About 100 people attended the side event “What data supports family farming? How data and information systems can empower family farmers, advance goals of the UNDFF and guide better policy” co-organized by the World Agriculture Watch (WAW) and the International Land Coalition (ILC) on 17 October 2019 during the Committee...

WAW secretariat attended the International Meeting in Tribute to Dr. Jacques Faye held from 27 to 29 November 2018. Like the rest of the continent, West Africa faces significant challenges related to: (i) sustained population growth, (ii) high incidence of poverty, (iii) degradation natural resources; (iv) insecurity and conflict; (v) rural...

The Expert Meeting on Farm Typology was held on 25 and 26 January 2018 at FAO Headquarters in Rome. WAW coordinator Pierre-Marie Bosc spoke on WAW’s experience of farm typology, based on the work carried out by national teams during the WAW pilot programme in El Salvador, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal,...

The WAW initiative was established in 2011 by FAO with the support of the French government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Since then, it has been developing concepts and trying and testing methodology and operational products. In 2016 and 2017, pilot projects were conducted in six countries...

Representatives of farming organizations and governments from partner countries – El Salvador, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia and Viet Nam – participated in WAW International Workshop hosted by IFAD from 19 to 20 December 2017. The workshop gave participants the opportunity to share lessons learned during the WAW pilot phase and...