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Paulo Petersen

Paulo Petersen

Paulo Petersen is Sr. Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Before that he was an agronomist and executive director of Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia, a prominent Brazilian NGO. He is also the former vice-president of Aba-Agroecologia, the Brazilian Agroecology Association and former chief editor of Agriculturas: experiencias em agroecologia, a magazine committed to promoting agro-ecological innovation processes.

Opinion: Family farming first - any future needs family farming

With the World Food Summit in Rome in November and the Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in early December 2009, climate change and hunger are once again hot topics. Agriculture is at the heart of both. Official delegations, civil society, businesses and farmers are asking: what type of agriculture do we need? Can any type feed everyone or should we decide which is best?

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