V. Ravichandran, een lid van het Global Farmer Network uit India, een lid van het Global Farmer Network uit India, een lid van het Global Farmer Network uit India 2013 GFN Kleckner Award exemplifies what it means to amplify our farmer voices. He takes every opportunity to speak up, to inform, to weigh in, and to give examples of why farmers need access to tools, technologie, en handel – why innovation is important to sustainability, why we need to push against the status quo.
Recently he started counting this up. “…in the last few months, I have attended about 60 such virtual meetings while enjoying the comforts of my village and attending to my routine farm activities. Aan het leren, knowledge sharing and sharing our experience haven’t been deterred by our geographical separation.”
On September 23rd, bijvoorbeeld, Ravi was an invited speaker in The African Biennial Bio-Sciences Communication SymposiumEEN which included regulators, wetenschappers, policymakers, boeren, and other stakeholders – over 1,500 people in all, from Ethiopia, Kenia, Malawi, Nigeria, Ghana, Oeganda, en meer.