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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...

WFF Youth Initiative launches 40 new National Youth Chapters
19/11/2025

The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) marked a major milestone with the launch of 40 new National Youth Chapters, ...

Young changemakers drive agrifood systems innovation: Meet the 2025 Youth Food Lab winners
17/11/2025

The World Food Forum (WFF)’s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) celebrated the 2025 Youth Food Lab (YFL) cohort, at the YFL Global finals,...

Empowering farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises against climate shocks
14/11/2025

During the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) flagship week, the Institute of International Organizations and Global Governance (IOG) hosted an engaging youth...

Youth lead agrifood systems transformation: Launch of the WFF Türkiye Youth Chapter
13/11/2025

The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

2025 WFF Youth Concert: Celebrating culture and music as tools of transformation
10/11/2025

On 13 October 2025, the World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative) hosted the WFF Youth concert as part of the 2025...

Meet the 2025 WFF Startup Innovation Awards winners
07/11/2025

Young innovators from all around the globe took center stage at the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) Startup Innovation Awards finals. The fifth edition...

Plastics’ impact on earth and our well-being: A global call-to-action to protect planet and our health
06/11/2025

During the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event, Ecoinno and its partner KIDsforSDGs hosted an engaging youth side event titled “Plastics’ impact...

Beyond the Plate: Exploring culture and agrifood systems through art
30/10/2025

The World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Initiative, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations Agencies in Rome, presents...

Young researchers awarded at the 2025 WFF Transformative Research Challenge finals
28/10/2025

The fifth edition of the World Food Forum (WFF) Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) concluded at the 2025 WFF flagship event on 14 October at the...

World Food Forum 2025 kicks off as FAO celebrates its 80th anniversary
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World Food Forum 2025 kicks off as FAO celebrates its 80th anniversary
13/10/2025

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu receives leaders from Brazil, Lesotho, Djibouti, Eswatini, Jordan and Bangladesh at FAO’s Rome headquarters.

Youth at the forefront as 2025 World Food Forum opens in Rome
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WFF 2025: Youth at the forefront as 2025 World Food Forum opens in Rome
13/10/2025

The Global Youth Forum Opening set the tone for a week of youth-driven innovation, creativity and action under the theme “Hand in Hand for Better...

From Seeds to Foods opens in Rome as FAO marks 80 years of global action
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“From Seeds to Foods” opens in Rome as FAO marks 80 years of global action
10/10/2025

Global exhibition opens with high-level ceremony, celebrating agrifood innovation from a variety of seeds to the great diversity of foods on our tables.