Dr Theo De Jager
President of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Theo de Jager is the president of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) since June 2017 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)

Biography
Theo de Jager was elected as president of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO) on 14 June 2017. Dr de Jager is the first South African to head the organisation and the second African after Dr Evelyn Nguleka from Zambia.
He represented AgriSA at the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) for the past eight years and has been president since 2013. He was also President of the Pan-African Farmers’ Organisation (PAFO) until recently. De Jager is a co-founder of Agri All Africa, a company which assists small farmers in Africa to transition to commercial farming. He was also voted South African Agriculturalist of the Year in 2016 by the Agricultural Writers SA.
He holds his doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Pretoria (1988), where he focused his research on authentic African Philosophy. He has farmed since 1997 in the South African Lowveld region with timber and subtropical fruits (Avo’s, mangoes and macadamia nuts). He is deputy President of AgriSA and responsible for land reform, transformation, farmer development and Africa Liaison since 2008. He is also the President of SACAU and President of PAFO, starting December 2014, Board Member of ACTESA since April 2015 and Chairman of CAADP Non State Actors Coalition (CNC) since March 2015.
He formerly served as the president of Agri Limpopo, executive member of Agri Letaba, Chairman of the Trichardtsdal farmer association and farmed in the Tzaneen district since 1997 in South Africa.
Articles
“CTA have been scanning the horizon and introducing the future to the farmers of today”
Theo de Jager is President of the World Farmers’ Organisation, which represents more than 1.5 billion farmers across the globe. Here, he speaks on what he learned from his experiences with CTA over 10 years, and the secret to the organisation’s success.
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Jun 27
Brussels Briefing 55: "The opportunities of blockchain for agriculture"
The Brussels Briefing 55, on "The opportunities of blockchain for agriculture", discussed and provided an overview of the opportunities and challenges in adopting the blockchain technology in agriculture and the agrifood industry and some of the best practices and successful applications of the blockchain technology of interest to ACP countries. CTA organises… -
Jun 27
Brussels Briefing 40: Data, the next revolution for agriculture in ACP countries
To improve information sharing and promote networking, CTA, the DG DEVCO from the European Commission, the ACP Secretariat, Concord organise bimonthly briefings on key issues and challenges for rural development in the context of EU/ACP cooperation. The Briefing on 18th February 2015 will focus on the potential the data revolution can bring to the agri-food sector of A…