2010 全球農民圓桌會議

十月 12-13, 2010 – 僧侶, 愛荷華州美國

 

主持人:

• 博士. 羅伯特·湯普森, r. 院士, 芝加哥全球事務委員會, and Professor Emeritus, 大學. of Illinois

Participants:

• 阿根廷 – 羅伯托·皮雷蒂
• 巴西 – 卡米拉·伊里奇·羅德里格斯（Camila Illich Rodrigues）
• 加拿大 – 格蘭特·戴克
• 法國 – 伊夫琳·德斯倫特斯（Evelyne Desrentes）
• 洪都拉斯 – 伊西德羅·馬塔莫羅斯
• 印度 – 拉傑什·庫馬爾
• 印度 – V. Ravichandran
• 意大利 – 喬治·菲迪納托（Giorgio Fidenato）
• 肯尼亞 – 愛麗絲·卡利亞（Alice Kalya）
• 墨西哥 – Olga Alcaraz
• 巴基斯坦 – 塔里克·扎曼·汗（Tariq Zaman Khan）
• 葡萄牙 – 加布里埃拉克魯茲 (2010 克萊克納貿易 & 科技進步獎)
• 西班牙 – Jose Luis Romeo
• 我們, 愛荷華州 – 帕姆·約翰遜
• 我們, 愛荷華州 – 院長Kleckner, Chairman TATT
• 我們, 南達科他州 – Mike Jandreau (1943-2015), Chairman Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
• 贊比亞 – 莎拉·穆納盧拉（Sarah Munalula）

Despite their differences in culture, crops raised and language, 16 farmers representing five continents agreed they must work together to break the barriers that stop their access to technology. The farmers discussed their ideas during a two-day Global Farmer Roundtable held in Des Moines, 愛荷華州, 美國.

“Each of the farmers at the Roundtable was invited here because they were nominated by someone who said ‘this is an important person in our village, 社區, organization or country,” said Mary Boote, executive director of Truth about Trade and Technology (採取). 採取, an NGO that promotes free trade and agricultural biotechnology through farmer-led educational initiatives, organized the Roundtable held Oct. 12-13.

The participating farmers at the roundtable agreed to work together in regional alliances of support, and to share their experiences globally as a way to inspire farmers and educate politicians. “Through our commonalities of challenges, we will find commonalities of success,” was something agreed to amongst the participants.

Boote pointed out that the participating farmers are joining a network of 78 商人人放鬆智能手機 53 countries who have taken part in a Roundtable discussion during the past five years.

A member of the 2010 圓桌會議, Gabriela Cruz of Elvas, 葡萄牙, was the 2010 recipient of the Kleckner Trade and Technology Advancement Award for her efforts to tell others how tools that farmers need are often held back from them by unfair government policies. “I hope this award motivates other farmers to keep fighting for their ideas and solutions,” Cruz said. Cruz was presented the award at a luncheon on October 13 with a keynote address given by Robert Paarlberg of Wellesley College, the noted author of Starved for Science and Food Politics.

TATT also partnered in the first stop of the Biodiversity World Tour 十月舉行 12 on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, 愛荷華州. It included three TATT Global Farmer to Farmer Roundtable participants (Camila Illich, 巴西; 拉傑什·庫馬爾, 印度; 帕姆·約翰遜, 我們) and two experts on biodiversity and agriculture in addition to the facilitator and noted broadcaster, Orion Samuelson. Special guest US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made opening remarks and joined the panel for the entire event.

另外, three farmers were asked to participate on panel discussions for the Borlaug symposium at the 世界糧食獎: 拉傑什·庫馬爾, 印度 – 十月. 13 -“Promoting smallholders as entrepreneurs and innovators” (transcript); 莎拉·穆納盧拉（Sarah Munalula）, 贊比亞 – 十月. 14 – “Overcoming major constraints facing smallholders”(transcript); 加布里埃拉克魯茲, 葡萄牙– 十月. 14 – “Partnering with smallholders on strategies for food security (transcript).

 

Photos from the Global Farmer Roundtable can be found at:

HTTP://www.flickr.com/photos/zimmcomm/sets/72157625149096758/

HTTP://truthabouttrade.org/media-center/photo-album?view=album&album=5535808287085925969&page=1

 

Read commentaries written by some of the farmers who have participated in the Roundtable:

HTTP://www.truthabouttrade.org/news/editorials/guest-commentary