✨ Greetings from FAO headquarters - WFF 2026 is coming!

🌱💡 “Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.” means taking action today to shape the ideas, partnerships and investments that will nourish people and the planet for generations to come. #WFF2026 #WorldFoodDay #InnovateTodayNourishTomorrow

Be part of the 2026 WFF flagship event! Applications are now open for volunteers based in Rome to support the flagship event from 8-16 October at FAO headquarters. 🔗 Apply by 14 August here: youth.world-food-forum.org/news/detail/...

🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 29 JUNE 🚨 If you haven't applied yet, you still have time! 👉 youth.world-food-forum.org/education/ac...

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Students, faculty and universities: bring your academic work into real-world agrifood policy discussions. The 2026 WFF Academic Engagement is now open for applications! 📩 Apply by 24 June: youth.world-food-forum.org/education/ac...

Registrations are OPEN! 🎉 The 2026 World Food Forum brings together young innovators, researchers and changemakers in Rome this October to reshape the future of food. 👉 www.world-food-forum.org/registration...

Students, faculty and universities: bring your academic work into real-world agrifood policy discussions. The 2026 WFF Academic Engagement is now open for applications! 📩 Apply by 24 June: youth.world-food-forum.org/education/ac...

📣 Just launched: The #UNFSS4 Youth Declaration calls for urgent, rights-based, climate-resilient food systems - led by and for young people. 🌍 Read now: www.unfoodsystemshub.org/docs/unfoods... #WFF2025 #BetterFoodsBetterFuture

At the #HLPF2025 side event on water innovation, WFF Youth Initiative called for serious investment in student-led solutions to solve the water crisis.

🌿 Youth are already leading change across forestry and agriculture - now they are calling for greater inclusion, investment and impact. 🔗 Read the full paper: youth.world-food-forum.org/docs/devworl...

From bold innovations to grassroots action, youth are shaping a food-secure future. 🌱 Join the movement at the 2025 WFF flagship event in Rome & online. 🔗 Register now: www.world-food-forum.org/2025/registr...

📣 Join us for the Intergenerational Policy Dialogue on “Leveraging SDG 4 and SDG 8 to Empower Young Women in Agrifood Systems” 🗓️ 7 July 2025 🕓 16:00 CEST 🌐 Online 🔗 Learn more and register: lnkd.in/duBcuQrC

The registrations for the 2025 World Food Forum flagship event are now open! 📍 FAO headquarters, Rome & Online 📅 10–17 October 2025 Theme: “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future” 🔗Register here: www.world-food-forum.org/2025/registr...

The WFF Youth Initiative participated at the European Youth Event 2025 in Brussels. Giacomo Marsoner, co-founder of the WFF Italy Youth Chapter, moderated a session on intergenerational justice. We thank the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels for their invaluable support.

🎧 New Food for the Future episode out! 🌱✨In this episode, we explore how perennial crops, forest-based practices and traditional knowledge can drive the shift toward more sustainable and resilient agrifood systems, with writer and food advocate Elspeth Hay. 👉 Listen here: lnkd.in/e_Q3iThG

From 11–13 June 2025, young changemakers, policymakers and international partners will gather in Budapest, Hungary for the Second Regional Rural Youth Forum, a platform dedicated to empowering rural youth and ensuring generational renewal in agriculture. fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The #UNFSS4Youth Conference has concluded — but the momentum continues. 💡 Youth from over 50 countries showed that leadership is not about age, but about vision and collaboration. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Bangkok and online. Onward to #UNFSS2025! @worldfoodforum.bsky.social

Over 280 million people are facing acute food insecurity in 2025 — and women and young girls remain at the center of the crisis. The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises reveals where hunger hits hardest and why. Women and girls are often the most affected, eating last and least in times of crisis.

🌱The 2024 WFF Startup Innovation Awards powered by @extechchallenge brought together changemakers, connecting them with investors, mentors and decision-makers shaping the future of food. From application to pitch to purpose - we are here to support bold solutions for a better food future.

📍The WFF Youth Initiative meets the UNDP Youth Empowerment Portfolio (YEP-AP) in Asia and the Pacific! 🌏🤝 Together, we discussed how the WFF National Youth Chapters and youth-driven programmes can shape a more inclusive and sustainable future. 💬🧩

✨ Welcome to the official WhatsApp Channel of the WFF Youth Initiative! Stay updated on youth-led action , exciting events , unique opportunities and inspiring stories. Let us shape the future of food, together 🌍🤝

✨ The WFF Spain Youth Forum is here! A new space for youth to lead, connect and drive change in local agrifood systems.

🚀 AgX Fair 2025 Call for Submissions is open! 🌍 Youth-led & youth-focused projects transforming agrifood systems through education (formal or non-formal) are invited to apply. Showcase your project, get expert feedback & connect with global innovators! Apply by May 31, 2025.

🔬 Introducing the 2025–2027 WFF Young Scientists Group! A diverse team of early-career researchers focused on advancing agrifood systems transformation. They’ll explore the FAO’s Four Betters: better production, nutrition, environment, and life. Stay tuned for updates and their biennial report!

🌍✨ The movement continues! We have officially kicked off the 2025 cycle of the World Food Forum's Global Youth Action Initiative — uniting young leaders, changemakers and partners from every corner of the globe. Welcome to the movement. Let us make this year count. 🙌

The World Food Forum Film Festival 2025 is now open for submissions! 🎬 Young filmmakers can showcase their stories on themes like climate change, biodiversity, women’s leadership, and rural transformation. 🌍🚜 Submit your short film by 21 July: 🔗 filmfreeway.com/WorldFoodFor...

🌍 Join us at the ECOSOC Youth Forum for a powerful side event hosted by the World Food Forum Global Youth Action! 📅 15 April 2025 | 1:15–2:45PM EDT 📍 Conference Room 12, UN Headquarters and UN Web TV

Youth are uniting for #UNFSS2025 🌍 A Global Youth Task Force is shaping a renewed Youth Declaration & driving action for better #FoodSystems. Led by the Hub & its youth reps, World Food Forum, UNMGCY & partners – for youth, by youth, for the future. 🌱 🔗👉 www.unfoodsystemshub.org/latest-updat...

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Global youth coordination is bringing fresh ideas, energy, and accountability to the UNFSS+4 Stocktake.

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🌍✨ The 2025 WFF Transformative Research Challenge is live! Young changemakers — pitch at FAO HQ in Rome, win up to $20K, get expert mentorship & global recognition. 🌱 Let’s transform agrifood systems together. 📅 Apply by 9 May — link in bio!

🌍 Youth Driving Innovation in #SustainableLivestock 🐄🌱 On April 3, young changemakers joined our webinar, Youth Success Stories in Sustainable Livestock Transformation, organized by FAO’s NSA Division. Join the Global Youth Network to get involved: dgroups.org/fao/global-y...

🌍 At #N4G2025 in Paris, WFF Youth Initiative brought bold ideas and youth energy to the table. 🧠💬 Dr Ana Luiza Domingos spotlighted the climate-nutrition link and the power of science-driven policy.