Global Farmer Roundtable

A Truth About Trade & Technology Foundation Special Project

How do you feed a growing world population that is expected to increase by 2.6 billion people by 2050? And you must accomplish this by using resources like water and fertilizer more efficiently while protecting the environment. The world’s farmers are central to meeting these growing food and nutritional needs in a sustainable manner. It’s a daunting challenge but not out of reach.

Global food demand will require that farmers everywhere have access to the technologies, tools and strategies they need to maximize their productivity and fill the food gap of a growing population. Farmers –engaged as full partners with all stakeholders – can innovate to meet the world’s needs.

The Global Farmer Roundtable, held each October as an invitation-only side event of the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, gathers farmers from around the world to discuss the current issues in food production.   Dr. Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, challenged the world’s farmers to collaborate – learning from each other by sharing their collective experiences, wisdom and knowledge.  He reminded all of us that the “successful revolutions of the past can be templates for our actions and a resource to maintain our morale.”

In that spirit, the Global Farmer Roundtable features a facilitated dialogue among global farmers to better understand and address the challenges of filling an increasing food and nutritional security gap. Through dialogue and time spent together they discover commonalities, share their challenges, discuss tools, technologies and strategies that can be adopted to meet these challenges, and are empowered to meet the demands of closing the food gap through shared work, message and mission.

The 2012 TATT Global Farmer Roundtable is scheduled to be held October 16-17, 2012 in Des Moines, Iowa.  The World Food Prize and Borlaug Dialogue is scheduled for October 17-19, 2012.

Nominations are open for the 2012 Global Farmer Roundtable.  To nominate a farmer or yourself, please follow the link below.  Please note that all nominees must be actively engaged in food production.

Click here to sign up or nominate someone you know for the 2012 Global Farmer Roundtable 

*TATT and the World Food Prize are separate organizations.  Information about the World Food Prize can be found at that organizations’ website - please visit their website to learn more.