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STI Forum Side Event - Youth-led Innovation: Ensuring good food for all, for today and tomorrow
30/04/2024
The WFF will join the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) by organizing its side event “Youth-led Innovation: Ensuring good food for all, for today and tomorrow”.
WFF Launches the Fourth Edition of the Film Festival
17/04/2024
The World Food Forum is pleased to announce the launch of its Film Festival! This year, the competition will feature five categories, featuring this year’s new category, "Best Focus on Innovation".
ECOSOC Youth Forum: The WFF holds a briefing & consultation on youth-led partnerships for a better food future
17/04/2024
At the ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York, the WFF shared insights into its collaboration with youth groups, emphasizing the importance of amplifying youth voices in policymaking and innovation.
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Meet our Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) 2023 winners
29/11/2023
Innovative researchers took center stage at the World Food Forum 2023, where the third edition of the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) concluded.
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2023 Startup Innovation Awards (SIA) Finalists Announcement
12/09/2023
The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), selected the eight finalists for the 2023 edition.
Statement by the FAO Director-General on the food security situation in Gaza
12/11/2023
I am profoundly distressed by the loss of lives and the human catastrophe unfolding due to the violence taking place in the Middle East, and most particularly in Gaza.
Regional Rural Youth Forum for Europe and Central Asia
28/11/2023
The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia intends to further mainstream rural youth in its work programme and enhance the focus on supporting rural youth both at regional and country levels.
Feed your future – urbanizing food solutions: WFF at the Food Wave final event
22/11/2023
The World Food Forum (WFF) participated in the Food Wave final event in Milan, Italy.
Global Youth Statement on Sustainable Livestock Transformation
29/09/2023
Global Youth Statement on Sustainable Livestock Transformation.
Register Now for the First-Ever WFF 2k Run
05/10/2023
The World Food Forum is happy to announce that this year we will be organizing a 2K run on 15 October 2023 in Rome.
World Food Forum: Youth at the centre as global event brings together students, young farmers, scientists and entrepreneurs
16/10/2023
The Global Youth Forum opening ceremony celebrates the power of music as a catalyst for change.
World Food Forum: Young entrepreneurs harness the power of technology to drive agrifood systems transformation
19/10/2023
Startup Innovation Awards acknowledge groundbreaking ventures from innovators from India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Framing the future: World Food Forum Photo Exhibition on Climate Action and Agrifood Systems Transformation
17/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva joined hands with the United Nations (UN) Organizations in Geneva to open the World Food Forum (WFF) photo exhibition at the Palais des Nations.
Introducing "Smultronstalle: Fungi Exhibition by Egeon" for the World Food Forum
13/09/2023
Step into the mysterious world of mushrooms and fungi at the World Food Forum 2023 Art Exhibition "Smultronstalle“ by Italian artist Egeon.
Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation
27/09/2023
FAO, in collaboration with UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union, is organizing the Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation from 25 to 27 September 2023 at FAO headquarters in Rome (Italy), in parallel to the FAO Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation (GC-SLT).
Youth Tackling Water and Food Challenges Head-On: The World Food Forum Attends the 2023 UN Water Conference in NYC
27/03/2023
The World Food Forum (WFF) attended the 2023 UN Water Conference, co-organizing several events and participating in various meetings to discuss the ongoing global water crisis and the role of youth in addressing it
The World Food Forum Promotes Youth Voices at the Annual Forum of GACSA
17/05/2023
The WFF hosted a lively and interactive session to present evidence to the fact that youth is the future of an effective and sustainable agrifood systems transformation.
STI Forum Side Event - Youth Innovation: bolstering climate action through agrifood systems transformation in the context of COVID-19 recovery
06/04/2023
The objective of the WFF side event at the STI Forum is to highlight the importance of engaging global youth in science, technology and innovation.
World Food Forum 2023 will champion youth leadership in agrifood systems transformation to accelerate climate action
27/04/2023
The World Food Forum today officially unveiled its theme for 2023: “Agrifood systems transformation accelerates climate action” and launched its activities for the year culminating in a series of global events, competitions and actions taking place from 16-20 October at FAO.