March 2025

April 2025

• World Health Day |  
• Earth Day |  

May 2025

• World Bee Day |  
• International Day for Biological Diversity |  
• ISF World Seed Congress |  Istanbul, Turkey | 5.19-21.25 | 
• UN Food System Summit Stocktaking 4 | Global South | May/June 25 (TBC)  | 

June 2025

• World Milk Day | 6.1.25 | 
• US Grains Council Buyers & Sellers Conference | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 6.2-4.25 | GFN members invited to participate TBC
• World Environment Day | 6.8.25 | 
• Open Farm Sunday UK |  
• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |  
• GFN Roundtable & Communication Training program | Costa Rica | 6.8-14.2025 | 
• Bonn Climate Change Conference | Bonn, Germany |  6.1-14.2025 | 
• 51st G7 2025: June Kananaskis | Alberta, Canada | 
• WSJ Global Food Forum |  June 16-17, 2025 | 

July 2025

• IAFN (International AgriFood Network) & PSM (Private Sector Mechanism to FAO) Annual meetings: | Rome, Italy  | 7.1-2.2025 
• International Day of Cooperatives  
• UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) | New York, NY | July 14-24, 2025
• Aneberries Conference | Guadalajara, Mexico | July 23-24, 2025 | GFN invited to participate 
• UN Food System Summit Stocktaking 4 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 7.28-30.25  | GFN engagement TBC

August 2025

• AAPRESID No-Till Congress: | Rosario, Argentina  | 8.6-8.2025 
• August 2025 Agrievolution Summit | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 8.1-3.2025 | Cohosted by CAFMA & Aapresid, GFN is strategic partner
• International Youth Day |  
• Farm Progress Show: Decatur, Illinois |  
• International Beer Day |  
• The Africa Biennial Bioscience (ABBC25) Symposium  | Accra, Ghana |  8.26-28.2025 | Theme: Unlocking the potential of emerging bio-innovation in Africa. Can we overcome the burden of Mis/Disinformation?
• Paris 2025 Symposium: “Sustainable Food for Global Health” | Paris | August 2025 | Diane Masure, France, invited to present farmer perspective as speaker

September 2025

• Agrievolution:  8th Global Summit – Sustainable agriculture and mechanization for operational efficiency and food security | Buenos Aires, Argentina | September 1-3, 2025 | Panelist:  Jorge Lopez Menendez, Argentina / West Africa, Moderator:  Mary Boote | Link to register
• Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 |  
• Climate Week | New York, NY | 
• 79th Session of UN General Assembly (UNGA) | New York, NY | 
• World School Milk Day |  
• Committee on Agriculture (COAG): FAO | Rome | 
• Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 | Senegal |  | GFN side-event proposed; Side-event partners: Niger Food; AATF

October 2025

• World Food Forum (FAO) | Rome | 
• IDF World Dairy Summit | 
• CFS 52 (FAO) | Rome | 
• World Food Prize / Borlaug Dialogue | Des Moines, IA  | 10.21-23.2025 | 
• UN Biodiversity Conference |  
• World Conservation Congress |  Abu Dhabi, UAE | 10.9-15.2025 | 
• International Coffee Day |  
• International Day of Rural Women |  
• World Food Day | 10.16.25 | 
• 2025 GAP Report LAUNCH |  

November 2025

• International World Rice Conference: | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | Nov 6-8, 2025 |
• 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) | Brazil | November 10-21, 2025 | 
• 2025 G20 Summit | South Africa | 
• NAFB conference | Kansas City, MO | 
• Agritechnica 2025 | Hanover, Germany | 

December 2025

• UNEA 7 | Nairobi, Kenya | December 8-12, 2025 | Paul Temple, UK, participating on behalf of GFN and Co-Chair Farmer Major Group
• Seed Association of the Americas Conference | Brazil | TBD December | 
• World Soil Day |  

GFN Events 2025

• January
  • 2025 GFN Membership Survey Completed  | 
  • GFN Executive Committee | Jan. 9 | 
  • Runway to COP – action Hub: Preparing farmers to engage and impact global discussions at G20 and COP | Brazil | 
• February
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meeting |Feb 6 | 
• March
  • GFN Mid-year Board meeting | Thursday, March 13, 2025 | virtual |
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets |March 6 | 
• April
  • GFN Executive Committee Meets |April 3 | 
  • GFN Comm. Training Virtual Sessions – Costa Rica Cohorts | Wed. April 23, 2025 & Wed. April 30, 2025 | 
• May
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | May 1 | 
  • GFN Comm. Training Virtual Sessions – Costa Rica Cohorts | Wed. May 7, 2025, Wed. May 14, 2025 & Wed. May 21, 2025 | 
• June
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | June 5 TBC | 
  • GFN Roundtable & Communication Training program Costa Rica | 6.8-14.2025 | 
  • GFN Virtual Reunion | June 25 & June 26, 2025 | TBC
• July
  • GFN Annual Board meeting | Des Moines, IA |  July 29-July 31, 2025 | 
  • GFN Executive Comm. meets: Thursday, July 10 TBC | July 10 TBC | 
• August
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | Aug 7 TBC | 
• September
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | Sept 4 TBC | 
• October
  • GFN Staff Workshop | Des Moines, IA  | October 20 | 
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | October 2 TBC | 
• November
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | November 6 TBC | 
  • GFN Virtual Reunion | late November TBC | 
• December
  • GFN Mobilization: Recognizing 25 years of farmer collaboration and mobilization | 1st week of December TBC | 
  • GFN Executive Comm. Meets | December 4 TBC | 

2024 Events

• January
• Oxford Farming Conference: Building climate resilience for the biggest job on earth. | Oxford | January 3-5, 2024 | Mary Boote speaking on panel: Climate and its impact on global agriculture.; Rory Christie, UK, speaking on “Getting people into agricultures. Could diversity fix farming recruitment?”
• UNEP workshop on Nitrogen | Nairobi | January 8-9, 2024 | Paul Temple, UK participating on behalf of GFN/UNEP Major Farmer Group
• EU Green Week: Global Forum on Food and Agriculture (GFFA): | Berlin | January 18-28, 2024
• February
• JBCN (Japan Biotech Crop Network) Online Conference: SA conservation ag | Japan | | GFN members participating as panelists: Shuichi Tokumoto, Japan; Kees Huizinga, Ukraine
• SE Asia Regional Center for Graduate Study & Research | Philippines | February 8, 2024 | AD Alvarez presenting
• 100th USDA Ag Outlook Conference | Washington, DC | February 15-16, 2024 | Mary Boote will participate in person. Option to attend virtually is available at no cost: USDA’s 100th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum – idloom.events (eventmobi.com)
• Conference on Regenerative Agriculture | Rome | February 21, 2024 | Marco Pasti, Italy presenting
• 6th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) | Nairobi | February 26-March 1, 2024 | Conference on Regenerative Agriculture | Rome | February 21, 2024 | Marco Pasti, Italy presenting
• March
• EU Parliament | Live | March 2, 2024 | Patience Koku, Nigeria
• GFN Webinar series: No till | Virtual | March 7, 2024 | Amadou Sidibe, Mali; Aaron Moore, Australia/UAE presenting
• Grain SA Congress | South Africa | week of March 11, 2024 | Derek Mathews, South Africa; David Hughes, Argentina presenting
• Festival of Stewardship | Virtual | March 19, 20, 2024 | Patience Koku, Nigeria panelist
• Conference on Farming Systems – Root vs Iron | March 21, 2024 | Roberto Peiretti, Argentina presenting
• GFN Webinar series: Technology that supports water efficiency, delivery & availability | Virtual | March 28, 2024 | Jenny Holtermann, USA – California; Gabriela Cruz, Portugal presenting
• JBCN (Japan Biotech Crop Network) Online Conference: SA conservation ag | Japan | March 29, 2024 | GFN member participating as panelist: Jana Gabert, Germany presenting Update on EU Farmer Protests from the Ground
• April
• World Bank Spring Meeting | Washington, DC | April 19-22, 2024 | MOU signing with multiple signatories supporting Niger State, Nigeria – agriculture development TBD
• Innovation Forum virtual conference | “Financial Risks & opportunities in the age of global climate action: A Brazilian agribusiness case study” Yara de Gues, Brazil and Vicenti Bissoni, Brazil – invited to present (TBC)
• High-Level Partners Roundtable: Keys to strengthening institutions and Investments in climate-smart agri-food systems to improve smallholder livelihoods in Africa | IFRI | April 9, 2024 | Elly Sukup, USA
• Uruguay Seed Institute Conference: Genetics is the answer | April 11, 2024 | Gabriel Carballal, Uruguay
• CPM-18 (Commission on Phytosanitary Measures) FAO | Rome | April 15-17, 2024 | Leonardo Olivera, Uruguay Chair of COSAVE (Comm of Plant Health of the Southern Cone)
• General Assembly of Central Africa Ag Research Center | Benin | April 15, 2024 | Amadou Sidibe, Mali is panelist
• EU CAP Network Support to Innovation & Knowledge Exchange | Poland | April 16-17, 2024 | Judith de Vor, Netherlands
• World Bank Spring Meeting: MOU signing with multiple signatories supporting Niger State, Nigeria – agriculture development | Washington, DC | April 19-21, 2024 | Elly Sukup, USA; Bill Couser, USA
• The Future of Agriculture and Nutrition Dialogue | Berlin | April 23, 2024 | Jana Gabert, Germany speaker “Appreciation in Agriculture”
• May
• Celebration of Modern Ag on the Mall | Washington, DC | May 6-8, 2024 | GFN participants TBD
  

  UN Civil Society Conference | Nairobi | May 9-10, 2024 | Paul Temple applied to attend, representing GFN / UNEP Major Farmers

• Global Young Farmer panel exchange with BASF global leadership |  | May 14, 2024 | Ruramiso Mashumba, Zimbabwe; Shuichi Tokumoto, Japan; Emi Macor, Argentina; Jose Luis Quintana, Mexico participating

• Ag Summit the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City | Omaha | May 14-15, 2024 | Mary Boote participating
• ISF World Seed Congress | Netherlands | May 27-29, 2024 | GFN participants TBD
• June
• Open Farm Sunday | UK | June 9, 2024| Link to see where farms are located or to register your farm
• IAFN Annual General Meeting | Rome | June 10, 2024| Mary Boote participating
  

  Uruguay-based Bayer Forward Farm | Uruguay | June 11, 1024 | Gabriel Carballal, Uruguay

• UPOV Regional Workshop | Accura, Ghana | June 19, 2024 | Ruramiso Mashumba, Zimbabwe speaking on role of plant variety protection for food security

• Royal Leaders Network – Women in Ag | Scotland | June 20, 2024 | Mary Boote invited to give keynote (TBC)
• Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Conference | Scotland | June 24-27, 2024 | Bill Couser, USA-Iowa presenting
• July
• World Release | Worldwide | July 6, 2024 | “No-Till” music video written and performed by Shuichi   Tokumoto, Japan. Video support provided by Vicenti Bissoni, Brazil
  

  Nairobi Summer School for climate Justice | Nairobi | July 4, 2024 | Saustine Lusanzu, Tanzania participating in sessions discussing ag and climate

• NASDA Kenya Collaborative Partner Lunch | Washington, DC | July 10, 2024 | Elly Sukup, USA representing GFN

• WFP DialogueNEXT:  Seeds of Strength: Nurturing Farmer Resilience  | CIMMYT, Mexico | July 10-11, 2024 | Emi Macor, Argentina; Guillermo Breton, Mexico; Gina Gutierrez, Mexico

• August
• AAPRESID No-Till Congress | Argentina | August 5-7, 2024 |
• GFN Africa Farmer Leadership Summit | Nairobi | August 5-7, 2024 | Patience Koku, Nigeria; Ruramiso Mashumba, Zimbabwe Elly Sukup, USA-Washington DC leading program; Action Hubs on Climate Adaptation / no-till technology and Market Access
• Farm Progress Show | Iowa | August 27-29, 2024 | GFN and international visitor event; Bill Couser farm Aug 28
• September
• AGRF Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 | Rwanda | September 4-8, 2024 |
  

  79th Session of UN General Assembly (UNGA) | New York | September 10-24, 2024 | GFN Collaborative side-event with BCIU (Business Council for International Understanding) and CropLife International 

• Carbon Farming Event | France | September 16-17, 2024 | GFN leadership invited to participate in Roundtable discussion (TBD)

• October
• World Food Forum (FAO-Rome) | Rome | October | Mary Boote participating; Malhi Malwinder Singh, India attending
• CFS 52 (FAO-Rome) | Rome | October | Paul Temple, UK, representing GFN in-person
  

  2nd Vatican Roundtable of African Farmers | Rome | October 8, 2024 | GFN members participating:  Dave Okech, Kenya; Stella Thomas, Nigeria; Amadou Sidibe, Mali; Grace Bwogi, Uganda; Elisha Lewainka, Zambia; Motlatsi Musi, South Africa; Mary Boote moderating leadership panels

• World Food Prize / Borlaug Dialogue | Iowa | October 29-31, 2024 | Mary Boote and GFN members TBD participating; 2025 GFN Kleckner Global Farm Leader Award announcement
• Seeds of Opportunity:  Bridging Generations and Cultivating Diplomacy | Mary Boote, Reg Clause and GFN members Judith de Vor, Netherlands; Shuichi Tokumto, Japan;  Stella Thomas, Nigeria participating
• ILRI – Iowa State University side event:  Unlocking Sustainable livestock’s potential through science and partnership that bridge continents and generations:  10.29.24   Elly Sukup, GFN staff, participating as panelist
• 2025 GFN Kleckner Global Farm Leader Award announcement @ WFP Laureate Ceremony – Shuichi Tokumoto to perform “I am a Farmer”
• 2024 GAP Report LAUNCH 10.3.2024  National Press Club, DC – Livestreamed; GFN members Marcus Holtkoetter, Germany & Jose Luis Gonzalez Chacon, Colombia are panelists; * Powering Productivity- Scaling High Impact Bundles of Proven & Emerging Tools
• The Food Change Makers Summit: Food Tech Summit & Expo (Mexico) 10.2-3.24; Gina Gutierrez panelist – Regenerative Agriculture
• MIT Sloan Management Review- Mexico: Challenges for Great Leaders (Virtual); 10.8-9.2024; Gina Gutierrez panelist:  Sustainability Female Leaders
• AM CHAM Philippines Agribusiness Committee meeting  10.4.24  Makati City; “From Farm to Table: A Look into Biotech Crops’ Role to Food Security”; AD Alvarez, Philippines invited to participate as a reactor
• November

• EIMA (International Agricultural & Gardening Machinery Exhibition)  | Italy | November 6-10, 2024 | Mary Boote participating in Agrievolution global meeting

• World Ethanol and Biofuels Global Conference:  Brussels, Belgium 11.5-6.24; Mark Heckman, USA – Iowa participating
• NAFB conference:  Kansas City, MO  11.13-15, 2024; * Mary Boote on panel:  Hunger, Domestic and Global
• December
• WTO Annual Symposium (Virtual): Exploring the Links between trade and Nutrition  |  December 9, 2024 | GFN nominating member for panel to discuss intersection of trade and nutrition
• Millionaire Farmer of India Awards Program | India | December 1, 2024 | AD Alvarez, Philippines, invited to speak; Program sponsored by Krishi Jagran
• Grow Canada | Ottawa, Canada | December 3, 2024 |  V Ravichandran invited to speak on importance of gene-editing to crop production