2010 مزارع المائدة المستديرة العالمية

اكتوبر 12-13, 2010 – الرهبان, أيوا الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية

 

مشرف:

• دكتور. Robert Thompson, Sr. Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and Professor Emeritus, جامعة. of Illinois

المشاركين:

• الأرجنتين – روبرتو بيريتي
• البرازيل – كاميلا إيليتش رودريغز
• كندا – منحة دايك
• فرنسا – إيفلين Desrentes
• هندوراس – إيسيدرو ماتاموروس
• الهند – راجيش كومار
• الهند – V. رافيتشاندران
• إيطاليا – جيورجيو فيديناتو
• كينيا – أليس Kalya
• المكسيك – Olga Alcaraz
• باكستان – Tariq Zaman Khan
• البرتغال – غابرييلا كروز (2010 Kleckner تجارة & جائزة تقدم التكنولوجيا)
• إسبانيا – Jose Luis Romeo
• نحن, أيوا – بام جونسون
• نحن, أيوا – عميد Kleckner, Chairman TATT
• نحن, جنوب داكوتا – Mike Jandreau (1943-2015), Chairman Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
• زامبيا – سارة Munalula

Despite their differences in culture, crops raised and language, 16 farmers representing five continents agreed they must work together to break the barriers that stop their access to technology. The farmers discussed their ideas during a two-day Global Farmer Roundtable held in Des Moines, أيوا, الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.

“Each of the farmers at the Roundtable was invited here because they were nominated by someone who said ‘this is an important person in our village, تواصل اجتماعي, organization or country,” said Mary Boote, executive director of Truth about Trade and Technology (المتخذة). المتخذة, an NGO that promotes free trade and agricultural biotechnology through farmer-led educational initiatives, organized the Roundtable held Oct. 12-13.

The participating farmers at the roundtable agreed to work together in regional alliances of support, and to share their experiences globally as a way to inspire farmers and educate politicians. “Through our commonalities of challenges, we will find commonalities of success,” was something agreed to amongst the participants.

Boote pointed out that the participating farmers are joining a network of 78 من المزارعين 53 countries who have taken part in a Roundtable discussion during the past five years.

A member of the 2010 طاوله دائريه الشكل, Gabriela Cruz of Elvas, البرتغال, was the 2010 recipient of the Kleckner Trade and Technology Advancement Award for her efforts to tell others how tools that farmers need are often held back from them by unfair government policies. “I hope this award motivates other farmers to keep fighting for their ideas and solutions,” Cruz said. Cruz was presented the award at a luncheon on October 13 with a keynote address given by Robert Paarlberg of Wellesley College, the noted author of Starved for Science and Food Politics.

TATT also partnered in the first stop of the Biodiversity World Tour held October 12 on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, أيوا. It included three TATT Global Farmer to Farmer Roundtable participants (كاميلا إيليتش, البرازيل; راجيش كومار, الهند; بام جونسون, نحن) and two experts on biodiversity and agriculture in addition to the facilitator and noted broadcaster, Orion Samuelson. Special guest US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made opening remarks and joined the panel for the entire event.

بالإضافة إلى, three farmers were asked to participate on panel discussions for the Borlaug symposium at the جائزة الغذاء العالمية: راجيش كومار, الهند – أكتوبر. 13 -“Promoting smallholders as entrepreneurs and innovators” (transcript); سارة Munalula, زامبيا – أكتوبر. 14 – “Overcoming major constraints facing smallholders”(transcript); غابرييلا كروز, البرتغال– أكتوبر. 14 – “Partnering with smallholders on strategies for food security (transcript).

 

Photos from the Global Farmer Roundtable can be found at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimmcomm/sets/72157625149096758/

http://truthabouttrade.org/media-center/photo-album?view=album&album=5535808287085925969&page=1

 

Read commentaries written by some of the farmers who have participated in the Roundtable:

http://www.truthabouttrade.org/news/editorials/guest-commentary