GFAR Live

Live events tweets by The Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation. Tweets are not officially endorsed. For official tweets, follow @GFARforum

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Alpha is the founder of @WHYFarmit an award-winning nonprofit pioneering in Agricultural Educational Entertainment (Agri-edutaintment) https://t.co/LB2Ja4NxIy #aginnovation #youth #youthinag

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Maycol is a farmer and a horticultural specialist in Nicaragua https://t.co/LB2Ja4NxIy #aginnovation #youth #youthinag

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We’ve derived a lot of wealth from the projects of colonialism, the Green Revolution, mining the earth for minerals. The project now is to give back, to restore our degraded land. -Severine von Tscharner speaking now at @fao #AgInnovation side event
#youthinag

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Nikki Pilania Chaudhary, a 2016 finalist in GFAR-@Ypard’s Youth Agripreneurs Project, now speaking now at #AgInnovation side event about her dairy enterprise
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My passion is to help young farmers increase their yields and reduce damage from pests and climate stresses. Neil’s Kangwa, CEO of AgriPredict, speaking now at @ypard #AgInnovation side event
#youthinag #ICTs

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Baza Farm Technology helps farmers determine which and how much inputs to use, aided by IoT. -Kevin Kabera, young agripreneur speaking now at @ypard #AgInnovation side event
#youthinag #ICTs

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Farming is a respectable career that youth can be proud to be a part of. -Sara Kate Smith speaking about comms for rural #youth at @ypard #AgInnovation side event
#youthinag #agriculture

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Agriculture is not just farming, it’s also a business and full of opportunities. -Sara Kate Smith speaking about comms for rural #youth at @ypard #AgInnovation side event
#youthinag

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You have to be consistent and you have to be prepared—> you have to work twice as hard. -Sara Kate Smith speaking about comms for rural #youth now at @ypard #AgInnovation side event
#youthinag

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The more farmers talk with farmers, the more successful.
-Thort Chong, young agripreneur speaking now at @ypard #AgInnovation side event
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GFAR is bringing together 600+ organizations to rethink the role of #research in #innovation. @MarkHolderness1 of @gfarforum speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #agriculture #PartnersinGFAR

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Research is not only about making new ideas available but should also be seen to enable us to take advantage of opportunities. Viviana Palmieri of FORAGRO speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #innovation #agriculture #research

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In #Africa there is a trend of declining investment in #agriculture. @nienkebeintema speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #innovation

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Family farming is the backbone of communities. @IrisBouwers speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #innovation #agriculture #IYFF10

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Access to knowledge is a key component in the future of young farmers and of family farmers. @irisbouwers speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #innovation #agriculture #youthinag

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In order to sustain family farms, we need to make sure farmers get a fair wage, and it’s partly up to the consumer. @IrisBouwers speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #innovation #agriculture

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Every day, three times a day, we need a farmer. We tend to forget that. @IrisBouwers speaking at parallel session of @FAO Innovation Symposium. #AgInnovation #innovation #agriculture

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When you breed selectively for yield, you are turning off genes. You end up with very weak plants that aren’t providing the nutrients we need -Marie Haga @CropTrust
@foodf #ForgottenFoods #SDG2 #CFS45 #agriculture #foodsecurity #ZeroHunger @SDG2AdvocacyHub @FAO

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We need to ensure greater synergy between #preservation of #crop #diversity and #animal diversity -Stefano Padulosi, @BioversityInt #animalwelfare
#ForgottenFoods #biodiversity #SDGs #SDG2 #CFS45 #agriculture #SDGs #ZeroHunger @CropTrust @FoodForever2020 @SDG2AdvocacyHub @FAO

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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.