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Archive for Category: "Kleckner Award"
2011 – Gilbert arap Bor, Kenya
Farmers in the developing world must participate in the global economy by embracing and using new technologies Des Moines, Iowa – Gilbert arap Bor isn’t afraid to speak up. As a smallholder farmer in Kenya, he draws from personal experience, knowing what it’s like to make ends meet in a developing world. He has [...]
2010 – Gabriela Cruz, Portugal
Governments should empower–not deny–farmers the ability to do their best Des Moines, Iowa –Gabriela Cruz is passionate about many things: the family farm that she and her sisters work and manage on the eastern border of Portugal; the use of soil conservation to combat the erosion that annually tries to steal their land from them; [...]
2009 – Jim McCarthy, Ireland
Des Moines, Iowa – Jim McCarthy thrives on change. An early “change” in his life was to shed his “towny” roots, and concentrate his studies on becoming a farm manager. The changes in the 51-year-old Irishman’s life have stacked up since he took his first job as a farm manager in 1981. His adaptation to [...]
2008 – Jeff Bidstrup, Australia
Des Moines, IA — A Warra, Queensland farmer from Australia is the 2008 recipient of the Dean Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement Award. The award was made to Jeff Bidstrup in Des Moines, IA on Oct. 15 during the Global Farmer to Farmer Roundtable. The Roundtable is held in conjunction with the World Food Prize. [...]
2007 – Rosalie Ellasus, Philippines
A Philippine farm woman who used biotechnology to solve her production challenges on the 1.3 hectare farm she purchased with her savings after her husband’s death is the first recipient of the Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement Award. (1 hectare = 2.47 acres.) The award was presented Wednesday, Oct. 17, during a farmer-to-farmer roundtable sponsored [...]
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