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FAO Podcasts

The FAO Podcasts, a multilingual audio series produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, addresses pressing global issues including hunger, poverty, agriculture, and sustainability. With content available in English, Spanish, and French, our dedicated audio team ensures these vital conversations are accessible to a global audience. Our three distinct formats - the concise FAO Brief, insightful FAO Talks, and the deeply human documentary pieces - serve as your gateway to

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08:17

Can agriculture help tackle climate change?

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/12/05

As world leaders gather in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) to discuss how countries can curbing global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, we ask what role the agriculture sector can play in cutting emissions. Alex Jones, director of the Climate and Environment Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), explains. Interview: Charlotta Lomas, FAO

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08:21

Senegal's smart phone farmers

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/11/22

Target Zero Hunger - Stories from the field The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is rolling out digital innovation technologies in the form of SMS text messages and smart phone applications across the African continent, starting in Senegal and Rwanda. In this pilot episode of FAO's new Stories From The Field Podcast, we head to Tambacounda, 450 kilometers south-east of Dakar, in Senegal to find out how digital tools are helping to modernize the country’s agriculture sector and boost

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07:40

How can we stop antimicrobial resistance?

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/11/12

Antibiotics and other antimicrobials are commonly used in food and agriculture production. But their overuse and misuse is resulting in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Christine Czerniak, a communications expert at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), believes farmers have a critical role to play in stemming the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Interview: Charlotta Lomas, FAO

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14:53

Early action on drought

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/11/01

Weather in the Horn of Africa is becoming more and more unpredictable. One drought follows another, leaving communities increasingly vulnerable to hunger and food insecurity. A recent report released by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows that early interventions can help avert the worst effects of drought. Dunja Dujanovic and Catherine Jones from the Early Warning Early Action Team at FAO discuss how early interventions effectively reduced the impacts of the 2017 drought in

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03:11

How can we achieve Zero Hunger?

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/10/15

There is enough food to feed the entire population. Yet it is estimated that between 691 and 783 million people in the world faced hunger in 2022. Achieving Zero Hunger means meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to ensure food security for everyone across the globe. So how can we achieve Zero Hunger by 2030? For this year's World Food Day, experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization share their views on how we can have a world without hunger. FAO experts: Robert

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10:14

Migration: Looking beyond the challenges

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/10/15

The discourse around migration is often framed negatively while the positive aspects are overlooked. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, shows that migration can in fact be highly beneficial to rural development and the agriculture sector. Andrea Cattaneo is the lead author of the State of Food and Agriculture report and a senior economist at FAO.

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07:22

Tackling food loss & waste in Egypt

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/10/10

Did you know that about one third of all food in the Middle East and North Africa is lost or wasted? But governments in the region are hoping to change that - they’ve pledged to reduce food loss and waste by 50 percent by 2024. In Egypt, an estimated 50 kg of food is lost or wasted per person per year, according to United Nations figures. Most of this food is lost from the farm to the table, rather than wasted at the consumer level. With assistance from the Italian government, FAO is training

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10:32

How can we transform our food systems?

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/09/20

With so many hungry and malnourished people across the globe, there’s a growing need to transform our food systems to become more nutritious, more equitable and more sustainable. But how do we do this? FAO asks Dr Lawrence Haddad, World Food Prize Laureate (2018) and Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), where he thinks we should make a start. interview: Charlotta Lomas, FAO.

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08:22

Why are so many people hungry?

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/09/11

One in nine people worldwide, or 821 million people, are hungry - according to a joint report by United Nations agencies FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. The annual report shows that hunger has been on the rise for the past three years, returning to levels from almost a decade ago. The reversal in progress sends a clear warning that more must be done and urgently if the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger is to be achieved by 2030. Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director-General of Economic and

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07:11

A digital future for Africa's rural youth

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/08/21

Africa has the youngest population in the world, with 60 percent of the population under the age of 25. Many young Africans are unemployed and are increasingly migrating away from rural areas in search of employment. Tens of millions of new jobs each year will have to be created in rural Africa just to include the new entrants into the labor market. Meanwhile, population trends suggest the demand for food across the continent will grow by 50 percent in the coming years. Josef Kienzle, an agriculture

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08:44

Saving lives in South Sudan

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/08/17

South Sudan is facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity. The civil conflict has left four million people displaced. Despite a peace agreement being signed, fighting continues to disrupt lives and access to food. Some six million people in South Sudan are severely food insecure. Phillip Fong is an Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in South Sudan. He's involved in the Rapid Response Missions that deliver food kits to displaced people in remote

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07:26

Shining a light on Indigenous rights

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/08/09

There are 185 million indigenous women worldwide. They are fisherwomen, pastoralists, hunter-gatherers and defenders of their lands and natural resources. Despite their economic and social contribution, indigenous women are often excluded from decision-making processes. Their work is often undervalued and unpaid, and their rights are not always respected. Which is why we need to raise the voices of Indigenous women says Yon Fernandez de Larrinoa, FAO's Indigenous Peoples Team Leader.

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08:20

Cultivating a new life for Syrian refugees

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/07/25

3.3 million Syrians have fled across the border into Turkey as a result of the Syrian crisis. For the past year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) has been working with government and partners to develop agricultural training programs for Syrian refugees. In this edition of TZH, we hear from Ahmed Ekzayez, an agronomist at FAO in Turkey, and some of the Syrian refugees participating in the training program. Interview: Charlotta Lomas

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08:13

Antimicrobial Resistance: Why it matters

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/07/18

For around 60 years, antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs have been used to treat and prevent diseases in livestock, aquaculture and crop production, and to make food production generally more efficient. But their overuse and misuse is causing antimicrobial resistance. So how widespread is the problem? And what can be done to stop it? Juan Lubroth, chief veterinary officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, explains. Interview: Charlotta Lomas, FAO.

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09:51

Are we approaching a fish limit?

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/07/13

09 July 2018 --- Globally, we’re eating more fish than ever before and that’s set to increase as we head towards a population of 10 billion people by 2050. Fishing is big business and overfishing is threatening our fish supplies. But does this mean we’re approaching a fish limit? Manuel Barange, director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) explains. Interview: Charlotta Lomas, FAO

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08:20

The hidden value of forests

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/07/13

6 July 2018 --- Forests are essential to life on earth: they supply us with the clean air we breathe and regulate our climate. But they also offer so much more. Eva Muller, director of Forestry Policy and Resources at FAO, talks about the state of the world's forests, their hidden value and why we need to protect them. Interview: Charlotta Lomas, FAO

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09:22

Artificial intelligence helps tackle agricultural pest

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/07/13

27 June 2018--- Fall Armyworm is spreading quickly across sub-Saharan Africa, devastating crops and farmer’s livelihoods. Experts fear the pest could eventually spread to the Middle East and Europe. But a new mobile phone app ‘Nuru’, which uses machine learning and artificial intelligence, offers some hope in tackling the pest problem. Allan Hruska is the Principal Technical Coordinator on the Fall Armyworm response at the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Interview: Charlotta

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11:45

World Refugee Day - Managing forests in displacement...

FAO Podcasts ·

2018/06/20

There are 68.5 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people worldwide, 80 percent of whom rely on woodfuel for cooking and heating. In areas hosting displaced populations, often with scant resources of their own, this reliance on woodfuel is the main driver of forest degradation and deforestation in displacement settings. So how do you balance sustainable forest management with meeting the energy needs of forcibly displaced people? Studio interview with Arturo Gianvenuti, a

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21:29

TZH 15 - Colombia: Land rights, agriculture and the...

FAO Podcasts ·

2017/08/02

In this episode we take you to Colombia. We’ll explore how farming and land rights are tied into the country’s quest for sustainable peace after 52 years of civil strife. You’ll hear from the people of Morroa, a community in the district of Sucre. This district is one of five areas in Northern Colombia that have been part of a rural development program that the government is leading to revitalize the local economy. Years of armed conflict between the government and the rebel group FARC left more

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22:09

TZH 14 - Agricultural heritage and the Modern Maasai

FAO Podcasts ·

2017/06/21

In this episode we are visiting the community of Engarasero, near the border or Kenya and Tanzania. For centuries, semi-nomadic Maasai tribes of East Africa have migrated and herded their cattle through the majestic lands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. On the northern Tanzanian side, which we will focus on in this podcast, are millions of miles of Maasai-frequented territory. As Maasai tribes have evolved, along with the landscape of the region, Maasai traditions continue to be anchored in

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