Episode 12

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28th Sep 2020

Building Back Better - Investing In Farming Under Covid-19

In this month’s programme, we hear from IFAD's Associate Vice President Marie Haga about how vital it is under COVID-19 for governments to invest in rural communities in developing countries. Also we talk to coffee giant Lavazza about how coffee growing communities are fighting the pandemic. And news on ways to fight land degradation in Africa from the World Agroforestry Centre.

We have the next episode in our Meet the Experts mini-series and another adventure with IFAD's Recipes for Change Chef Carlo Cracco, this time in Cambodia. Plus an introduction to one of IFAD newest supporters Mariah Gladstone an indigenous chef in the US. She’ll have details of her group IndigiKitchen.

For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode12

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About the Podcast

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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Brian Thomson

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Rosa Eleanor Gonzalez Goring

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