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Climate change is a major cause of hunger  2008 Ref.: 2680 The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent around the world. But it is the people who are already hungry, poor and vulnerable who are most at risk.  Duration: 30''  Producer: Bou Downes / Roberto Laurenzi  Languages: Arabic,  English,  French,  Italian,  Spanish  See also:    Low band streaming Epicentre, agriculture at the heart of development  2008 Ref.: 2679 In the midst of the current world food crisis, the spot “Epicentre” advocates putting agriculture at the heart of development through collaboration between the European Commission and FAO.  Duration: 30''  Producer: Nasser/Maarten Roest/FAO  Languages: Arabic,  English,  French,  Italian,  Portuguese ,  Spanish  See also:    Low band streaming video Input trade fairs boost harvests in Swaziland  2008 Ref.: 2681 With food prices hitting records worldwide, FAO is helping implement urgent measures to increase local food production in the most affected countries. A telling example from Swaziland shows how input trade fairs can produce startling benefits.  Duration: 3' 19''   Location:  Swaziland  Producer: Charmaine Wilkerson, Maarten Roest, FAO Slowing forest depletion in Malawi  2008 Ref.: 2677 Malawians depend primarily on wood and charcoal for energy. For many rural families affected by HIV and AIDS-related labor shortages, selling wood is the only source of income. FAO projects promote energy efficient stoves and sustainable agriculture to slow the depletion of forest resources.  Duration: 2' 54''   Location:  Malawi  Producer: Charmaine Wilkerson, FAO Miriam Makeba in the Democratic Republic of the Congo  2008 Ref.: 2676 FAO Goodwill Ambassador Miriam Makeba visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo to highlight the economic and social importance of supporting the country’s most vulnerable populations, in particular, women with HIV and AIDS and survivors of sexual violence.  Duration: 3' 30''   Location:  Democratic Republic of the Congo  Producer: Charmaine Wilkerson Combating Cassava Mosaic  2007 Ref.: 2668 An aggressive plant disease wiped out much of the cassava crop in the Great Lakes region of Africa, where cassava is a major source of food. In Burundi, farmers now have access to a disease-tolerant variety, thanks to regional cooperation and an EC-funded FAO project.  Duration: 3' 40''   Location:  Burundi  Producer: Charmaine Wilkerson, Maarten Roest The Information Division produces video programmes in several languages on a broad range of subjects including agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. All videos are available in professional broadcast standards for television stations. An important facet of the division's work is the diversified assistance it provides to television networks around the world. It offers a variety of services, from the provision of background information for the preparation of programmes that are relevant to FAO's work to setting up interviews with FAO staff. At FAO headquarters in Rome, there is a video studio complete with the latest editing and post-production equipment that produces material for broadcast. For more information contact: Majid Chaar Chief, Media relations, GIIM Tel: (+39) 06 57 05 35 28 Fax: (+39) 06 57 05 37 29 email: Radio-and-Tv@fao.org Or Bou Downes TV Information Officer Information Division Tel: (+39) 06 57 05 59 80 Fax: (+39) 06 57 05 37 29 email: Radio-and-Tv@fao.org