Third Global Farmers Forum

Solidarity and shared development

The Cyprus forum connected international agricultural cooperation with technical visits and a shared-development theme.

4 November 2024 · main forumLimassol, Cyprus

The exchange

The main forum took place in Limassol on 4 November 2024, alongside a wider programme of agricultural exchange. The association’s reports describe a cooperation agreement with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Agricultural site visits included vineyards and conversations about agricultural development and tourism. The forum also hosted the inaugural Quannongtai short-video and photography awards ceremony.

A separate technical seminar followed in Athens on 7 November; it is recorded as a distinct event in this archive.

The meeting brought discussion of farmer interests, agricultural innovation and trade into a Cyprus setting. Its associated vineyard visits examined links between agricultural products, rural culture and tourism. The photography and short-video awards added another way for rural experience to enter the international conversation.

Qingdao Agricultural University’s delegation shared research in agricultural mechanization and discussed full-cycle mechanization solutions for emerging agricultural markets. Its account records talks with the China Agriculture Cooperation Association about a mechanization committee and a demonstration-base initiative in Laos, connecting technical research with international agricultural exchange.

Programme perspectives

Ideas brought into the conversation.

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Farmer interests

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Agricultural innovation

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Trade and cooperation

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Vineyards and rural tourism

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Rural photography and film

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Agricultural mechanization

Moments of exchange
Published record

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Zhejiang Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Zhejiang chamber magazine documents the Limassol forum

Issue 65 carries the Jinhua chamber delegation’s account of the forum on 4 November 2024. It describes sessions on innovation, rural economies, farmer interests and agricultural trade, alongside remarks on China–Cyprus agricultural cooperation.

Limassol, Cyprus·Chinese
Republic of Cyprus — Presidency

Cyprus government review records the World Peasant Association conference

The government’s March 2023–March 2025 review names the World Peasant Association conference among the major conferences supported by its 2024 conference-tourism program.

Cyprus·Greek
Zhejiang Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Zhejiang chamber delegates join the third forum in Cyprus

Participating chamber reports its delegation at the third forum in Limassol and states that WFA signed an agricultural-cooperation agreement with the Cyprus chamber.

Limassol, Cyprus·Chinese
World Peasant / World Farmer Association

The Third Global Peasant Forum Held in Limassol, Cyprus

The association’s English account describes the Limassol forum’s shared-development theme, an agricultural cooperation memorandum with the Cyprus chamber, site visits and awards.

Limassol, Cyprus·English
Qingdao Agricultural University — College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Qingdao researchers exchange agricultural mechanization expertise in Cyprus

Qingdao Agricultural University reports that its delegation joined the Cyprus conference from 4 to 6 November 2024. Discussions addressed farm mechanization, technical training and cooperation with CACA; a Laos demonstration base was among the initiatives discussed.

Limassol, Cyprus·Chinese
CONAFER

CONAFER joins agricultural meetings in Cyprus and Athens

CONAFER reports its delegation’s participation in the Cyprus agricultural programme and subsequent meetings in Athens.

Cyprus, followed by Athens, Greece·Portuguese
World Peasant / World Farmer Association

Third farmers forum connects agricultural cooperation in Cyprus

Association retrospective records the third forum in Limassol, shared-development themes, an agricultural cooperation agreement with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, vineyard visits and inaugural short-video/photography awards.

Limassol, Cyprus·Chinese
Simerini / SigmaLive; credited source CNA (ΚΥΠΕ)

China and Cyprus strengthen agricultural ties at the third forum

Contemporaneous CNA reporting carried by Simerini records the conference in Limassol, the agriculture minister’s address and agricultural cooperation discussions.

Limassol, Cyprus·Greek
To Thema Online — Cyprus News Agency report

Cyprus coverage includes video from the Limassol conference

The Cyprus report includes conference video and describes ministerial remarks on the role of small family farms, knowledge exchange and resilience. It also covers agricultural cooperation between Cyprus and China.

Limassol, Cyprus·Greek
Republic of Cyprus — Ministry of Agriculture / Press and Information Office

Agriculture Minister – 3rd Global Conference of the World Peasant Association

The government calendar scheduled the agriculture minister’s opening address for 4 November 2024 at 09:20 at St. Raphael Resort in Limassol.

Limassol, Cyprus·English
Republic of Cyprus — Ministry of Agriculture / Press and Information Office

Cyprus agriculture minister · Third farmers conference

The Greek-language government calendar scheduled the agriculture minister’s opening address for 4 November 2024 at 09:20 at St. Raphael Resort in Limassol.

Limassol, Cyprus·Greek
Visit Cyprus / Deputy Ministry of Tourism

Conferences E-calendar 2019–2024

The tourism calendar lists a World Peasant Association conference programme at St. Raphael Resort in Limassol for 3–6 November 2024.

St Raphael, Limassol, Cyprus·English