Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Monday, October 14, 2024

Meetings FAO in Rome on Agroecology

15 - 18 October 2024World Food Forum 

Organized around three pillars - Global Youth Action, Science and Innovation and Hand-in-Hand Investment - the 2024 flagship event leverages the power of intergenerational collaboration, as well as partnerships and action across policy, science, innovation, education, culture and investment. 

This year, the event also hosted:
  1. the 2024 edition of the annual World Food Day 
  2. the High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG - The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
  3. the Global Family Farming Forum,

15 October


Public policy innovations for family farming  

Global Forum on Family Farming. Dr. Fernanda Machiaveli Morão de Oliveira, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, Brazil

Transforming Landscapes through a participatory co-design approach 

Presentation Corner (AGROMIX) 
  • Dr. Josep Crous-Duran, REVOLVE
  • Ms. Rosemary Venn, Coventry University (Centre for Agroecology Water and Resilience)
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schmutz,  Coventry University (Centre for Agroecology Water and Resilience)

16 October


Which public policies support agroecological and organic family farmers? 

  • Ms. Cristina Grandi, IFOAM


The role of Youth in the Agroecological Transformation: insights from Youth Networks from all over the world. 


A side-event on the pivotal role of youth in promoting agroecology, aiming to connect existing Youth Networks and ignite the creation of new movements and initiatives on sustainable agricultural practices 

Sowing rights: uptake of global policy instruments,  

  • H.E Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile, Chairperson, UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS);  Right to Food case study from Indonesia
  • Dr. Rolando González Patricio, President, Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (PARLATINO)
  • Ms. Anya Coutinho, Leading Coordinator, Grădina Moldovei
  • Mr. Zainal Arifin Fuat, International Coordinating Committee of La Via Campesina


Investing in family farming

  • Mr. Oliver Olivero, Coordinator and Head of the Agroecology Coalition Secretariat
  • Ms. Esther Penunia, Member of the Steering Committee of the Forest and Farm Facility and Secretary General of Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA)
  • Mr Mohamed Fouad Bergigu, GEF Programming Specialist, Global Environment Facility, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB)
  • Mr. Nadjirou Sall, Member of the Steering Committee of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) and Secretary General of ROPPA


17 October



Family farming for climate-resilient food systems

  • Ms. Nissa Wargadipura, Joint-founder of At-Tariq farming field school, Indonesia
  • Prof. Arilson Favareto, Professor and researcher at Universidade Federal ABC - UFABC and Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento – Cebrap
  • Ms. Rim Ferchichi, Secretary General, Union Maghrébine et Nord Africaine des Agriculteurs (UMNAGRI)
  • Ms. Lucrecia Rodríguez, Executive Secretary, Consejo Agropecuario Centroamericano (CAC)
  • Mr. Kyle Stice, CEO, Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON)
  • Mr. Olou Adara, President, Coordination Togolaise des Organisations Paysannes et de producteurs agricoles (CTOP)
  • Mr. Mujuni Mtembei Kamwesige, Senior Agriculture Officer, Ministry of Agriculture of the United Republic of Tanzania

Diversified market opportunities for family farming

  • Mr. Chris Claes, International Executive Director, Rikolto
  • Ms. Elizabeth Nsdandala, President, Eastern African Farmers Federation (EAFF)
  • Mr. Rafael Ortiz Quezada, Vice Minister for Scientific and Technological Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture of Dominican Republic
  • Mr. Richard McCarthy, President, World Farmers' Market Coalition
  • Ms. Patricia Flores, Senior Global Academy Manager, IFOAM
  • Mr. Saer Niang, Autorité de Régulation de la Commande Publique du Sénégal

Innovate Locally, Impact Deeply: exploring why and how to successfully support community-driven innovations 

Sciences and Innovation Forum 

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