Episode 24

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27th Sep 2021

Balancing Biodiversity with Agricultural Development

We’re focusing on the upcoming UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting, which is taking place in China this October. With agriculture one of the major causes of biodiversity loss, IFAD's Jo Puri will be talking about how can we balance biodiversity conservation with agricultural development. And Renée Ankarfjärd will be telling us all about the Biodiversity Advantage Two Report. Also we’ll be talking to IFAD’s Associate Vice President Donal Brown about the ongoing response to the pandemic across IFAD operations.

Then we have news from Wangendingun University in the Netherlands on the links between climate and nutrition through the food system. Also Philip Lymbery, Chief Executive of Compassion in World Farming, talks about encouraging companies to move to environmentally friendly, humane, and healthy farming. Coming up there’s also news from the high tech side of farming as we talk to the people at Farm Smart. And we have news of Babban Gona in Nigeria, an organisation that is investing in the heart of rural communities in that country. And Jo Puri is back later in the programme to talk about women and youth and the intention action gap.

This is Farms. Food. Future. – a podcast that’s Good for You, Good for the Planet and Good for Farmers brought to you by the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

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Farms. Food. Future.
The power of smallholder farmers as a force for change
Farms. Food. Future. looks at the big issues facing farmers in the developing world and what needs to be done to wipe out global hunger while dealing with the climate crisis. It’s brought to you by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and presented by Brian Thomson.

Through the podcast, IFAD raises awareness of the challenges smallholder farmers in developing countries are facing around food security. Farms. Food. Future. includes interviews with IFAD experts, partners and donors, celebrities, and farmers.

Farms. Food. Future. promotes the power of smallholder farmers as a force for change. It captures the exciting work IFAD is doing working on the front line of farming for development, dealing everyday with climate change, environmental sustainability, gender, youth, nutrition and indigenous peoples’ issues.

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