The second global meeting of the Farmers' Forum

The second global meeting of the Farmers' Forum took place on 11 and 12 February 2008 in conjunction with the Thirty-first session of IFAD's Governing Council. The Forum brought together about 80 farmers' leaders from around the world. It:

reviewed progress achieved in enhancing collaboration between IFAD and farmers' and rural producers' organizations
discussed IFAD strategic and policy documents
shared positions on the following three critical issues for the future of smallholder family agriculture

Synthesis of deliberations of the second global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum 2008
Agenda
Arabic | PDF version
English | PDF version
French | PDF version
Spanish | PDF version
Flyer
Arabic | English | French | Spanish
Partnerships in progress
Arabic | English | Spanish
Provisional list of participants
Thematic working group sessions
- Access to land: Trends, challenges and opportunities. Role and perspectives of farmers’ and rural producers’ organizations
  Arabic | English | French | Spanish
- Access to policy making processes: opportunities for farmers’ and rural producers’ organisations to exert power in favour of family agriculture
  English
- Climate change and smallholder agriculture: Perspectives of FOs
  Arabic | English | French | Spanish

Hot links

International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP)
La Via Campesina (LVC)
Coordination of Family Farms of MERCOSUR (COPROFAM)
Reseaux des Organisations Paysannes et Producteurs Agricoles de l' Afrique de l' Ouest (ROPPA)
World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers (WFF)
Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA)
World Forum for Fisher Peoples (WFFP)