Theo de Jager to lead World Farmers’ Organisation

By Gerhard Uys
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South African avocado, Boer goat, macadamia, and litchi farmer, Dr Theo de Jager, has been chosen as president of the World Farmers’ Organisation (WFO) in Helsinki, Finland. He is the first South African to head the organisation.

Theo de Jager to lead World Farmers’ Organisation
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Speaking to Farmer’s Weekly, De Jager said that the biggest challenges he expected to face as WFO president was the extension of networks to regions, such as Eastern Europe, Indo-Asia, West Africa and the Middle East, where agricultural organisations were still largely uninvolved, and the “refining of management systems, internal regulations, communication and policy, and the implementation of the new WFOP strategies”.

De Jager was previously president of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU), and led transformation initiatives at Agri Limpopo.

He was also deputy president of Agri SA, and president of the Pan African Farmers’ Organisation.

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Here are some messages from Twitter users on De Jager’s appointment.

 

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Gerhard Uys
Gerhard Uys grew up as a real city lad, but spends his free time hiking and visiting family farms. He learnt the journalism trade as a freelance writer and photographer in the lifestyle industry, but having decided that he will be a cattle farmer by the age of 45 he now indulges his passion for farming by writing about agriculture. He feels Farmer’s Weekly is a platform for both developed and emerging farmers to learn additional farming skills and therefore takes the job of relaying practical information seriously.

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