“Agriculture needs specialized, experienced journalists and communicators who can describe and explain the whole, complex picture”
IFAJ news
The Food & Agriculture team at Reuters Events is inviting IFAJ members to a free webinar on Thursday July 16 at 4:00 pm GMT which will explore the growing impact that technology and data are having across agriculture and food.
The results of the digital election produced two firsts for IFAJ: the election of the first woman president, and the election of the first Presidium member from South America.
The IFAJ Delegate Assembly welcomed two new members at the online meeting held on Thursday, 25 June 2020. Sierra Leone and Zambia now become the 54th and 55th member countries in IFAJ.
The Courier: By IFAJ President Owen Roberts
Alltech went online this year with their annual ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference and drew a staggering 23,000 participants from 118 countries. Alltech president Dr. Mark Lyons believes a transformation is underway in the way information is delivered and received.
Arie Regev of the Israel Association of Agricultural Journalists shared this article on water footprint—a topic of great interest to Israeli journalists and their colleagues who visit the arid nation. The article also contains a link to an informative infographic. Arie’s contact at Netafim—whose CEO wrote the article—says these messages have been presented to hundreds of journalists over the years.
Are you travelling to this year’s Annual Congress in Minneapolis, Minnesota? Here is the information you need to know to help you get there.
In keeping with IFAJ’s Vision 2020 strategic drive towards greater global outreach, the Federation held its semi-annual executive meeting in the Czech Republic on October 18-21.
