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LV 16 finalists will compete for the title of "Call of the Ancients"
At the end of September, the jury of the young farmers' competition "Call of the Ancestors" visited 16 young farmers across Latvia to meet the candidates in person and determine the winner of this year's competition organized by the association "Farmers' Council", Member of the European Parliament Sandra Kalniete and the magazine "AgroTops".
This year, 33 young farmers from all over Latvia applied for the competition. After assessing the applicants' compliance with the competition regulations, 16 participants continued to participate in the competition.
Latgale
Solvita Čaunāne and Jānis Božis (Vārkava region),
Aldis Upenieks (Vārkava region),
Inese and Maris Klodani (Preili region),
Zigmunds Scutels (Preili region),
Martins Boguss (Ilūkste region),
Janis Chaunans (Riebiņi region).
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Vidzeme
Edgars Bite (Koknese region),
Kaspars Paegle (Aluksne region),
Roberts Locmelis (Kocēni district),
Matiss Greenbergs (Burtnieki municipality),
Ilona and Normunds Leči (Limbaži region).
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Southeastern
Janis Hercbergs (Dobele region),
Alexander Medvedev (Dobele region),
Marika Grīslīte (Auce municipality),
Gundars Lácis (Tērvete district).
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Courland
Linda Venckus (Saldus region).
All 16 finalists of the competition will be invited to the award ceremony at the “Farmers' New Year's Ball” of the association “Zemnieku saeima” in January 2015, where the winner will be presented with an award made by sculptor Pauls Jaunzems and a fully paid three-day trip for 2 people to participate in one of the leading European agricultural exhibitions/fairs/events. All participants of the 2nd round of the competition will receive an incentive prize – participation in a two-day Young Leaders personal and professional development training and sympathy prizes from the competition sponsors.
The competition was first organized in 2010, and over the years the winners of the competition have been Inga and Zigmunds Kalniņi from Aizpute region, Valdis Zujs from Rēzekne region, Jānis Vaivars from Skrīveri region, and Aija Šneidere and Jānis Miķelsons from Limbaži region.
We invite you to read all the finalists of the competition in the OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER magazine. “AgroTops”!
