Family Farming Campaign

The Family Farming World Conference finished with a large participation of representatives of the rural world on five continents and a very high level of documents that will soon at your disposal on the...

Today's program: FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER09:00-09:30Plenary Session Family Farming and Climate Change Presenter: Ms. Pilar Santamaria. Director of Environment, Regional Planning, Agriculture and Fishing. Basque Country. Speaker: Mr. Miguel Altieri. President of SOCLA (The Latin America Scientific...

Today's program:THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER 09:00-09:15Opening and Reporting of Working Groups I and II 09:15-10:15Preparatory Plenary Session for Working Group IIIWomen farmers: agent of change and developmentPresenter: Ms. Eve Crowley. Principal Advisor Gender, Equity and...

Today's program:WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER 09:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony 10:00-10:15Introduction to the Family Farming World ConferenceSpeaker: Ms. Esther Penunia.AFA General Secretary (Asian Farmers Association for the Rural Development). Asia. 10:15-11:00Plenary Panel SessionWorld Economic Situation, Trends in...

Tomorrow will start in Bilbao the Family Farming World Conference: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth.Tomorrow will start in Bilbao the Family Farming World Conference: Feeding the World, Caring for the Earth.The Conference...

The creation of this group represents an important step toward the organization of civil society in favor of Family Farming.A meeting of agricultural producers, indigenous people, peasants and students from Colombia was held from...

Paper presented by Esther A. Penunia, Secretary General, Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), to the UN expert group meeting on "Enabling rural women's economic empowerment: institutions, opportunities and participation?" organized by...

After the return of José María Zeberio, Executive Secretary of the WRF, and Jose Antonio Osaba, IYFF Campaign Coordinator, from New York, WRF wishes to inform you about the activities of the four- day...

Jose María Zeberio, WRF Executive Secretary, and José Antonio Osaba, IYFF Campaign Coordinator will start tomorrow, Sunday 11th September, a trip to New York in order to follow up the procedure to obtain the...

World Rural Forum adheres to the Civil Society Statement to FAO Member Governments on Vital Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development that declares as follows: "If we do not invest in rural...