Farming Perspectives: Looking to the Future

What do the next 50 years hold for our planet’s farmers and agricultural systems?

Young farmers who are members of the Global Farmer Network: Ruramiso Mashumba, Zimbabwe and Diego Guigou, Uruguay visit about their challenges, their hopes, and their solutions to things like climate change and environmental issues on #WorldFoodDay. Hear what they have to say in our new video from our #FoodPrize20 side event.

Ruramiso Mashumba

Ruramiso Mashumba is a young woman farmer growing snap peas, maize, whole brown rice, sorghum, millet, gum trees and raises pigs in Marondera, Zimbabwe. She holds a BA Degree in Agriculture Business Management from the University of West England. Ruramiso has been recognized as the 2020 GFN Kleckner Award recipient.

Ruramiso is the founder of Mnandi Africa, an organization that helps rural woman combat poverty and malnutrition by empowering and equipping women with skills and knowledge in agriculture, nutrition, markets and technology; assisting them with access to agro technology through an input-sharing program; and collectively purchase and sell goods and services. Mnandi's vision is to ultimately end hunger and poverty.

In 2017, Ruramiso was named an Echoing Green Fellow and is the vice chairperson for the Southern African Confederation of Agriculture Unions youth ambassadors for the region. In 2018 Ruramiso won the iconic African award for farming and agriculture. She also won the JCI top 10 young persons award in 2019. In 2020 Ruramiso was named one of the top 1,000 entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe and also recognized as one of the top 54 women in Africa.