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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.

Intergenerational policy dialogue on empowering young women in agrifood systems
26/06/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Youth Assembly is extending an invitation for youth worldwide, interested in gender equality and women's empowerment, to participate in a virtual Intergenerational Policy Dialogue to align youth priorities with those of global experts and institutions.

Gastronomic CineSustainability: A French approach
03/06/2025
In collaboration with the Institut Français – Centre Saint-Louis, the World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) hosted a full-day event in Rome on 22 May 2025, celebrating the power of film and hands-on learning to advance sustainable agrifood systems.

WFF Youth Initiative at N4G Summit: Promoting Indigenous agrifood systems for climate action
28/04/2025
On 26 March 2025, the non-governmental organizations Global Citizen, Act4Food and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in collaboration with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, hosted the event “Traditional Roots of Resilience” as part of the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris.

Young Parliamentarians Roundtable: Driving action for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
16/12/2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Assembly hosted the Young Parliamentarians Roundtable during the 2024 WFF flagship event, bringing together regional leaders and youth representatives to discuss the critical role of legislative frameworks in advancing food security and sustainable agrifood systems.