On May 28 to June 7, 2008, ICCIC Vice-Chair Yuan Peng was invited by Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) to attend the 2008 International Federation of Agricultural Producer’s World Farmer Congress and the CCA Agricultural Partners’ Forum in Warsaw, Poland. 

These two events are an effort by CCA to engage partners in international trends that affect them and to learn from partners to enhance its international development programmes. 

The World Farmer Congress 2008 is the 38th meeting of farmer groups and co-operatives around the world organized by the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP). IFAP is a strong supporter of co-operatives representing over 600 million farm families grouped in 115 national organisations in 80 countries. It is a global network in which farmers from industrialised and developing countries exchange concerns and set common priorities. IFAP advocates farmer’s interests at the international level since 1946 and has General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.