“I think that we still talk too much about researchers, and not enough about farmers, farmer’s knowledge and empowering farmers. I hope we will have interactive sessions where I can intervene and say that we don’t value farmer’s knowledge enough” Indian women farmer
“The morning session surpassed my expectations. I liked how trade and equity issues were well addressed. Serageldin did a fantastic job and the panel was great, especially IFAD’s president Kanayo Nwanze. I am happy that Kathy Sierra reinforced the gender aspect.” Consultant working on partnerships.
“I am very happy to be here. The consultation process in LAC has been very useful to us, because we are working on our new strategy and the input from the consultations to the GFAR process have been equally useful for us.” Stakeholder Latin America IICA / Procisur
