ABOUT
An international Board of
Recommendation is established to raise attention and support for this
project, its continuity and its potential also in other countries. At the moment the following
persons participate in this Board:
- Prof. Drs. Hans Eenhoorn, former Senior Vice President Unilever, member of UN Hunger Taskforce, the International Board of SOS Children's Villages, World Connectors, Associate Professor for Food Security and Entrepreneurship at Wageningen University
- Volkert Engelsman, CEO Eosta
- Anne Jan Zwart, CEO EcoStyle
- Prof. Drs. Hans Eenhoorn, former Senior Vice President Unilever, member of UN Hunger Taskforce, the International Board of SOS Children's Villages, World Connectors, Associate Professor for Food Security and Entrepreneurship at Wageningen University
- Volkert Engelsman, CEO Eosta
- Anne Jan Zwart, CEO EcoStyle
MAIN FUNDER
COmON Foundation from the Netherlands is the main funder of the Farming for the Future project
CO-FUNDERS
Department of Agriculture Western Cape is a co-funder of the Farming for the Future project in South Africa
Reliance Compost is a co-funder of the Farming for the Future project in South Africa
"Avalon, the lead organisation of the Farming to the Future project, is committed to contributing to the urgently needed large scale adoption of sustainable agriculture practice. Based in the Netherlands, Avalon is active on an international scope, with current projects in South Africa, Croatia and Bulgaria and in the past with programs in Azerbaijan and Slovenia.
Avalon’s expertise include advising in the development of agro-environmental policy programs, advising on organic production systems and chain development and forming strategic partnerships to strengthen the international lobby for sustainable agricultural practice at large.
Avalon believes that economic, social and biological diversity jointly form the basis of sustainable rural development."
for more inforation, visit the Avalon website - www.avalon.nl