The 11th annual Global Farmer Roundtable took place in Des Moines, Iowa October 10-12, once again during the week of the World Food Prize Symposium. It was once again an exciting week full of activity and learning experiences for everyone.
ທ່ານດຣ. Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes of the University of Missouri moderated the roundtable discussions for the fourth time. Thirteen farmers – five women and eight men – with diverse production backgrounds comprised this year’s invitees, including the countries of Nepal and Rwanda for the first time. That takes the Global Farmer Network to about 150 farmers from 48 countries.
This marked the first time the roundtable was held after Truth About Trade & Technology re-branded itself as Global Farmer Network (GFN) shortly after the year began. The focus of the organization in recent years become more synonymous with the global farmers who’ve attended the roundtable – they played a larger role in activities and helped the non-profit organization grow in its scope and influence. The organization had become the Global Farmer Network in everything but name, so it was only natural to make that change early in 2016.
2016 Global Farmer Roundtable participants and new members of the Global Farmer Network:
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ປະເທດບຣາຊິນ – ທ້າວ. Lúcio Alamy
àºàº²àº™àº²àº”າ – Mr. Joas Van Oord
àºàº´àº™à»€àº”ຠ– Mr. Pavitar Pal Singh Pangli
àºàº´àº™à»‚ດເນເຊຠ– Ms. Arie Sulistyani
ເມັàºàºŠàº´à»‚ຠ– Ms. Georgina Gutierrez
ເນປານ – Mr. Bishnu Hari Poudyal
ນິວ​ຊີ​à»àº¥àº™ – Ms. Jane Smith
ປະເທດ Rwanda – Mr. ທ່ານ Pierre Kamere Munyura
ສະເປນ – Mr. ຕຽງ Francisco Manuel Fernandez
ສະຫະລາດຊະàºàº²àº™àº²àºˆàº±àº – Mr. Jake Freestone
ສະ​ຫະ​ລັດ – Mr. Richard Fordyce
ຊິມບັບເວ – Ms. ຊື່ Mashumba
2016 ລາງວັນ Kleckner
Argentinian farmer Maria Giraudo was the recipient of the 2016 ລາງວັນ Kleckner. A fifth generation farmer, Giraudo and her family adopted no-till agriculture more than three decades ago and now over ninety percent of her country’s farmland uses the practice. She is the tenth recipient of the award first given in 2007 and received the honor at an event the evening of October 11.
Read more about Maria Giraudo and the other Klecker Award recipients ທີ່ນີ້.
Media coverage from the week’s activity:
- Food Heroes Celebrated at World Food Prize – “Celebrating 30 Years of Impact: Farmers and the World Food Prize Laureates Who Changed Their Lives” – ຊື່ Mashumba (GFN, ຊິມບັບເວ) and PPS Pangli (GFN, àºàº´àº™à»€àº”àº) àºà»ˆàº½àº§àºàº±àºš ຕຸລາ 12 panel with WFP Laureates Prof. MS Swaminathan and Dr. Howard Bouis that was moderated by Julie Borlaug.
- Farm Futures – “No-till farmer from Argentina wins Kleckner Award” ຕຸລາ 11 on Maria Giraudo (2016 ລາງວັນ Kleckner, àºàº²à»€àºˆàº™àº•àº´àº™àº²).
- Brownfield Ag News – “Farming Challenges Differ Around the Globe” ຕຸລາ 11 includes audio/radio interviews.
- AgWeb, Farm Journal – “Argentine farmer fights for no till agriculture, wins Kleckner Award” ຕຸລາ 12.
- Rural Radio Network – ຕຸລາ 12 interview with Mary Boote about the Global Farmer Network.
- WHO Radio, ພະສົງ – Jake Freestone (GFN, àºàº±àº‡àºàº´àº”) and Richard Fordyce (GFN, ລັດ Missouri) guests ຕຸລາ 13 on The Big Show.
- MU Earth (Univ. ລັດ Missouri) – multiple articles including “Coffee fuels farmer and community growth” on Pierre Munyura (GFN, ປະເທດ Rwanda), “Zimbabwe farmer empowers female farmers to scale up and work together” on Ruramiso Mashumba (GFN, ຊິມບັບເວ).
- AgWeb, Farm Journal – “A Farewell to Farms: Why Some Youth Don’t Consider a Future in Farming” ຕຸລາ 14.
- Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network – “Farming without help from government” ຕຸລາ 15 quotes Jane Smith (GFN, ນິວ​ຊີ​à»àº¥àº™).
- Campo (àºàº²à»€àºˆàº™àº•àº´àº™àº²) – “Pilu Giraudo, premiada en Des Moines” ຕຸລາ 16.
- Brownfield Ag News – “Missouri Agriculture Update with Director Fordyce” ຕຸລາ 20 with Richard Fordyce (GFN, ລັດ Missouri); discussion of GFR starts off radio interview.
- High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal – “Farming is a tough job all around the world” quotes numerous GFR folks ຕຸລາ 25.
- Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network – “Post Brexit, UK short term profitability is good; long term is uncertain” ຕຸລາ 31 quotes Jake Freestone (GFN, àºàº±àº‡àºàº´àº”) – Listen here.
- Otago Daily Times (ນິວ​ຊີ​à»àº¥àº™) – “Global Farmer Network ‘amazing’” ຕຸລາ 31 on Jane Smith participation.
Looking for a speaker to be on a panel or to talk at your event? Check out the ຊາວàºàº°àºªàº´àºàºàº™ webpage. You can follow Global Farmer Network on Twitter @World_Farmers where members regularly rotate posts from their farms around the world.