los 2018 Global Farmer mesa redonda está prevista para octubre 16-17 en Des Moines, Iowa – coinciding with the week of the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue and International Symposium.
As the Roundtable approaches GFN is introducing this year’s participants. It started with Bill Crabtree de Australia y Edgard RamÃrez de Argentina – so now we’re checking in with A.D. Alvarez who farms in the Phillipines…
Granjero: Ariel Dave Alvarez
PaÃs: Phillipines
Donde se encuentra la granja?
Our farm is located in a group of small islands called Camotes Islands in Cebu, Philippines in the town called San Francisco.
Lo que hace su mirada granja como? ¿Cuál es el tamaño de la comunidad? ¿Qué cultivan o aumento?
My main farm is 8 ha [just under 20 hectáreas] farm land and serves as our base. For our corn production, we rent an additional 25 a 35 hectáreas [acerca de 62 a 86 hectáreas] of fields. Our farming work is also about Community Development using farming as a tool to help other farmers improve their farming techniques and get them out of poverty.
¿Qué es lo que espera a la mayorÃa mientras se prepara para participar en el 2018 Mesa Redonda Global Farmer?
I’m looking forward most to participating in the 2018 Global Farmer Roundtable and sit among amazing fellow farmers from different parts of the globe mainly to share their experiences, perspectives and challenges to develop a global outlook on how we can further enhance our farming in view of the urgency of increasing population, dwindling numbers of farmlands and climate challenges. I am also looking forward to participating in discussions of how we can further integrate and network ourselves so we can have an impact in our own local farming communities that will represent our participation as a GFN representative to our communities.
