The Fédération wallonne de l'agriculture (Wallonian Agricultural Federation), abbreviated FWA, is the main

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for the

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Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

, one of the

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. It was founded in 2001 by a merger of a number of different farmers' associations. In September 2019, José Renard became director of the FWA.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Agricultural organisations based in Belgium Farmers' organizations Organizations established in 2001 2001 establishments in Belgium Politics of Wallonia