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. For more information, visit us at https://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode24 https://www.babbangona.com https://www.farmsmart.co/our-app https://www.ecoltdgroup.com/category/e-co-bites/e-co-sound-bites/ https://www.ciwf.org.uk/ https://www.ifad.org/en/nutrition https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment  

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Balancing Biodiversity with Agricultural Development

In this month’s edition we continue to focus on the first ever UN Food Systems Summit and we’ll be hearing from IFAD's President Gilbert Houngbo and hearing the messages for the Summit from farmers living in developing countries. We talk to Ertharin Cousin, one of the official Champions of the Summit, CEO and President of Food Systems for the Future, and ex-head of the World Food Programme. Also we’ll have Jonathan Davies, lead on agriculture at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Both of them will talk about how we can make food systems work better for people and nature. Coming up there’s news on aquaponics – how it can be combined with vertical farming. And the latest on technological innovation in pig farming from China. We talk to one of our newest Recipes for Change chefs Roy Caceres from Colombia and what inspires him. Plus the fine people at Too Good To Go tell us how we can all use their app to cut down on food waste. And there’s the final part of our Rural Voices series. 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. For more information, visit us at https://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode23 https://www.iucn.org https://www.ifad.org/recipesforchange https://www.toogoodtogo.com  

Connecting Farmers to the Food Systems Summit

In this episode, we hear from IFAD’s Associate Vice President Donal Brown, who tells us about how IFAD is preparing for the UN’s Food System Summit and gives us updates on the COVID 19 crisis. We then cross over to Peru for the final part of our series on Women Leaders in Afro Caribbean Communities in South America, this time focusing on climate change. After that, we have news on vertical farming, strategies to fight gender imbalance, and a report from Linda Odhiembo on how regional integration is affecting farmers in East and Southern Africa. Staying with the integration theme, we then have a report from Duncan Chando on South South Triangular Cooperation. Finally, we have the next in our Rural Voices series from Michelle Porter, and an interview with our newest Recipes for Change Chef Shane Chartrand. 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. For more information, visit us at https://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode22 https://www.ifad.org/podcasts https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/recipes-for-change 

Food Systems Facing the Future

In this month's episode, we focus on food systems. Kicking off we have Martin Frick, Deputy Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit, who tells us what exactly a food system is. We then check in with IFAD’s Associate Vice President Meike van Ginneken about IFAD's perspectives on the summit and what it can bring to the debate. Next, we talk gender and cuisine with Brazilian Chef Bela Gil, who also tells us how chefs can use their influence to encourage sustainable consumption. We also hear more about the Karen people in Thailand, and what indigenous food systems can teach us. Plus, we have news on plastics, agriculture, and packaging, with a special report on food miles too. Finishing this edition, we get to hear from farmers themselves as they tell us all about how they fit into the food system today, with news from Asia Climate Week after that. 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. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode21 https://www.ifad.org/podcasts https://www.ifad.org/en/food-systems https://www.ifad.org/en/gender https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/recipes-for-change  

Food systems: From Farm to Plate

In this episode we celebrate World Environment Day. IFAD’s Marie Haga and Jo Puri talk about how IFAD is balancing development and the environment when it comes to development. And then with Africa Climate Week coming up we have innovative tales from East and Southern Africa. Plus a new report on Nature Based Solutions in agriculture. We talk to Kehkashan Basu, a UN Human Rights Champion, about how the environment inspired her. Also we check in on changes to environmental policies in Afghanistan, plus organic farming in China, and a new group called Chefs for the Planet. And we look at the International Day of Family Remittances, a vital source of funding for people living in rural communities in the developing world. 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. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode20 https://www.ifad.org/podcasts https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment https://www.chefs4theplanet.com/?lang=en https://www.ifad.org/en/idfr 

Putting Environment at the Heart of Farming

In this episode, we have the latest from IFAD’s Associate Vice President Donal Brown on how small scale farmers are dealing with the COVID 19 Crisis. Also we talk farmers mental health under the pandemic. Then we see how Geographical Information Systems are helping make investments in the right place at the right time in Malawi. Also we have news from West Africa on a competition for the best husband, from Europe on art and agriculture and our mini-series on Afro-descendent communities in Latin America continues with an interview from Colombia. 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. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode19 https://www.ifad.org/podcasts https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment https://www.facebook.com/acuaorg/ https://farmradio.org/the-best-husband-contest/ https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/grow 

Episode 19 Farming, COVID and Mental Health

In this episode we have the latest on small scale farmers dealing with the COVID 19 crisis. USAID’s chief nutritionist talks about how we risk a decade’s progress on food security for children and mothers due to the pandemic. Climate Edge talks about bringing digital services to farmers. And with Easter upon us we’re thinking about eggs and chickens. Plus news on the Earthshot Prize and Oscar nominated film maker Alex Jovy talks carbon offsets . And there’s the next part of our mini-series on farmers Afro descent living in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. 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. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode18

Farmers Working the Resilience Solution to COVID19

In this episode, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) as we talk to female leaders working across the board and from across the globe. We get the latest on the COVID 19 crisis more than a year on from Marie Haga, AVP at IFAD. Gender specialist Ndaya Beltchika talks to us about the need for more women in leadership in rural communities. And we hear from Judy Ling Wong – founder of the Black Environment Network in the UK. Plus news on the latest iteration of the world’s biggest fund to help small scale farmers adapt to climate change with Lisa Leclerc. Then we talk Agri-Small and Medium Enterprises with Bettina Prato. News from women working in agriculture in Brazil and Colombia. Plus a special report from Nepal. 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. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode17 https://www.ifad.org/podcasts https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment http://www.ben-network.org.uk/  

Women in Leadership

In this month’s episode we’ll be focusing on indigenous peoples and youth as agents of change in the developing world. Kicking off the New Year Associate Vice President at IFAD Meike Van Ginneken sums up last year’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and tells us about IFAD’s first ever virtual Governing Council. We’ll be hearing from IFAD’s Mattia Prayer Galletti, project representatives nominated to the Indigenous Peoples Forum Awards Christopher Bartlett and Maria Manwo from Vanuatu, and Liu Nianhua from China with some new proposals youth bring to agriculture for this New Year. Introducing our new ACUA miniseries on Women Leaders we’ll be talking to women leaders working with the ACUA Foundation about gender, nutrition, afrodescendant peoples, climate change and this month – accompanied by Lina Medina from Colombia – about youth. Finishing this first edition for 2021, Guilherme Brady from FAO tells us about the UN Decade of Family Farming and our reporter Freddie Harvey Williams brings us IFAD’s new report on Nature-based solutions. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode16

New Vision, New Year

In this episode, we say goodbye to a year full of uncertainty and changes, but also adaptation, innovation and improvement. IFAD’s Associate Vice President Donal Brown will give us the latest on IFAD’s response to the pandemic and its expected impact in 2021. We’ll be talking about disability inclusion and about Gender-Based Violence and hear from the Slow Food Foundation about the Terra Madre 2020 event. Experts on agroecology Miguel Altieri and Salvatore Ceccarelli will be joining us to talk about the importance of biodiversity and our food systems. We also have a special piece from IFAD’s Goodwill Ambassadors Sabrina and Idris Elba featured on the BBC podcast "What Planet Are We On". Finally we find out how small scale farmers are bottom of the heap for getting climate finance with our reporter Freddie Harvey Williams. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode15

New Frontiers in Sustainable Farming

In this month’s programme we’ll be travelling around the world hearing about new technologies that focus on ensuring food security. But first we hear the latest on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on agriculture in the developing world from Marie Haga, Associate Vice-President at IFAD. Our journey begins in Côte d’Ivoire in Sub Saharan Africa, where Florent Clair from Chemical Industrial Company UPL will tell us about their latest biotechnological products. Heading up northeast from Africa, we’ll be visiting Pinduoduo, the biggest e-commerce platform in China. We’ll be hearing from ACUA’s Emperatriz Arango to find out about the Kume project. Home chefs Carmen Campos, Piedad Olivo and Nayibe Angulo will tell us about how this project has encouraged women and youth to take part in their region´s traditional gastronomy. We will end our trip around the world in the depths of the Amazon, where Chef Roy Riquelme tells us about the situation they are facing there with COVID-19. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode14

Innovations In Agriculture during COVID-19

In this month’s programme we get the latest on the COVID 19 Crisis from IFAD’s Associate Vice President Donal Brown. News on nutrition from Laos and a report on getting youth right in development. We also talk to a leading light of the agro-ecological movement in Italy Marco Minciaroni. Plus – lights, camera, action - we hear from IFAD’s Director for the Near East, North Africa and Europe about her recent move in to the film business. Then we have the next in our Meet the Experts – this time with Mattio Galletti on Indigenous Peoples. And we’ll be joining IFAD’s Recipes for Change Chef Carlo Cracco – this time on top of a Himalayan foothill in Bhutan. Wrapping up we have our newest Recipes for Change Chef Leo – she’ll be talking to us from Colombia. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode13

Recovering. Rebuilding. Resilience. under COVID19

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 https://www.ifad.org/podcasts https://www.ifad.org/ar/web/latest/recipes-for-change https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment https://www.ifad.org/en/youth 

Building Back Better - Investing In Farming Under Covid-19

As COVID 19 remains prevalent, our attention is on building farmers’ resilience, specifically in Latin American. We start with a conversation with FAD’s Associate Vice President Donal Brown who shares how COVID 19 is effecting farming communities across the developing world. Then, our first offering is a new series, Meet the Experts. Followed by stories from Brazil, Bolivia, Chili and Peru. We conclude with our Recipes for Change segment with celebrity Italian chef, Carlo Cracco. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode11

Building Farmers’ Resilience to Cope With COVID19

Keeping Farmers in Focus with the latest on the COVID 19 Crisis and how farming communities are coping with the crisis. We spoke to IFAD’s President Gilbert Hongbou. We also took a at the world of livestock farming with Antonio Rotta, to explore what the hot issues are and where the innovations are coming from. Plus we visited livestock projects in Kenya with Guyo Roba in Nairobi. Also we talked to the boss of the 4 per thousand initiative, Paul Luu – about how healthy soils can act as a carbon sink. Then we featured ag-tech start up Inidigo with news on how they help farmers earn money through better soil management and carbon credits. Plus heard from IFAD’s projects across Asia and how they’re dealing with the COVID 19 situation, with reports from Afghanistan, Pakistan and China. For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode10

Keeping Farmers in Focus in a COVID 19 World

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 and presented by Brian Thomson.

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