International Federation of Agricultural Journalists

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The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) is a professional association for agricultural journalists and agricultural communicators. IFAJ is non-political, and has more than 5000 members in 55 countries.

IFAJ was founded in Paris, France in 1956 as Union internationale des journalistes agricoles (UJA). [1] The current president is Lena Johansson (Sweden), [2] who has been president since 2020.

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References

  1. "About the History of IFAJ". IFAJ. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. "IFAJ Officers". IFAJ. Retrieved 2020-08-04.