Global Farmer Network Mobilizing Farmer Members in Argentina

Global Farmer Network has announced the upcoming inaugural event, “Mobilizing the GFN in Support of a Resilient Agri-Food System”. The momentous occasion will bring together more than 60 current GFN members, plus 16 new cohort members from over 25 countries, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As part of this year’s mobilization efforts, Global Farmer Network’s board decided the initial 2023 roundtable and communication training event for incoming cohort members would also mark the perfect occasion and location for bringing together past roundtable classes.

“Argentina has a long history of developing technological, organizational and institutional innovations for sustainable agricultural production based on the farmer-to-farmer knowledge transfer model,” shares Maria “Pilu” Giraudo, one of the event’s organizers, a farmer, and a current GFN member from Argentina.

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“Argentina also provides strong experience in collaborative action with academia, scientific and technological platforms and farmer organizations to facilitate a meeting focused on the transfer and mobilization of knowledge from farmer to farmer that only the GFN has the capacity to promote and implement,” she adds.

The inaugural GFN mobilization event will bring together farmers who are agricultural advocates from around the world on February 5-11. The agenda includes communication training for new cohort members; multiple roundtable discussions where the farmer members will be able to share their challenges, ideas, and thoughts on various hot button issues; a field trip to the Rosario Grain Exchange; and the opportunity for members to connect with each other, as well as members of the Argentinian media.

GFN has announced the addition of 16 new farmer members. Those members include:

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  • Jacob Froese, Canada
  • Ganesh Nanote, India
  • Prakash Puppalwar, India
  • Diana Lenzi, Italy
  • Shuichi Tokumoto, Japan
  • Zeinab al-Momany, Jordan
  • Semeh Roberts, Liberia
  • Jose Luis Quintana, Mexico
  • Stella Thomas, Nigeria
  • David Danio, Philippines
  • Efren Robles, Puerto Rico
  • Pacifique Nshimiyimana, Rwanda
  • Aaron Moore, UAE
  • Brad Clark, USA-Wisconsin
  • Harold Grall, USA-Texas
  • Ryan Speer, USA-Kansas

Other current members will also be joining from Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Honduras, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Poland; amongst other countries.

GFN is committed to connecting farmers and amplifying their voices, and this mission shines through by training and supporting farmer leaders from around the world. The upcoming roundtable provides the opportunity for all GFN members to be in one location for the first time, and more than a third of the GFN’s current membership will be attending. It is a moment that many members are looking forward to.

“I want to say that it was a dream, it is a dream, a huge dream that we are days away from coming true, to be all together,” Giraudo said.

To follow along with the event live on social media, check out the hashtag #GFNMobilizing where members will share live recaps from the ground in Argentina.

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