After meeting in Argentina at the Global Farmer Network’s “Mobilizing the GFN in Support of a Resilient Agri-Food System” for a week of connecting, intentional development, and building out action plans, GFN member Shuichi Tokumoto, àºàºµà»ˆàº›àº¸à»ˆàº™, has launched the Japan Biotech Crop Network (JBCN). Tokumoto serves as JBCN’s chairman of the board.
JBCN is directly connected with professional farmers from all over the world, a platform for practical discussions on latest technologies such as biotechnology and inconsistency, land-use farming that should be, proposing truly meaningful policy suggestions with long-term perspectives, and sustainable agriculture. In addition to others, GFN members serve JBCN in advisory roles:
- AD Alvarez, ຟີລິບປິນ
- Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel, àºàº²àº™àº²àº”າ
- àºàº²àºšàº¥àº½àº™ Carballal, àºàº¹àº£àº¹àºàº§àº²àº
- Judith de Vor, ເນເທີà»àº¥àº™
- Kees Huizinga, ຢູເຄຣນ
- Marcus Holtkotter, ເຢàºàº¥àº°àº¡àº±àº™
- Pilu Giruado, àºàº²à»€àºˆàº™àº•àº´àº™àº²
- ວິຫານ Paul, ສະຫະລາດຊະàºàº²àº™àº²àºˆàº±àº
Tokumoto joined the GFN in February 2023, after attending the GFN’s February 6-10, 2023 roundtable and mobilization event held in Argentina. ລາວ ຢູທູບ channel, which provides facts from the agricultural field, has more than 10 million views and is still growing as a medium.