event 27 août 2020 time 10:00 location Online

Online Event // Women Leaders in Water for Food: Empowering Youth Entrepreneurs

Creating a supportive environment for women in agriculture and water leadership is important for ensuring future water and food security around the globe. The online event organised by the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute takes place on August 27, via Zoom.

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Water and agriculture are closely tied and in the first two sessions of our webinar series, we'll hear from women currently making an impact in this space through various programs or projects, and from those specifically working to empower women, advance educational opportunities and organize programming related to women in ag and water.

In the first session, we are excited to hear from award-winning chef, entrepreneur, and agriculture advocate, Louise Mabulo, as she discusses youth and sustainable solutions to food security. Mabulo promotes sustainable agriculture and farm-to-table cuisine and was recently awarded as a Young Champion of the Earth by United Nations Environment Programme.

From the United Kingdom, Louise migrated to a rural area in the Philippines, where she runs her own farm and Culinary Lounge. She established her venture, The Cacao Project, promoting sustainable agriculture, while providing farmers with a disaster-resilient, high income livelihood.

Following Mabulo’s talk, there will be a Q+A panel to also include several University of Nebraska students studying agriculture and human dimensions. Please come with any questions you have or submit them at the end of the form when registering for the event. While time may not allow for all questions to be addressed in the one-hour webinar, we hope to follow-up with them after the event.

Speakers

Louise Mabulo, Chef, entrepreneur and agriculture advocate

Founder of the The Cacao Project

From the United Kingdom, Louise migrated to a rural area in the Philippines, where she runs her own farm and Culinary Lounge. She established her venture, The Cacao Project, promoting sustainable agriculture, while providing farmers with a disaster-resilient, high income livelihood.

Mabulo founded The Cacao Project after her town was hit by Typhoon Nock Ten, destroying 80 percent of agricultural land in her town. As a result of this typhoon, farmers resorted to drastic measures to make an income, such as cutting down trees to sell, or selling vast tracts of land for unsustainable development, creating environmental problems. With many farmers in the Philippines living below the poverty line, and being the most vulnerable groups to natural disasters, The Cacao Project was created to educate them so that they can live a better quality of life.

The project aims to combat deforestation by reviving barren lands through tree planting, creating economic forests and nurseries, promoting fair trade and reforestation, while empowering farmers with higher incomes using cacao, a high-value product, suited to the Philippine climate and ecosystem, durable and weather resilient. The reforestation efforts have seen the revival of two water sources in the community, due to increased water retention in the soil. The Cacao Project promotes natural and responsible farming practices, agroforestry, making their own fertilisers and preserving traditional and circular farming methods. The venture has trained over 200 farmers and planted over 85,000 trees across 80 hectares of land. For this, Louise was awarded The Outstanding Young Farmer of the Philippines 2018. At the 2017 Winter Youth Assembly, Louise won a lifetime Fellowship from the Resolution Project for her commitment to social responsibility. She was also recognized as the Outstanding Youth Ambassador at the 21st Session of the United Nations Youth Assembly.

Three student panelists (of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln):

  • Jodi Delozier, PhD student, School of Natural Resources, Human dimensions
  • Osler Ortez, Ph.D. student, Agronomy and crop production
  • Jackson Stansell, Masters student, Agricultural and biological systems engineering

Date and Time

August 27, 2020 | 10-11:30 a.m. CST | Free via Zoom

Registration and further information

Registration and futher information can be found here.

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