Marshal Papworth Trust Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary

2011 marks the 10 Year Anniversary for the Marshal Papworth Trust.  To celebrate its work, over the years, a new brand and website is being launched to raise awareness of the Trust and to enable students to share their knowledge and experiences over the internet.

This year’s students joined Members of the East of England Agricultural Society, at a private Reception on at the Peterborough Showground, where they were able to enjoy a parachute display by Sibson Parachute Team; listen to Caribbean music and enjoy African themed food.

New International Partnership with Shuttleworth College

In a ground-breaking new international partnership with Shuttleworth College the Marshal Papworth Trust has introduced a new 8-week Agricultural short course to its scholarships.  Eight students from developing countries will learn vocational skills in animal and crop husbandry, machinery operations and business development.  In accordance with the late Marshal Papworth’s aims for the Trust the knowledge, skills and experience they gain will be shared with their farming communities and industries back in their homelands of Malawi, Nigeria, Rawanda and Tanzania.

Marshal Papworth Conference Zambia 2012

The Conference is located in Zambia and is set to be a fantastic and valuable few days with its theme of ‘Feeding People’.  There will be in-depth sessions on climate change; the long-term damage to forests; environmental and technological challenges for African agriculture; the commercial challenges of meeting world food demand; livestock development; land tenure and its implications for food production; the benefits of working collectively for small scale farmers and producers and many, many more.

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