ACTION THEMES
Founded in 2005, the Foundation for Agriculture and Rurality in the World (FARM) aims to inform decision-makers in countries of the South and North, public and economic actors, on strategic issues such as:
The sectors, from producers to markets
Food and nutrition security
The resilience of rural areas
PUBLICATIONS
East Africa and Reshaping Global Trade: Agricultural Exports Still Driven by Cash Crops
East Africa is entering a pivotal decade for agricultural trade. The region’s extra-African agricultural exports increased by 39% between 2014 and 2024, and yet remains focused on unprocessed or minimally processed cash crops and primary commodities.
Rethinking crop protection: acting collectively for life
The 15th FARM Foundation International Conference, held on February 17, 2026 at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, created an essential space for dialogue in a deeply polarized global agricultural context.
Soil fertility in Northern Benin: from productivist cotton farming to traditional agroecology
The agricultural sector is a pillar of the Beninese economy, generating 70.1 TFPs of employment and 23.1 TFPs of GDP. However, economic and political crises have revived concerns about food sovereignty as national demand increases and agricultural land becomes scarce.
EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS
THE Barometer African agriculture; ;
The AACC-Med project: adaptation from agriculture to climate change in the Mediterranean.
Media and Resources
FARM meets Thibaut SOYEZ: preserving soil fertility in the Senegal River valley
In this 10th episode of FARM meeting…, Thibaut SOYEZ, project manager at the FARM Foundation, presents the transformations affecting soil fertility in the Senegal River Valley, one of the country's main rice-growing basins.
🌱 Financing agricultural transitions in Africa: key takeaways from our webinar with AKADEMIYA2063 and ATLAS
Many of you from all over the world connected on Wednesday, April 8th for our webinar "Nourish and protect: agriculture at the heart of global health", organized as part of the One Health Festival 🎉.
Appointment – Juliette Leclaire appointed Executive Director of the FARM Foundation
Paris, July 8, 2026 — The FARM Foundation announces the appointment of Juliette Leclaire as Executive Director, effective July 8, 2026. She succeeds Catherine Migault, who is retiring after a career of more than forty years dedicated to agricultural issues, including five within the Foundation.