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Graziano prioritizes Horn of Africa  2012 Ref.: 0302

Director-General José Graziano da Silva visited the village of Dollow, in the Gedo Region of Somalia, to assess the situation first hand and see the work being done by FAO and its partners. Graziano da Silva emphasized that FAO will step up its current efforts in the Horn of Africa and highlighted that agriculture is a key factor in establishing peace and stability in the region. This b-roll is available to broadcast journalists for download upon request to Radio-and-TV@fao.org

 Duration: 2' 56''   Location:  Kenya, Somalia
 Producer: Boudicca Downes
 Languages: English
Q&A with Luca Alinovi, FAO Representative in Somalia  2012 Ref.: 0302

The Horn of Africa is the most serious hotspot of undernourishment and malnutrition in the world. Luca Alinovi, FAO Representative in Somalia, describes FAO’s work and the importance of responding to immediate needs and longer-term challenges while addressing the underlying causes of the crisis.

 Duration: 8' 40''   Location:  Somalia
 Producer: Bou Downes
 Languages: English
Fruit Tree Seedlings in Ethiopia  2012 Ref.: 9999

For hundreds of years, farmers in the dry highlands of northern Ethiopia have been dependent on cereal production. But an irrigation project and training sessions are encouraging farmers to cultivate a new source of nutrition and income – temperate fruit trees. Now 10,000 farmers are buying good quality fruit tree seedlings from FAO supported nurseries.

 Duration: 4' 4''   Location:  Ethiopia
 Producer: Astrid Randen
 Languages: English,  French,  Spanish
Nuclear Technology for Better Fruit  2012 Ref.: 8888

Farmers in Croatia’s Neretva valley are using nuclear technology to tackle the Mediterranean fruit fly, a common pest that poses a serious threat to the country’s lucrative fruit industry. With the support of FAO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) will ensure a brighter economic future for fruit farmers in this region.

 Duration: 4' 56''   Location:  Croatia
 Producer: Louise Potterton (IAEA)
 Languages: English
Closing the gap between men and women in agriculture  2011 Ref.: 100112

The world cannot eliminate hunger without closing the gap between men and women in agriculture. With equal access to productive resources and services, such as land, water and credit, women farmers can produce 20 to 30 percent more food, enough to lift 150 million people out of hunger.

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 Duration: 2' 16''
 Producer: ES Department / Andi Shiraz / Elena Chiesa
 Languages: English,  French,  Spanish
 See also:
   www.fao.org/sofa/gender

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:

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

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