On September 21st, 2020, Prof Vanni Frajese, WFO Scientific Advisor and Coordinator of the WFO Scientific Council, addressed the session “Nature-based Solutions to Climate Change” of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD 2020), hosted by the Center for [...]
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 equipping [...]
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 [...]
On July 27th and 28th, 2020, FAO and IFAD as the joint secretariat of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) are organising a Multi-Actor Global Exchange Meeting to present the Modular Training Program on the Public Policy Cycle [...]
On July 24th, an all-female delegation of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) joined the virtual working meeting on "Roadmap on public policies for the empowerment of women and gender equality in family farming in the framework of the UN Decade [...]
On July 21st, the President of the World Farmers' Organisation, Theo de Jager, brought the voice of the farmers of the world into the virtual roundtable "Business Strategies for the Delivery of Healthy Diets for a Healthy Planet", the first [...]
WFO was selected by the UNDRR to ensure a successful implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. The World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) was selected by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) as the responsible [...]