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WORLD  FARMERS’ ORGANISATION (WFO)

FOUNDING ARRANGEMENTS   (Top)

The World Farmers’ Organisation  (WFO) was launched at a meeting held on 29 March 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.  That meeting adopted draft statutes for the WFO, appointed a Transitional Board to oversee the founding arrangements for the new organisation and to establish an office in Rome.  The members of the Transitional Board are:

• Mr Hans van der Merwe (Executive Director, Agri SA)
• Mr Hirofumi Kobayashi (General Manager Agricultural Policy Department, JA Zenchu)
• Mr Martin Haworth (Director of Policy, NFU-UK)
• Mr Ron Bonnett (President of CFA/FCA)

A declaration was issued by the Founding Meeting.
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DRAFT STATUTES OF THE WFO      (Top)

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DRAFT POLICY DOCUMENTS    (Top)

A core function of the WFO is to do advocacy on behalf of its members in international fora.  Due to policy processes under way, the Transitional Board makes available a number of draft policy documents to national farmer organisations for review and commentary. These documents may serve – considering the input of members - at the General Assembly for discussion.   Be welcome to give your view on the relevance of the topics as well as commentary on the content of these documents.

• Animal welfare;
• Biotechnology in the livestock sector and animal welfare;
• Animal identification and traceability systems;
• WFO text on Agricultural Cooperatives;
• Climate change:  Farmers’ solutions and proposals for including agriculture in an international climate agreement;
• Farmers’ solution to climate change – proposals for including agriculture in a post-Kyoto agreement;
• Farmers and the “Green Economy”; and
• Civil Society Statement to FAO Member Governments on Vital Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development

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