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The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: New FAO report shines light on pitfalls and prospects for 1.3 billion young people
04/07/2025
As key agents of change, the current generation of young people must increase food production, replace an aging workforce, and adapt to increasing extreme climate events.
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 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?
The World Food Forum Launches its 2024 Cycle with a Dynamic Kick-off Event
26/04/2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) successfully kicked off its 2024 cycle with a dynamic launch event on 25 April 2024.
World Food Forum 2024 Launch Event: Good food for all, for today and tomorrow
08/04/2024
With this in mind, the WFF will launch its 2024 cycle with a dynamic kickoff event encompassing the Global Youth Forum, the FAO Science and Innovation Forum and the FAO Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum.
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 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 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.
CineSustainability in Gastronomy: A French Approach
12/05/2025
In collaboration with the Institut Français – Centre Saint-Louis, the World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative is hosting a special screening of "Hortus!" by Maël Henaff - winner of the Best Documentary film at the 2023 WFF film festival.
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.
Youth voices for ocean sustainability: Join the global virtual consultation
06/05/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Youth Assembly is calling on young people in fisheries and aquaculture, to help lead the future of the sector, from production to consumption. The WFF’s Youth Assembly will host its first virtual youth consultation of the year on Ocean Sustainability.
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 Youth Initiative at the ECOSOC Youth Forum: Leveraging SDGs as enablers of sustainable agrifood systems transformation
28/04/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) hosted a side event during the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum.
2025 World Food Forum Global Youth Action Initiative: Hand in Hand for better foods and a better future
22/04/2025
On 17 April 2025, the WFF Youth Initiative officially launched its 2025 cycle with a dynamic event that brought together young leaders, partners and changemakers from all over the world.
Empowering young women in agrifood systems: Insights from the WFF Youth Initiative at CSW69
25/03/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative), in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Italy and Indonesia to the United Nations in New York, hosted a side event at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69).
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.