Tag: World Farmers Organisation
WFO General Assembly Takes Place in Zambia
Africa & Middle East: Farming First was on the ground in Zambia last week, attending the World Farmers' Organisation General Assembly in Livingstone, opened by the President of Zambia.
Read More
Why Agriculture is Essential to the Success of the SDGs as a Whole
Global: Farming First addresses United Nations session on Financing for Development and the Post-2015 process.
Read More
Rose Akaki: The voice of a female farmer
: Today, in the lead up to International Women’s Day on 8th March, Farming First captures the voice of a female smallholder farmer who highlights the challenges still faced by women each day as they strive to provide nutritious food for their families in Uganda. Rose Akaki rears cattle for beef and grows maize, both of […]
Read More
Sue Carlson: Rural Women – The Missing Development Demographic
: In celebration of the UN International Day of Rural Women today, our guest author, Sue Carlson of the World Farmers Organisation, looks at the status of rural women and their potential for reducing poverty and hunger around the world. Perhaps more than any other major demographic around the world, rural women have benefitted least from […]
Read More