chaîne de valeur
Les agriculteurs et les organisations coopératives d’agriculteurs peuvent jouer de nombreux rôles et remplir différentes fonctions, allant de la facilitation de la prestation de services, de la mobilisation des ressources locales et de la commercialisation collective, à l’autonomisation des membres au niveau local et à l’engagement avec les fournisseurs de politiques et de services en créant un environnement favorable pour renforcer les capacités des agriculteurs. Nous appelons les décideurs politiques à créer un environnement favorable à ce renforcement de l’organisation structurée des agriculteurs par les systèmes juridiques, le soutien politique et l’inclusion dans les forums de discussion pertinents. La promotion de pratiques commerciales équitables et de relations plus étroites entre la production et la consommation alimentaires, ainsi qu’entre les acteurs de la chaîne de valeur, le développement de différents réseaux de distribution et d’échange pourrait apporter des solutions concrètes aux problèmes mondiaux qui contribuent à la durabilité des systèmes alimentaires et à la sécurité de l’approvisionnement alimentaire.
Donner plus de liberté de choix aux agriculteurs et une plus grande valeur ajoutée peut contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire mondiale en garantissant des systèmes alimentaires durables qui respectent le travail des producteurs, les consommateurs et l’environnement.
Position de l’OMA sur l’Agriculture Réelle
Un lien plus fort entre les consommateurs, les décideurs politiques et le monde agricole et rural est essentiel pour aller vers une plus grande durabilité économique, sociale et environnementale. Accroître la productivité et sa stabilité en renforçant la résilience et l’adaptabilité des systèmes agricoles, utiliser durablement les ressources dans l’agriculture et augmenter la fertilité des sols sont des questions cruciales pour qu’une population en constante augmentation puisse se nourrir de manière adéquate, avec succès et en quantité suffisante. Mais pour atteindre ces objectifs, il est impératif de continuer à investir dans l’agriculture en se concentrant sur ceux qui ont toujours défendu et protégé la terre, le sol, la biodiversité et la nature : les agriculteurs. C’est sur la base de ces hypothèses que l’OMA adopte une approche de l’innovation qui est ascendante, fondée sur la science et axée sur les résultats, mais refuse toute tentative de remplacer les aliments issus du travail des agriculteurs par des aliments produits en laboratoire, et de concentrer davantage le pouvoir dans les chaînes de valeur, en rejetant le travail des agriculteurs et en poussant les consommateurs vers un modèle alimentaire unique et homogène, qui ne valorise pas la tradition, la diversité, la richesse, la qualité et les spécificités de chaque région de notre planète.
Le commerce, parallèlement à l’agriculture nationale, soutenu par des politiques nationales efficaces, offre la possibilité d’accroître la sécurité et la souveraineté alimentaires locales, nationales et mondiales de manière équitable et durable, tout en contribuant à la prospérité économique et au développement durable. Améliorer le système commercial mondial pour le rendre plus inclusif et plus équitable pour tous les agriculteurs est un défi de taille, mais il a le potentiel d’accroître la productivité et la diversification de la production, de promouvoir l’inclusivité et de contribuer à la réalisation de nombreux ODD. L’OMA s’engage à poursuivre des objectifs ambitieux en matière de politique commerciale et à renforcer le système commercial agricole mondial fondé sur des règles. Cela permet aux agriculteurs d’opérer dans un environnement commercial équitable, transparent et prévisible, remplissant leur rôle économique, social et environnemental plus large.
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La production animale est actuellement confrontée à un certain nombre de défis mondiaux en termes de sécurité alimentaire mondiale, de sécurité sanitaire des aliments, de maladies et de bien-être des animaux, de résistance aux antimicrobiens, de viabilité économique et d’attentes liées au paysage et à l’environnement. D’autre part, la communauté mondiale reconnaît que l’élevage a un rôle essentiel à jouer dans la réduction de la pauvreté et la réalisation de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition. Il est très pertinent pour les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) ainsi que pour la mise en œuvre de la Déclaration de Rome de 2014 sur la nutrition et pour la réalisation du droit humain universel à l’alimentation.
Politique de l’OMA sur l’utilisation des antimicrobiens et la résistance aux antimicrobiens chez le bétail
La résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM) menace la prévention et le traitement efficaces des infections chez les humains et les animaux. Les bactéries résistantes et les maladies infectieuses ne respectent pas les frontières et sont présentes partout dans le monde. Une action mondiale est nécessaire pour préserver la disponibilité à long terme d’un traitement efficace des infections pour les générations futures. La RAM revêt une grande importance pour la santé humaine et animale et une approche fondée sur l’unité d’action en matière de santé aux niveaux mondial, régional et national est cruciale pour lutter contre la RAM. Une coopération étroite entre les acteurs de la médecine humaine et vétérinaire est nécessaire et chacun doit participer à la lutte contre la RAM. L’OMA soutiendra et encouragera les agriculteurs, les vétérinaires, les spécialistes de l’élevage et les spécialistes de l’alimentation à unir leurs forces et à combattre ensemble la RAM pour minimiser les risques de propagation, tout en tenant compte des dimensions humaine, animale et environnementale.
Politique de l’OMA sur les Coopératives
Les coopératives peuvent être considérées comme un modèle d’entreprise innovant et jouent un rôle clé dans la stimulation du potentiel du secteur agricole. En effet, les coopératives agricoles favorisent l’inclusion économique, sociale et politique des agriculteurs car leurs membres peuvent accéder aux marchés, aux chaînes de valeur et aux opportunités qui seraient autrement hors de leur portée. Le renforcement des coopératives est essentiel pour faciliter l’accès des agriculteurs aux ressources, y compris la terre, la technologie, l’éducation à l’information, les fonds, les assurances, les services sociaux, auxquels les agriculteurs individuels ne pourraient autrement pas accéder seuls, favorisant ainsi le développement des communautés rurales.
Politique de l’OMA sur l’ Innovation
L’innovation est bien plus que la simple adoption de nouvelles technologies et doit être adoptée sous différents angles : elle doit être technologique, sociale, organisationnelle. En fait, il est considéré comme un facteur clé pour améliorer la qualité de la production, ainsi que pour promouvoir la durabilité et la résilience des systèmes alimentaires. Les agriculteurs sont des innovateurs par nature et l’innovation dans l’agriculture doit être pilotée par les agriculteurs, basée sur leurs besoins, expérience et connaissances. En outre, il doit être abordable pour tous les agriculteurs pour être un instrument leur permettant de changer les règles du jeu pour parvenir à des systèmes alimentaires plus résilients, inclusifs et durables.
Les femmes jouent un rôle clé dans la réalisation de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale et la durabilité des systèmes alimentaires. Cependant, leur rôle crucial dans la prise en charge des familles et des communautés, la préservation des traditions et des écosystèmes locaux, et leur contribution active au secteur agricole, restent souvent cachés et non rémunérés. Autonomiser les femmes, leur fournir les compétences adéquates et les possibilités de renforcement des capacités pour accroître leur autonomie, ainsi que réduire les inégalités dans leur accès aux ressources, est une condition préalable essentielle au développement durable des communautés rurales.
Position de l’OMA sur les agricultrices
Les agricultrices jouent un rôle essentiel dans la prospérité et la rentabilité de l’agriculture familiale, dans le développement économique en milieu rural ainsi que dans la sécurité alimentaire et le bien-être social. Relever avec succès les défis auxquels elles sont confrontées renforcera considérablement l’agriculture mondiale à l’avenir. Malgré leurs contributions importantes, les agricultrices font face à de nombreux défis. Ce document met en avant certaines contributions clés, les défis rencontrés et des recommandations visant à mieux reconnaître et renforcer le rôle des femmes dans l’agriculture familiale.
Bien qu’ils soient confrontés à de nombreux défis, notamment le chômage, le manque d’accès à la terre, au crédit, aux ressources, à l’éducation, les jeunes agriculteurs sont une immense mine d’or pour l’avenir de nos systèmes alimentaires. Faciliter leur accès à l’éducation et à la formation, aux ressources financières et non financières, ainsi que les impliquer dans les processus d’élaboration des politiques, est essentiel pour libérer leur potentiel à fournir des solutions vers un secteur agricole plus durable.
Manifeste des jeunes agriculteurs
Les jeunes agriculteurs présentent une mine d’or énorme qui peut fournir la solution aux principaux défis du 21ème siècle ainsi qu’un fort potentiel pour moderniser un secteur agricole vieillissant qui doit être rajeuni si l’on veut assurer un avenir durable et la stabilité sociale pour la planète.
Declaration De L’OMA Contre La Violence a L’egard Des Agriculteurs
L’OMA condamne fermement toutes les formes de violence contre les agriculteurs et les communautés rurales du monde entier, y compris la violence physique, morale, sexiste, raciale, religieuse, sociale et économique.
L’OMA appelle les gouvernements à assurer une protection et une sécurité appropriées aux communautés agricoles.
Strengthening Farmer-led Policy with Science-Based Expertise
To ensure that its policies are evidence-based, WFO established an independent Scientific Council in 2020, composed of leading scientists, experts, and professors from across the globe.
The Council plays a vital role in supporting WFO’s farmer-led policy development process, providing independent advice based on scientific evidence that strengthens the quality, legitimacy, and impact of the Organisation’s positions. It contributes to bridging the gap between the realities farmers face and the most up-to-date knowledge available, helping to identify knowledge gaps and emerging trends in agriculture and food systems.
By fostering mutual understanding between science and farming, the Scientific Council reinforces WFO’s ability to advocate with one voice for policies that are not only grounded in real-world experience but also supported by science-sound evidence — strengthening the position of farmers in global decision-making spaces.
WFO Scientific Council Seeks Scientists and Experts. Help advance the farmer-driven, solution-oriented, and science-based approach to global agriculture decision-making.

Daniel Berckmanns
Daniel Berckmans has a master and a PhD in Bioengineering. Headed as full Professor for 25 years the research Division M3-BIORES (Measure, Model and Manage Bio responses), Department of Biosystems at the Catholic University of Leuven (⁰1425, 60.000 students). Part-time connected to the University of Tennessee USA. His research focus is on real-time monitoring of health and wellbeing of individual humans and animals. He co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, over 400 papers, participated in 64 PhD commissions in 9 countries and promoted over 200 Master theses. Since 1982, 19 products were co-developed for the world market with industrial partners. He is co-inventor of 20 patents and coordinated several EU-projects. In a recent project with 20 partners and 20 farmers, 4 new spin-off companies were started in the field of Precision Livestock Farming.Daniel is worldwide considered as the spiritual father of the field of Precision Livestock Farming: real-time monitoring of animals with technology: microphones, camera’s, and sensors. He co-started the European Committee for Precision Livestock Farming that organizes since 2003 the 2-yearly European Conference for Precision Livestock Farming ECPLF. Today the conference is organized in agreement with the “Asian Conference for PLF” (ACPLF) and the “US Conference for PLF” (USCPLF).
He co-initiated the first European Master’s in Human Health Engineering at the KU Leuven: technology for monitoring healthy people. Daniel is co-founder of 3 spin-off companies: BioRICS NV in 2006, BioRICS INC in San Francisco in 2016 and SoundTalks in 2011. KU Leuven was named the seventh most innovative university worldwide in 2020 with 135 spin-off companies started so far. This makes KU Leuven the most innovative university outside of the United States.

Amaryllis Blin
Amaryllis Blin is an agricultural engineer who graduated from AgroParisTech with a specialisation in livestock and plant production, and she is also a qualified nutritionist. She began her career at the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food as a plant epidemiology and crop protection project manager.
She then joined the Economics Department of the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants Agricole (FNSEA), where she focused on valorising French agricultural production and defending farmers’ remuneration, mainly through national and European legislation. At the European level, she served as an expert for the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), contributing to several opinions.
Currently, she participates in the development and structuration of the French cereal sector at Intercéréales, the interprofessional organisation. Working across all stages from production to processing, she places a strong emphasis on enhancing competitiveness, creating value and sustainability to contribute to building a robust and resilient French cereal sector, a key foundation of global food security.

Dr. Harry Clark
Dr. Harry Clark is the Special Representative for the Global Research Alliance (GRA). Based at the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC), his role is to act as an ambassador for the GRA. Harry is also the Chief Scientist of the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC), a government-funded entity established in 2009 to develop technologies and practices to reduce GHG emissions from the New Zealand agricultural sector. He is also the Special Representative of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA). He was a member of New Zealand’s Interim Climate Change Committee from 2017 to 2019 and served as one of New Zealand’s seven Climate Change Commissioners from 2019 to 2021. He was appointed a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2014 for services to environmental science.

Prof Paolo D’Odorico
Prof Paolo D’Odorico is the Thomas J Graff Professor of Natural Resources in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management at the University of California Berkeley. Paolo D’Odorico’s research focuses on the role of hydrological processes in the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. His group’s work has highlighted the role played by positive feedback with the physical environment on the resilience of savannas, dry tropical forests, desert shrublands, freshwater wetlands, mangrove swamps, and seagrass meadows. Their work has also shown how environmental noise may increase the complexity of ecosystem dynamics by inducing new states, bifurcations, or pattern formation. He is currently investigating the globalization of water through virtual water trade and international land investments, and its impact on water equity, societal resilience, environmental stewardship, and food security. This research is highlighting the crucial role of water in agriculture and energy production. They are focusing in particular on irrigation and the extent to which the local water resources constrain sustainable irrigation across major agricultural regions of the planet both under current and climate change conditions. They are also evaluating the value created by irrigation in agriculture.

Dr. Mariana de Aragão Pereira
Dr. Mariana de Aragão Pereira is a researcher “A” from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – EMBRAPA since 2001, initially working at the Strategic Management Secretary (SGE) and, from 2004, working at Embrapa Beef Cattle research unit. She worked as a research assistant at the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU), Lincoln University, from 2007 to 2008. She works with Rural Economics and Farm Management, with emphasis on beef cattle systems and production costs, economics applied to integrated farming systems, decision-making and technology adoption, and farm management, including the development of management tools. She is a member of the Management Councils of the Environmental Protected Area of Ceroula Creek/MS and Lajeado/MS, a representative of South America at the International Farm Management Association (IFMA) Council and the coordinator of the Good Agricultural Practices Program – Brazilian GAP beef cattle. In July/21, she took a position as manager of the Beef Production Systems Research Group at Embrapa Beef Cattle. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for several Brazilian and international journals and is a project consultant for state funding agencies and Embrapa.

Dr. Mariana de Aragão Pereira
Dr Seetharam Annadana has over 35 years of experience in the agricultural sector. A seasoned professional in biotechnology, biofuels, hybrid trialling, pathology, DH, and entomology, he holds a PhD in Biotechnology from Wageningen University and completed the Executive General Management Program at IIM Bangalore—equipping him with both scientific expertise and business acumen to deliver innovative solutions for the global food system.He has consulted for over three decades with organisations including UNIDO, UNEP-GEF, ICCOA, the World Bank, and private enterprises.
For the past 16 years, at an MNC seed company, he has led a team across 12 APAC countries as Market Segment Lead—working with customers, partners, and stakeholders to understand needs and deliver tailored products and services that improve productivity, profitability, and sustainability.
He has collaborated with regional and global technology teams to align market segmentation strategy with the technology portfolio and pipeline. His goal: to drive growth and value for farmers in vegetable and field crops by leveraging biotechnology, molecular breeding, and trait assessment with a strong understanding of customer needs.
He is passionate about creating positive environmental, social, and economic impact through sustainable and resilient agriculture.

Stephan De Smet
Stephan De Smet graduated in 1986 as an Agricultural Engineer at Ghent University with specialisation in Animal Production. Since 1987 he has been associated with the Department of Animal Production, Ghent University, first as a PhD student and later as a research project assistant and post-doctoral scientist before becoming assistant professor.
He performed his PhD research on the role of rumen protozoa. He later moved to meat quality research with particular interest in the relationship between carcass quality and sensory and technological meat quality traits.
He is now a full professor in Animal Science at Ghent University, Belgium, responsible for teaching general and advanced courses in Animal Production, Animal Breeding and Meat Science. His current research focuses on meat quality and the health value of meat and meat products with an emphasis on optimisation of the composition and oxidative stability of meat from different species. He is also the current president of the Belgian Association of Meat Science and Technology (BAMST). He is (co-)author of >150 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and regularly referees manuscripts for several journals.

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Vanni Frajese
Prof Giovanni V. Frajese is currently the director of the “SMART Lab” at the “University of Rome Foro Italico” and researches medicine and biotechnologies with interest in the field of Endocrinology, Oncology, Metabolism and Nutrition. He graduated in 1996 in Medicine at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and specialized in Endocrinology and Dysmetabolic diseases in 2001. He has authored over 70 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is a Member of several societies, including the Endocrine Society (USA), American Diabetes Association (ADA), N.Y. Academy of Sciences, and SIE (Italian Society of Endocrinology).

Radhakrishnan Govindan
Dr Radhakrishnan Govindan is President of the Life Science Advisory Group at Sathguru Management Consultants, bringing 21 years of expertise in seed industry innovation, phytopathology, breeding, trait research, and seed systems.
He holds an MSc and PhD in Plant Pathology from IARI, New Delhi, with further training from the World Vegetable Center, INSEAD, and Harvard Business School. Recognised with prestigious awards, including the ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award and the Indian Virological Society Young Scientist Award, he has led global breeding projects and sustainability initiatives at Bayer and BASF Vegetable Seeds.
Dr Govindan has contributed to major agricultural committees, including ICAR-APSA Joint Working Group, the Seed Health Experts Committee, and the APSA R&D Advisory Group. He played a key role in the USAID Feed the Future Eggplant Partnership and the Dutch Agri-Food Innovation Mission. Currently, he serves as a Global Council Member of the World Agriculture Forum (WAF) and is part of the ICFA Telangana Agriculture Council.

Kate Gunn
Kate Gunn is an Associate Professor at the University of South Australia and has been a passionate researcher and tireless advocate in the field of farmers’ wellbeing for approximately 15 years, fueled by growing up on and staying closely connected to her family’s mixed sheep and grain farming enterprise in South Australia, and her experience working as a Clinical Psychologist.
A/Prof Gunn’s contributions at multiple levels have not only improved scientific understanding of farmers’ drivers of distress (and rural health disparities more generally) but importantly, she has also used her clinical psychology and behavioural science skills to work with farmers to develop and evaluate, interventions to address these.
A/Prof Gunn has also played a significant role in shaping policy, including her invitation to be part of the inaugural South Australian Premiers’ Council for Suicide Prevention. This council successfully formulated and implemented Australia’s first Suicide Prevention Bill. Her translational research’s value has garnered recognition through various awards, such as the South Australian Young Achiever of the Year Award (2013), a Churchill Fellowship (2017), Suicide Prevention Australia’s prestigious National Award for Innovation (2022), and the Kondinin Group/ABC Rural’s National Farmer of the Year Award for Excellence in Agricultural Research (2022).

Rob Jackson

Rob Jackson is an Earth System Science Professor at the Stanford University; a Senior Fellow at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy.
Dr Jackson and his lab examine the many ways people affect the Earth. They seek basic scientific knowledge and use it to help shape policies and reduce the environmental footprint of global warming, energy extraction, and other issues. They’re currently examining the effects of climate change and droughts on forest mortality and grassland ecosystems. They are also working to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the Global Carbon Project (globalcarbonproject.org), which Jackson chairs; examples of new research Rob leads include establishing a global network of methane tower measurements at more than 80 sites worldwide and measuring and reducing methane emissions from oil and gas wells, city streets, and homes and buildings.

Michael Lee
Professor Michael Lee is an expert in sustainable livestock systems, defining their role in securing global food security at the same time as protecting environmental health (Livestock’s role in human and planetary health). Michael is President of the European Federation of Animal Science Livestock Farming Systems Commission and Senior Vice President of the British Society of Animal Science.

Frederic Leroy
Frédéric Leroy (1974) graduated as Bioengineer and obtained a PhD in Applied Biological Sciences. He is a professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and an expert in food technology, nutrition, and interdisciplinary research (‘food studies’), with a focus on animal-source foods.
Susan MacMillan
Susan MacMillan is an emeritus fellow at the International Livestock Research Institute, where she headed science communications, public awareness and advocacy work for more than 30 years. An American, she has a master’s degree in English from the University of California at Berkeley and has lived and worked in Kenya since 1972.
Neil Mann
Neil is a Professor of Human Nutrition in the School of Agriculture and Food Science, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne. Having previously held the position of Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry and head of Food and Nutrition Science at RMIT University for many years, Neil has over 30 years of experience in nutrition research, coordinating projects in the areas of long-chain fatty acids, obesity, diabetes, hunter-gather diets and aspects of metabolic syndrome.
He is a respected voice internationally on nutrition, health, physiology, biochemistry and food science. He has been involved with the Nutrition Society of Australia, the Nutrition Accreditation Committee, the Asia Pacific Region International Life Sciences Institute and the International Diabetes Institute.
Neil has authored over 80 refereed research papers in high-impact factor international nutrition and medical journals, and more than 100 national and international conference proceedings.

Warren McNabb
Warren McNabb is a Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the Riddet Institute. His research interests include nutrition for health, sustainable nutrition, human-microbiome interactions, and physiology and metabolism.
At the Riddet Institute, Prof Warren leads several programmes including the MBIE-funded programme, New Zealand Milks Mean More (NZ3M) and the Sustainable Nutrition Initiative (SNI) which he leads. Warren is also a Principle Investigator in the Riddet Institute CoRE Research programme and an Associate Investigator in the HVN National Science Challenge priority research programmes’, Healthy Digestion and Infant Health. His focus is on food structures-nutrient digestion interactions, clinical investigations of nutrition, microbe-human interactions, gastrointestinal function and sustainable nutrition.
Prof Warren received the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences Fellowship in 2007. Since 2019, he has been recognized as a professional member of the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology, the American Society of Nutrition, and the Canadian Nutrition Society. Additionally, he has contributed to numerous national and international research advisory and funding panels.

Derrick Moot
Professor Derick Moot is a Professor of Plant Science at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Agriculture & Life Sciences Faculty, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Professor Moot’s research focuses on dryland (rainfed) sheep and beef systems. It recognises that water and nutrients, particularly nitrogen are the main limitations to all plant growth worldwide. Therefore, he investigates how to use suitably adapted legumes, with high water use efficiency, to drive nitrogen cycling and underpin animal production.
His work provides agronomic solutions for sustainable pastoral farm systems in New Zealand. He helps create farm systems resilient to climate change, particularly drought and enhances the social and welfare outcomes for rural communities. Professor Moot’s work is recognised nationally through his engagement with policy development through MPI, ECAN and industry bodies.
Professor Moot’s research team is based around 100+ post-graduate students who have aided the creation of plant-based solutions to overcome biotic and abiotic stresses induced by cold and or dry climates, low soil pH and hence high aluminium toxicity. His team develops environmentally, socially and financially sustainable farm systems for hill and high-country farms.

Kopedi Alfred Ntabane
Mr Kopedi Alfred Ntabane is an expert in sustainable agricultural practices and administration. Mr Ntabane is a professional scientist working with the Department of Agriculture Rural Development and Land Reform in South Africa. His expertise lies in sustainable agriculture and socioeconomic progress, with a particular dedication to small-scale farmers. Mr. Ntabane is committed to promoting nature-based solutions that enhance biodiversity and aid in climate adaptation.
Furthermore, he actively engages in professional gatherings such as meetings, conferences, and seminars for scientists. This active involvement enables him to gain insights into the unspoken needs within the agricultural field and generate innovative ideas to bolster emerging approaches or initiatives in the sector.

Geneviève Parent
Geneviève Parent is a full-time professor at the Law Faculty of Laval University and head of the Legal Research Chair in Food Diversity and Security. Her areas of interest are food security and national and inter-national agrifood law. Ms Parent is also a part-time member of the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal and an associate member of the French Academy of Agriculture.Enrico Perticone
Enrico is a Customs broker, registered in the Professional Register of Customs Brokers since 1989, focused on consultancy and training in customs and international trade matters. Since 2005 he has been a lecturer professor and chair holder of Customs Commodity at the “G. D’Annunzio”, School of Economics, Pescara (Master’s degree course in Legal Sciences for internationalisation and Master’s degree course in Economics and Commerce).

Liisa Pietola
Dr. Liisa Pietola, adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki in soil sciences (1998-), served in R&D for the fertilizer industry (2006-11) and in the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners in Finland MTK (2011-22) as head of environmental affairs, and chaired the environment working group of European farmers at the Copa-Cogeca (2014-18). Currently, she is a leading specialist on sustainability solutions in the transition of agriculture and forestry sectors in the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra (www.sitra.fi/en), and an expert member of the EU Mission Board Soil Deal for Europe. She has her feet on the ground as an active farmer.
Her expertise is focused on environmental externalities and impacts related to agriculture and forestry and soil functions, such as carbon sequestration to balance greenhouse gas emissions and climate change adaptation by soil care. She has competence in the recycling of nutrients and water quality protection, air quality and biodiversity of agro-forestry ecosystems and experience in landowner’s property rights and legislation proposals both in Finland and EU level.

Chandran Ravindran
Dr. Chandran Ravindran is working as an Associate Professor and Head of the Horticultural Research Station at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Kodaikanal, Dindigul District of Tamil Nadu, India. His contribution towards the FAO Hortivar database, Global Horticulture Assessment, and Global Consultations on Farmers’ Rights has been noteworthy. He worked for farmer development for 20 years, obtaining projects and getting national awards for farmers and farmers’ producer organisations. He has published more than 13 Books, 17 Book Chapters, 20 Research papers, and 55 popular articles in reputed national and international journals and magazines. Additionally, he has served as an author, editor, or co-editor for five journals.

Angelo Riccaboni
Angelo Riccaboni is Full Professor of Management Control Systems at the Richard Goodwin School of Economics and Management of the University of Siena. He was Rector of the University of Siena from 2010 to 2016. He is a member of the Leadership Council of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Chair of the Regional Centre of the SDSN for the Mediterranean since 2012. Since 2017 he chairs PRIMA Foundation, located in Barcelona to implement a 10-year research and innovation programme on food systems and water resources, with a budget of 500 million euros funded by the European Commission and 19 Euro-Mediterranean Countries. His research focuses on the role of businesses and universities to promote the implementation of the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and on innovation in the agrifood sector. He chairs the Steering Committee of the Santa Chiara Lab at the University of Siena. He is Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Farmers Organisation, Member of the International Academic Committee of the Institute for Sustainable Development Goals of Tsinghua University, Member of the Board of Directors of the University Bicocca in Milan. He is a Member of the EC sub-group on Mission Area Soil Health and Food of the ‘shadow’ strategic configuration of the Horizon Europe Programme Committee.Previously he was Chair of the CRUI Foundation, the operating body of CRUI (the Association of Italian Rectors), Member of the Board of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Head of the IAU Working Group on sustainability. He was Dean of the Richard Goodwin Faculty of Economics and Management, Chair of the Association of Deans of Italian Faculties of Economics, Management and Statistics and President of SIDREA (Italian Society of Accounting and Business Administration Scholars).

Bruno Ronchi
Bruno Ronchi is full professor of Animal Nutrition and Feeding at the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Science of Tuscia University (Italy). His research activities mainly focus on: effects of heat stress on ruminants; farm animal metabolism; effects of environmental contaminants; management of extensive livestock production systems. In his career: dean of the Faculty of Agriculture Science; President of Italian “Animal Science and Production Association”; Council member of the European Federation of Animal Science.

Jacqueline Rowarth
Professor Jacqueline Rowarth CNZM, FNZIAHS has a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science with honours in Environmental Agriculture and a PhD in Soil Science from Massey University. She has worked in research, education and management with Agresearch, Lincoln University, Unitec in Auckland, The University of Melbourne, Massey University, the University of Waikato, and the Environmental Protection Authority.
In addition, Prof Rowarth has held Government-appointed governance roles on the boards of Crop and Food Research, AGMARDT and New Zealand Fast Forward. She is currently a farmer-elected member of the Board of Directors for DairyNZ and of Ravensdown Co-operative Ltd., a producer-appointed Director for Deer Industry NZ, and a Director of NZ Animal Evaluation Ltd. She also holds the role of Adjunct Professor at Lincoln University.
Prof Rowarth is also a Past President of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science and of the New Zealand Grassland Association. In 2008 she was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Agricultural Science, in 2009 she was given the inaugural award of Agricultural Personality of the Year by Federated Farmers and in 2010 she was selected as the Agricultural Communicator of the Year by the Guild of Agricultural Communicators and Journalists. She is a frequent contributor to public debate in the media and remains committed to dispelling the myths that surround food production.

Alice Stanton
Alice Stanton is a clinician-scientist. She is a registered Medical Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics & General Internal Medicine with the Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges, UK, since 1997, and with the Medical Council, Ireland since 1998. She is currently a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians in Ireland and a Professor of Cardiovascular Therapeutics, RCSI. She has authored 130 peer-reviewed published papers, 4 book chapters, 4 editorials, 10 reviews, and over 250 abstracts, and has been the recipient of many educational and research awards. Over the last 20 years, she has received both fellowships and project grants from the European Society of Cardiology, the British Heart Foundation, the Medical Research Council (UK), the Engineering Physical Science Research Council (UK), the Health Research Board (Ireland), Ireland), and the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme.

Logan Thompson
Logan grew up on a registered horned Hereford ranch in central Texas which instilled a passion to improve the sustainability of beef production by developing practical solutions for producers. Through his teaching appointment, he aims to give students the tools necessary to speak and understand the evolving space of sustainability and to be successful as the next generation of farmers and ranchers who will serve as stewards of the Great Plains. Logan started his bachelor’s degree at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX before completing his degree at Texas Tech University in 2015. Following this he earned a Masters in beef sustainability at Oklahoma State University in 2017 and a PhD in ruminant nutrition at Michigan State University in 2021. Before joining Kansas State University in August of 2022, he served as a post-doctoral fellow at Colorado State University.
Logan’s predominant research interest is measuring greenhouse gas emissions in grazing systems and how grazing management impacts ecosystem function.

Stephan van Vliet
Dr. Stephan van Vliet is a nutrition scientist with metabolomics expertise in NDFS. He earned his PhD in Kinesiology as an ESPEN Fellow from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received training at the Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine and Duke University School of Medicine.

Wilhelm Windisch
Wilhelm Windisch is a full professor of Animal Nutrition at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, since 2010. As an agricultural scientist, he finished his doctorate in 1988 and his habilitation in 1995. Before his appointment at TUM, he was a full professor of Animal Nutrition at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Austria (2002-2010). He studies nutritional properties of feed materials and principles of biomass transformation in the metabolism of agricultural livestock with a particular interest in minerals, functional dietary compounds including antinutritive substances, and the impact of livestock feeding on food quality, food safety, and the environment.
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Une approche ascendante authentique
L’OMA travaille sur la base d’une approche ascendante authentique, selon laquelle les organisations membres dirigent le processus politique.
Des groupes de travail et des comités ont été créés pour mettre en œuvre cette approche et travailler sur les domaines prioritaires décidés par l’Assemblée Générale.
Pour assurer une représentation géographique équilibrée, chaque groupe est composé d’un facilitateur et de douze membres nommés, deux par groupe régional dans lequel l’OMA est organisée (Europe, Asie, Océanie, Afrique, Amérique latine, Amérique du Nord).
Cristina Chirico
FACILITATOR – CIA, Italie
c.chirico@cia.it

UFF, Inde
ravi.kumar1@insead.edu

JA-ZENCHU, Japon
izawa-gaku@zenchu-ja.or.jp
Saquina Mucavele
MUGEDE, Mozambique
mugede@gmail.com
Juha Ruippo
MTK, Finlande
juha.ruippo@mtk.fi
Beat Roosli
SFU, Suisse
beat.roosli@sbv-usp.ch

NFF, Australie
cyoung@nff.org.au
Brodie Berrigan
CFA-FCA, Canada
brodie@canadian-farmers.ca

FACILITATOR – Géorgie GFA
ttoria@gfa.org.ge
Gunsham Seeborun
F.A.L.C.O.N., Maurice
maansaam@yahoo.com
Sok Sotha
CFAP, Cambodge
soksotha@cfap-cambodia.org
Tobias Gräs
DAFC, Danemark
tog@agridan.be

UFF, Inde
ravi.kumar1@insead.edu

NFF, Australie
wragg@nff.org.au

KENAFF, Kenya
kmribu@gmail.com
Darrell Leroux
FNSEA, France
darrell.leroux@reseaufnsea.fr
Maria Alkayed
CFA, Canada
Maria@canadian-farmers.ca
Klaas Johan OsingaFACILITATOR-LTO, Pays-Bas
kjosinga@lto.nl
Paul Zakariya
ZFU, Zimbabwe
pzakariya@zfu.org.zw

UK NFU, UK
Robin.manning@nfu.org.uk
Hildegunn Gjengedal
NORGES BONDELAG, Norvège
Hildegunn.Gjengedal@bondelaget.no
Balbino Benitez Escobar
UAN, Paraguay
balbinovaqueria@hotmail.com

KENAFF, Kenya
dmmailutha@gmail.com

NFF, Australie
cyoung@nff.org.au
Gary WertishFACILITATOR – US NFU, ÉTATS-UNIS
gary@mfu.org
Paul Zakariya
ZFU, Zimbabwe
pzakariya@zfu.org.zw

SAAI, Afrique du Sud
sivilemabandla@icloud.com

IFA, Irlande
liam.machale@ifabrussels.be
Trine Vig Tamstorf
DAFC, Danemark
tvt@lf.dk

Federated Farmers, Nouvelle-Zélande
id.whitmore@icloud.com

NFF, Australie
cwundersitz@nff.org.au

CFA, Canada
apufall@chep-poic.ca
Nandini Azad FACILITATOR – ICNW LTD, Inde
nandiniazadicnw@gmail.com
Gunsham Seeborun
F.A.L.C.O.N., Maurice
maansaam@yahoo.com

NAACFL, Nepal
meenapokhrel99@gmail.com

NASFAM, Malawi
bchinyamunyamu@nasfam.org

Norsk Landbrukssamvirke, Norvège
kristin.taraldsrud.hoff@landbruk.no
Theo De Jager FACILITATOR-SAAI, Afrique du Sud
theo@saai.org
Paluku Mivimba Methusalem
CONAPAC, DR Congo
methusalempalukumivimba@gmail.com
Youngwoon Choi
NACF, South Korea
ywchoi73@naver.com

COLDIRETTI, Italie
giovanna.amelio@coldiretti.it

DBV, Allemagne
f.dalstein@bauernverband.net

NFF, Australie
cwundersitz@nff.org.au
James Thiaine ImwonyoFACILITATOR – KENAFF, Kenya
james.imwonyo@kenaff.org

CO-FACILITATOR – NAACFL, Népal
meenapokhrel99@gmail.com

MUGEDE, Mozambique
ansaliao@gmail.com
Mustafa Alidu Sanatu
COFAG, Ghana
ngamangghana@gmail.com

FNSEA, France
baptiste.briand@reseaufnsea.fr

FNSEA, France
claire.lafargue@reseaufnsea.fr

CFA-FCA, Canada
Maria@canadian-farmers.ca

NFF, Australie
wragg@nff.org.au
Brodie BerriganFACILITATOR – CFA, Canada
brodie@canadian-farmers.ca

CFA, Canada
yruel@chicken.ca

NFU US, États-Unis
wschweitzer@montanafarmersunion.com

NASFAM, Malawi
bchinyamunyamu@nasfam.org

ANASEMCI, Côte d’Ivoire
dacostaks@hotmail.com

UFF, Inde
ravi.kumar1@insead.edu

NFU UK, Royaume-Uni
lucia.zitti@nfu.org.uk

Norwegian Farmers’ Union, Norvège
hildegunn.gjengedal@bondelaget.no

NFF, Australie
fi@plantationtrading.net

NFF, Australie
cyoung@nff.org.au
Dayawatee GoburdhunFACILITATOR – F.A.L.C.O.N, Maurice
daya@uom.ac.mu
Dimakatso Sekhoto
AFASA, Afrique du Sud
nono@makolobane.co.za
Saquina Mucavele
MUGEDE, Mozambique
mugede@gmail.com

SUFWJ, Jordan
zeinab_almoumani@yahoo.com

ICNW Ltd, Inde
nandiniazadicnw@gmail.com

COLDIRETTI, Italie
francesca.gironi@coldiretti.it
Pina Terenzi
CIA, Italie
p.terenzi@cia.it
Gabriela Zarate
UAN, Paraguay
calixtozarate@hotmail.com

JNRWP, Jamaïque
jnrwppresident@gmail.com

NFF, Australie
cwundersitz@nff.org.au
Denis KabiitoFACILITATOR – UNYFA, Ouganda
kabiitod@yahoo.co.uk
Geoffrey Okot
UNYFA, Ouganda
okotge@gmail.com
Mahess Roopun
FCL, Maurice
ecoadvert@gmail.com
Yasuyuki Kobayashi
JA ZENCHU, Japon
kobayashi-yasuyuki@zenchu-ja.or.jp
Natalia Benitez
UAN, Paraguay
natibenitez997@gmail.com
Sarah Crofoot
FEDFARM, Nouvelle-Zélande
sarahcrofoot@gmail.com
Bram Van Hecke
GROENE KRING, Belgique
bram.vanhecke@groenekring.be
Marc Roeder
LJBJW, Luxembourg
marcroeder@outlook.com

NFF, Australie
hyoung@nff.org.au