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Alpha is the founder of @WHYFarmit an award-winning nonprofit pioneering in Agricultural Educational Entertainment (Agri-edutaintment) bit.ly/2Br3yWa #aginnovation #youth #youthinag
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Maycol is a farmer and a horticultural specialist in Nicaragua bit.ly/2Br3yWa #aginnovation #youth #youthinag
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Discussing the role of #biodiversity for #foodsecurity at #CFS45 with @CropTrust @BioversityInt @SDG2AdvocacyHub and chef Christian Abegan - @paulnewnham challenges us to think about what is on our plate.
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Relying on a smaller number of species to feed the #planet ➡️ greater #food & nutriton secuity, especially amongst the poor
-Stefano Padulosi, @BioversityInt
“The Role of #Biodiversity for Nutritional Security” #FoodIsLife #CFS45
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Season eating is key for #biodiversity!
Here’s a seasonal #food calendar for Segou region in #Mali 🥕🌽 - Dr Stefano Padulosi, @BioversityInt
“The Role of #Biodiversity for Nutritional Security” #FoodIsLife #CFS45
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Today @FAO - The value of biodiversity is well established amongst scientists, but businesses, governments & consumers are mostly unaware of this vast spectrum of colors, flavors & traits for increased nutritional security & climate-resilience. @FoodForever2020 @SDG2AdvocacyHub
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#CFS45 Event “#youngfarmers present a huge potential to modernise an ageing #agriculturalsector that needs to be rejuvenated continuously to provide the #solution to the main challenge we are faced with”@felixdoo of @unyfa1 in his capacity of @worldfarmersorg #Youth Committee
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“The challenge we must take up globally is to build capacities of the youth and equip them to address the emerging requirements of an attractive agriculture that is capable of offering prospects for viable income and good quality of life” @worldfarmersorg young farmer @felixdoo – at Rome, Lazio
#CFS45 event of #Swiss national @FAO committee: We need to consider #Youth in #agriculture #investments for closing the generation gap for our future #foodsecurity and creating sustainable #livelihoods and #opportunities in rural areas
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Q: How can technology enhance the access and right to food? Nancy Muchiri of @aatfafrica: "70% of our people depend on agriculture, majority are poorest of poor. Technology is really important. Business as usual will get us nowhere." #CFS45 #FutureOfFarming
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"We have to get youth on the national agenda," says Hur Been Correa da Silva at #cfs45 side event "Agriculture isn't cool? Think again." #Youth4Ag #ZeroHunger @UN_CFS
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Rick White @ccga_ca: "Innovation and technology are central to producing more food with less resources." #CFS45 #FutureOfFarming --> Watch LIVE: youtu.be/rHVqJP0qVu8
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Saving our soils with herbicide tolerant canola: no-till takes off thanks to tech, leaving soil undisturbed. “That looks a lot like agroecology” says Rick White @ccga_ca #CFS45 @AgriFoodNet @farmingfirst
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Africa needs technology to defeat Fall Armyworm - resistant biotech maize is one tool, but it’s out of reach of many farmers, meanwhile the pest continues to wreak havoc - @aatfafrica #CFS45
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TODAY #UNFAO 2nd International Agroecology Symposium kicks off! Watch the webcast here: fao.org/webcast/home/en/ #agroecology #agriculture #innovation #PartnerinGFAR
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"Y si me pongo en la piel del otro?" - una consideración crucial para las organizaciones de #agricultores @Udapa_coop @WorldRuralForum #CollectiveAction #farmers #FamilyFarmers #FamilyFarming #research #innovation
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“The dream of one person will surely die, but the dream of many persons will surely come true.” - Esther Penunia of @AsianFarmers #CollectiveAction #FamilyFarmers #FamilyFarming #PartnersinGFAR @WorldRuralForum
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How can we better meet the demands and realities of #FamilyFarming through
#agricultural #innovation? bit.ly/CAempowerfarmers @WorldRuralForum
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Happening now: @WorldRuralForum partnerss & #PartnersinGFAR share experiences on agricultural #cooperatives during kick-off #roundtable xitter.cf/WorldRuralForum/status…
AHORA: @COPROFAM, @AsianFarmers, @PIFON2, @roppainfo y @Udapa_coop participan en intercambio experiencias #cooperativasagrarias en #Bilbao.
