World Food Forum Global Youth Action Initiative 2025 Results Report

01/01/2026

This report presents the key achievements, outcomes and lessons from the WFF Youth Initiative in 2025. It reflects the breadth of youth engagement across regions and thematic areas, the strengthening of partnerships and the growing impact of youth-led action. The report also underscores the importance of continued investment in youth as essential partners in building agrifood systems that are more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.

Youth and Young Women in Pastoralism: Policy priorities from the Global Youth Consultative Process

01/01/2026

This policy brief translates the priorities identified through a Global Youth Consultative Process into practical policy priorities for governments, UN agencies and development partners. It highlights the role of young pastoralists in sustainable rangeland management and resilient agrifood systems and the barriers they face in accessing land, productive resources, decent livelihoods and meaningful participation in decision-making, with particular attention to the barriers faced by young women.

Building Youth Infrastructure for Generational Renewal in Agrifood Systems. Agrifood systems cannot be transformed sustainably unless they can continuously renew the generations who lead, innovate and invest in them – thereby ensuring lasting food and nutrition security

01/01/2026

The Theory of Change sets out OYW’s approach to enabling continuous generational renewal in agrifood systems through youth infrastructure – the institutions, policies, investments, capacities, partnerships and knowledge systems that enable successive generations of young people to contribute and lead. It defines OYW’s institutional role and how the World Food Forum Youth Initiative operationalizes this approach through Capabilities, Agency and Systems and eight interconnected areas of action.

Building youth infrastructure for continuous generational renewal: Every agrifood investment needs a generation ready to carry it forward

01/01/2026

Continuous generational renewal requires deliberate institutional investment, not only demographic change. By investing in youth across the life course, addressing barriers faced by young people, especially young women, and mainstreaming these efforts within national policies, countries can enable successive generations to drive agrifood systems transformation. FAO’s OYW acts as a catalyst by coordinating stakeholders, generating youth intelligence, and fostering partnerships and investment.

Transforming agrifood systems through climate-resilient agricultural practices

01/01/2025

This analysis explores how youth initiatives contribute to agricultural productivity, climate resilience and environmental sustainability across diverse geographic and socio-economic contexts, as well as their potential to address global challenges in food security and environmental change.