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Participate in the WFF Youth Assembly's global survey and share your perspective on rangelands and pastoralists
31/03/2026
The WFF Youth Assembly has launched a global survey to capture the perspectives, priorities and experiences of young pastoralists and youth working with pastoral and rangeland communities.
The WFF Youth Assembly launches a global online survey: Ensuring equal access to justice for young women in agrifood systems
20/11/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) is calling on young leaders, student networks, NGOs, WFF National Youth Chapters and all youth-led platforms to share their perspectives on how to ensure equal access to justice for young women in agrifood systems.
Join the World Food Forum Virtual Solutions Session for the Second World Social Summit
07/10/2025
Join the World Food Forum Virtual Solutions Session.
Implementation of the GYAP in Asia and the Pacific: Empowering youth for sustainable nutrition across generations
29/08/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Youth Assembly capacity development session: Understanding the role of nutrition and healthy diets in agrifood systems transformation
18/08/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Youth Assembly hosted a youth-led capacity development session titled “Understanding the role of nutrition and healthy diets in agrifood systems transformation”.
Youth Assembly capacity development session: Strengthening youth roles in Integrated Land Use Planning and emerging issues
06/08/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Youth Assembly hosted a youth-led capacity development session on strengthening youth roles in Integrated Land Use Planning (ILUP) & emerging issues.
Youth Assembly consultation: Leading innovation in agricultural water management
18/08/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Youth Assembly hosted a Thematic Youth Assembly session on water management.
Youth Assembly consultation: Leading the change for sustainable livestock transformation
25/07/2025
Over 100 young changemakers from around the world gathered virtually for the Thematic Youth Assembly consultation on Sustainable Livestock Transformation.
Youth Assembly consultation: Driving global collaboration on bioeconomy
07/08/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Youth Assembly hosted a Thematic Youth Assembly consultation on bioeconomy.
Youth Assembly consultation: Shaping the future of forests
04/08/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Youth Assembly held the Thematic Youth Assembly consultation on forestry.
Youth Assembly capacity development session: Youth position on agrifood systems in NDCs 3.0 ahead of COP30
08/08/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Youth Assembly, in collaboration with YOUNGO, the Non Aligned Movement Youth Organization, ProVeg International and the International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences (IAAS), hosted a youth-led capacity development session entitled “Youth position on agrifood systems in NDCs 3.0 ahead of COP30”.
Implementation of the GYAP in the Near East and North Africa: Training of Trainers in Tunisia- empowering rural women for agrifood systems transformation
19/08/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2 600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Implementation of the GYAP in North America: Youth tackle food waste - Part 2, Solutions for food recovery
27/08/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2 600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Implementation of the GYAP in the Near East and North Africa: Insights from the #YouthLead Dialogue
08/09/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2 600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Implementation of the GYAP in Europe and Central Asia: Agrifood Stakeholder Network digital roundtable
18/09/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2 600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Youth Assembly capacity development session: Biodiversity for food and nutrition
16/07/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Youth Assembly is calling on youth worldwide to participate in an online capacity development session focused on the critical links between biodiversity, food and nutrition.
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Second Regional Rural Youth Forum for Europe and Central Asia
22/07/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) is happy to share the experience of its Youth Policy Board (YPB) member Shalala Hasanova at the second Regional Youth Forum for Europe and Central Asia.
Youth drive action on ocean sustainability at the UN Ocean Conference
11/07/2025
On 9 June, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) co-hosted an interactive youth-led side event during the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France.
Planting hope in the time of crises: Youth reclaim the future of food
27/06/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) is pleased to share a reflection by Youth Policy Board (YPB) member Elif Menderes on her recent participation in the Preparatory Youth Conference for the second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4), held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Meet the Youth Policy Board Selection Committee
30/06/2025
In December 2024, the World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) launched its annual application call for young leaders from around the world to join the Youth Policy Board (YPB) cohort for 2025-2026. This year, the call received 2 000 applications from 170 different countries.