International Federation of Agricultural Producers

Highlights

Agricultural Cooperatives as Part of the Financial Stimulus Package

Today, on the UN International Day of Cooperatives celebrating the theme “Driving Global Recovery through Cooperative Enterprise’’, IFAP is encouraging the adoption and strengthening of the co-operative business model as part of national financial and social stimulus packages around the world. more...

Farmers at the Center of a Sustainable Future for Latin America

From June 22-25 in San José, Costa Rica, farm leaders from across Latin America, rallied together to define the path forward towards a sustainable future for agriculture in the region ... more

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: Farmers at the Center of Sustainable Land Management Practices

On World Day to Combat Desertification with the theme, "Conserving land and water = Securing our common future," the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) emphasized that farmers are in the best position to implement practices that combat desertification on a large scale, given their daily interaction with the environment. more...

World Day Against Child Labour, ‘’Give Girls a Chance’’

Agriculture is one of the three most hazardous work sectors in terms of work-related deaths, injuries and ill health. Nearly 70 percent of working children are employed in the agricultural sector, amounting to over 132 million children aged 5-14 years old working in crop and livestock production around the world. more...

CSD17 Puts Agriculture at the Center of Sustainable Development - Calls for a Sustainable Green Revolution in Africa

The International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) is pleased with the final text, which incorporates the central elements of the IFAP Farmers’ Priorities for Action and also those included in “Farming First.” This document recognizes that “agriculture lies at the center of sustainable development,” and acknowledges the need for a sustainable “green revolution in Africa to help boost agricultural productivity, food production and national and regional food security in a way that supports ecosystem functions.” more...

Harnessing Farmers' Efforts to Realise Food Security in Africa

From April 22 until April 25, farm leaders from across Africa met todiscuss strategies for Harnessing Farmers' Efforts to Realise Food Security in Africa In Nairobi, Kenya. During the opening session on Wednesday 22 April, the Honorable Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Vice President of the Republic of Kenya and Minister of Home Affairs, gave an unprecedented address. more...

G-14 Farmer leaders meet in Treviso

On 17th April 2009, IFAP held, with CIA, a meeting of G-14 farmer leaders in the mountain village of Pieve di Soligo in the Province of Treviso, Italy. Its purpose was to bring the farmers’ voice to the first G-8 Agriculture Ministers meeting which would take place in the same region the next day. more...

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