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Global Farmers’ Exchange 2010 Report

Global Farmers’ Exchange 2010 Report. Brussels, London and Paris 25-29 October 2010. Aims of the global farmer exchange. To demonstrate the benefits of GM crops for farmers around the world to European policymakers and other stakeholders

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Global Farmers’ Exchange 2010 Report

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  1. Global Farmers’ Exchange 2010Report Brussels, London and Paris 25-29 October 2010

  2. Aims of the global farmer exchange • To demonstrate the benefits of GM crops for farmers around the world to European policymakers and other stakeholders • To make a positive impact on European policymakers’ perceptions of GM crops, including Member State politicians • To build new bridges with European policymakers and stakeholders (farmers groups, people interested in development) • To continue to build relationships with media • To develop collaterals (photos, video) that will help us communicate with the public & policymakers – including online (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter) and print (posters, brochures)

  3. The farmers Ivo M. Carraro, Agronomist, Brazil Erostus Wilberforce Njuki, GM bananas, Uganda KarimTraoré, Bt cotton, Burkina Faso Rosalie Ellasus, GM maize, the Philippines, MaotangZu, Bt cotton, China Carlos Zuquetto, GM soy/maize, Brazil

  4. Overview of programme – Brussels, Day 1

  5. Overview of programme – Brussels, Day 2

  6. Successes • The overall organisation of the programme was excellent. Everything ran smoothly, and the farmers were very busy communicating their experiences! • The meeting programmeand event allowed the farmers to tell stories of GM success that Europeans rarely hear. • At the event, GM crops were discussed and debated – but not in a polarising way. • We made new links with people and organisationsat the Brussels event, and it allowed us to reach out to media pro-actively. • By videotaping the event and individual videos with the farmers (to be edited and uploaded to YouTube), and by taking professional and ordinary photos(all uploaded to Picasa – though not available to public), we will be able to communicate about the benefits of GM crops – both online and in print publications.

  7. We publish some of the farmer photos on Facebook with short bios: …Then we tweet about it and get positive feedback: FGV publishes our event report, which was also sent to 75+ journalists Agra-Europe publishes an article on the event SeedQuest publishes our press release

  8. Challenges • This visit required an intense amount of preparation and work from everyone involved. • There was the challenge of linking the visit to the hot topics in Brussels at the moment, especially without news on GM announced at the EU level that week. • The Tuesday evening event at the Parliament did not have as many other attendees as expected. • Finding interpreters was a challenge, as were UK visas. One farmer (South Africa) was unable to acquire a visa for UK or Belgium, despite multiple visits to his consulate.

  9. Overview of programme – London

  10. Successes • The overall organisation of the programme was excellent.

  11. Overview of programme – Paris

  12. Successes • The overall organisation of the programme was excellent.

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