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	Thomas George Rainer Arnhold Fellow and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Vipani Vipani, Inc. is a not-for-profit enterprise that helps poor farming households - one third of the world's population - climb out of poverty and follow a path to prosperity. Vipani, which means marketplace in Sanskrit, sets up small-scale business networks in rural communities which empower small-scale farmers to compete effectively with large-scale agricultural enterprises. Bio Thomas received his PhD in agronomy from University of Hawaii and worked for 15 years as an agricultural scientist leading research/technology transfer projects in India, United States, and Philippines. He received several honors and awards including Rainer Arnhold Fellowship, Korea (South) RDA Honorary Scientist, World Bank McNamara Fellowship, and Potash and Phosphate Institute J. Fielding Reed Award. His experience as a farmer and agricultural scientist led him to the conclusion that agricultural solutions are simply not getting to the poor farmers who need them the most and so, he decided to change that. Send an email to Thomas George URL: http://www.vipani.org/

Thomas George
Rainer Arnhold Fellow and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University

Vipani

Vipani, Inc. is a not-for-profit enterprise that helps poor farming
households - one third of the world's population - climb out of poverty and follow a path to prosperity. Vipani, which means marketplace in Sanskrit, sets up small-scale business networks in rural communities which empower small-scale farmers to compete effectively with large-scale agricultural enterprises.

Bio

Thomas received his PhD in agronomy from University of Hawaii and worked for 15 years as an agricultural scientist leading research/technology transfer projects in India, United States, and Philippines. He received several honors and awards including Rainer Arnhold Fellowship, Korea (South) RDA Honorary Scientist, World Bank McNamara Fellowship, and Potash and Phosphate Institute J. Fielding Reed Award. His experience as a farmer and agricultural scientist led him to the conclusion that agricultural solutions are simply not getting to the poor farmers who need them the most and so, he decided to change that.

Send an email to Thomas George
URL: http://www.vipani.org/