Videos
Interview
Peter Holmgren - UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
01/01/2013
Agriculture is a key discussion point at COP17 - with emissions from that sector a concern. The UN's Peter Holmgren joins us to debate this contentious...
Documentary
EPIC Climate-Smart Agriculture Introductory video
01/01/2013
Dr Leslie Lipper, EPIC Programme Leader, FAO, provides an overview of the Economics and Policy Innovations for Climate-Smart Agriculture (EPIC) programme...
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Soils: a hidden resource
01/01/2013
Soils are a limited natural resource, but their role in food security is crucial. In light of climate change, soil degradation and erosion, farmers...
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FAO Building Resilience in Ethiopia
01/01/2012
This short video - on an FAO roots and tubers project in Ethiopia - is FAO's contribution to a Rio+20 mini-campaign by UNISDR, the Geneva-based UN office...
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The future of Russia's forests
01/01/2012
Russia's forests are the largest in the world and yet relatively little is know about them. What we do know is that they are hugely important to the...
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India's barefoot water scientists
01/01/2012
In southern India, the climate is becoming unpredictable and drought more common. Indiscriminate pumping from shallow aquifers shared by many farmers...
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Soil Carbon Monitoring in Tanzania
01/01/2012
Deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries account for nearly 20% of green house gas emissions worldwide, which is why estimating...
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Hungry Planet 16: RIO+20 Special Report
01/01/2012
In this episode: researchers measure carbon levels stored within Tanzania's forests; Brazilian farmers turn to sustainable agriculture to rehabilitate...
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Hungry Planet, Episode 15. RIO+20 Special Report
01/01/2012
In this Episode of Hungry Planet: Rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms threaten millions of farmers living along Bangladesh's southern coast,...