A stronger future for the people who feed the world.
World Farmer Association connects farmer interests with knowledge, markets and institutions. Food security, viable livelihoods and open agricultural exchange guide that purpose, from decisions in the field to the systems beyond the farm gate.
Begin with the farmer’s position.
Agriculture connects everyday work with questions of international importance. A household deciding what to grow also faces choices about water, labour, equipment and the market for its harvest. Those choices influence income at home and the availability of food elsewhere. WFA’s mission starts with that connection: farmer experience belongs in discussions about agricultural development.
Our first international congress in Yiwu in December 2022 brought farmer organizations together around cooperation and the digital economy. That history gives our purpose a practical foundation. We bring agricultural perspectives into conversations where science, enterprise and institutions meet, and keep the people doing the work visible within them.
Connect food security with a viable livelihood.
A food system depends on more than a successful growing season. Seed and other inputs must arrive in time. Water and energy must support production. Storage, processing and transport must preserve what has been produced. Households and buyers need dependable access to food, while farmers need a reason and the means to keep producing it.
WFA brings these issues together. The Guangzhou forum in November 2023 connected food security with agricultural trade, technology and greener production. In Hainan in December 2025, the sustainability dialogue placed smallholders and women farmers alongside climate-smart agriculture and resilient food systems. Farmer livelihoods are central to the continuing conversation.
Support freedom of trade through practical connections.
WFA supports open agricultural exchange: the ability of producers and buyers to build useful relationships across borders. A route to market involves product quality, processing capacity, reliable delivery, understandable documentation and a workable commercial relationship. Cooperation becomes useful when it makes these connections clearer to the people using them.
The Macao session of the fourth forum connected digital trade, green cold chains and sustainable finance. Its nonbinding cooperation framework calls for further work on the information and infrastructure around agricultural trade. That direction links a broad commitment to openness with the practical steps required to move goods, preserve value and sustain trust.
Build knowledge while caring for the resources of farming.
Local experience and scientific knowledge answer different parts of an agricultural question. A grower understands the conditions of a particular place; a researcher can test a method and explain its limits. A cooperative or enterprise sees the requirements of customers and the costs of using that method. Bringing these perspectives together makes an exchange more useful.
WFA’s purpose includes agricultural education, technical exchange and care for natural resources. Land, water, forests and the wider environment shape the future capacity of agricultural communities. Innovation matters when it fits those conditions, can be understood by the people using it and strengthens the prospects of their work.
Bring the field closer to the institutions around it.
Farmers work within a wider system of research, infrastructure, markets and public policy. A production problem may require scientific input; a market opportunity may depend on logistics; a useful asset may need finance that fits seasonal income. International dialogue can connect people who see different parts of the same problem.
WFA’s role is to make those relationships more accessible through forums, technical exchanges and institutional conversation. We welcome contributions that explain a real agricultural need and bring relevant experience to it. Our mission looks towards stronger rural opportunity: farming that supports families, communities that can retain value, and cooperation that helps agricultural interests carry further.
