Episode 28

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24th Jan 2022

What's in Store for Food Security and Farming in 2022

Three big things for 2022 in the world of food security and agricultural development - we'll be finding out all about that with IFAD’s Associate Vice President Dr Jo Puri. Also we check in on how the UN Decade of Family Farming is doing as it approaches it's third birthday. Plus fish farming in Zambia and Uganda.

We find out what canoes have got to do with adapting to climate change in Tonga. And we take a look at soil scanner technology at work in Africa. Then we’re taking a trip to the movies where we’ll be hearing about farmers on the front line in the Near East and North Africa.

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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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