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WFF Prospective Brazil Youth Chapter at the Global Agribusiness Forum
08/07/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) prospective Brazil Youth Chapter took part in the 2025 Global Agribusiness Forum and Festival – Fair, Food, Fun, Forum (GAFFFF). Prospective Chapter members Flávio Andrade, Julia Cristina Campos and Luciana Kliemann joined global experts, policymakers, youth leaders, artists and chefs from around the world to highlight Brazil’s agribusiness sector.
The WFF Youth Initiative takes part in the European Youth Event 2025
07/07/2025
On 13 and 14 June 2025, the World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) took part in the sixth edition of the European Youth Event (EYE2025) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
WFF Sierra Leone Youth Chapter engages youth at Njala University in climate-smart agriculture workshop
04/07/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Sierra Leone Youth Chapter collaborated with the School of Agriculture at Njala University to host a youth engagement event on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and sustainable agrifood systems.
WFF Spain Youth Chapter organizes the Youth Forum on sustainable agrifood systems
02/07/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Spain Youth Chapter in collaboration with the University of León (ULE) and the León City Council held its first-ever in-person event, titled, "Spanish Youth Forum on Agrifood Systems”.
Rural youth transform agrifood systems
25/06/2025
What are the challenges that rural youth in Europe and Central Asia face today?
WFF Youth Initiative at the Preparatory Youth Conference for UNFSS+4
18/06/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) took part in the Preparatory Youth Conference for the second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4), held from 15 – 16 May 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
WFF Kenya Youth Chapter leads the way at the Kenya National Food Systems Summit 2025
11/06/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Kenya Youth Chapter took the stage at the Kenya National Food Systems Summit held from 15-16 April 2025 in Nairobi. Members of the Chapter actively contributed across the summit, from planning and moderating sessions to hosting exhibitions and engaging in policy dialogues.
WFF Ireland Youth Chapter engages youth voices in shaping agrifood systems
17/06/2025
On 9 May 2025, the World Food Forum (WFF) Ireland Youth Chapter (Youth Food Forum) hosted its 2025 kick-off event in Dublin, bringing youth perspectives to the forefront of Ireland's agrifood future.
WFF Egypt Youth Chapter: The launch marks turning point for regional agrifood systems transformation
09/06/2025
On 15 May 2025, the World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative), supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa and the FAO Country Office in Egypt, officially launched the WFF Egypt Youth Chapter.
The ‘Cool Agripreneur’ Programme: Empowering the next generation of Indonesia’s agripreneurs
02/06/2025
Indonesian farmers are ageing, and this spells a challenge for a country striving to sustainably feed what is currently the world’s fourth-largest population.
WFF Bhutan Youth Chapter: SDG camp in Paro ignites youth leadership for a sustainable future
28/05/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF) Bhutan Youth Chapter, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Country Office in Bhutan, hosted an engaging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) camp in Paro under the theme "If not us, then who?".
Youth in Action: Building the Path to End Global Hunger
29/04/2025
Youth in Action: Building the Path to End Global Hunger
WFF Ghana Youth Chapter: Empowers young women and traders at traditional market symposium
16/05/2025
On 30 April, the World Food Forum (WFF) Ghana Youth Chapter hosted a traditional market symposium at two of Accra’s traditional trading centers - Makola and Nima markets.
WFF Youth Initiative launches National Youth Chapter in Peru
30/04/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)’sis excited to share the successful launch of the WFF Peru Youth Chapter, marked by a dynamic hybrid event in Lima that brought together around 150 young people from across the country.
Youth driving change in local agrifood systems: WFF Youth Initiative at ECLAC Forum
08/05/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) hosted a side event at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2025 organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on 31 March in Santiago, Chile.
WFF Italy Youth Chapter holds its General Assembly
02/05/2025
On 17 April the World Food Forum (WFF) Italy Youth Chapter held its General Assembly at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy coinciding with the 2025 cycle launch of the WFF’s Global Youth Action Initiative.
The WFF launches its 13th Youth Chapter in Ireland
14/03/2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) launched its 13th Youth Chapter in Ireland, dubbed the National Youth Food Forum.
First Thematic Youth Assembly consultation of 2025: Supporting women and girls in decent rural employment
10/02/2025
The WFF's Global Youth Action Initiative, in collaboration with the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, the FAO Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division and the ILO, hosted its first Thematic Youth Assembly consultation of 2025 on supporting women and girls in decent rural employment.
WFF at CFS 52: Inclusive youth engagement and empowerment for agrifood systems transformation
25/11/2024
As part of the 52nd session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action hosted a hybrid side event.