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Straight from the source. Read, watch and listen to specialists responding to questions and talking about their experiences and knowledge on ARM-related issues.
2.11.2022

Interview to Agnes Kalibata, President of the AGRA, and United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit

Agnes Kalibata, President of the AGRA, and United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Nutrition / Food Systems
20.10.2022

Poop from the Coop – Livestock Contamination and Nutrition in Burkina Faso | Podcast interview with Derek Headey, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow

What happens when chickens are allowed to roam indoors? IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey tells […]
17.09.2022

Anticipating risk: applying foresight to tackle disaster-induced food insecurity (Podcast)

Beyond its reactive role as a humanitarian agency, the World Food Programme (WFP) looks increasingly to […]
Climate / Weather / Environment, Nutrition / Food Systems
11.08.2022

Desiree Zwanck, Gender Expert at PARM: “Gender mainstreaming for a better Agricultural Risk Management by men, women and youth”

Desiree Zwanck, Senior Gender Expert at the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM), explains how and […]
Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion
19.07.2022

Optimizing food-feed production in smallholder systems – A podcast interview with Peter Thorne (ILRI)

Peter Thorne, a crop-livestock systems researcher at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), talks about a recent […]
Land / Water / Resource Management, Livestock&Dairy
30.06.2022

How Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality Is Key to Building Flood Resilience

BRINK spoke to Swenja Surminski, Head of Adaptation Research at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate […]
Climate / Weather / Environment
14.12.2020

How Sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture?
An interview with Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa

“The economic recovery from the pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to explore available technologies that […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion, Information Technologies, Knowledge Management, Land / Water / Resource Management
28.07.2020

Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s Resilience Team Leader for East Africa: Kenya beats back desert locust upsurge for now, but East Africa remains at risk

“With swarms that can move up to 150 kilometres per day, this requires all the assets, […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Health & Diseases, Land / Water / Resource Management
27.05.2020

Wenbin Wu, Research Professor at CAAS: emerging producers in China are highly motivated to implement digital technology

“We have to understand how to effectively connect small farmers with large markets, how to provide […]
30.04.2020

Edson Mpyisi, AfDB Chief Financial Economist: a regional response is needed against the locust crisis in East and Horn of Africa

The locust invasion and COVID-19 crisis are a double disaster for the entire East and Horn […]
24.04.2020

Henri Bies-Péré, President of Afdi: Our response to the COVID-19 crisis is peasant solidarity

Farmers’ organizations in developing countries are particularly dedicated to maintaining the economic activity of their members […]
7.04.2020

Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO’s Emergency and Resilience Division: Most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”

If food supply chains become disrupted and livelihoods untenable, vulnerable populations may be more likely to […]
7.04.2020

Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD: Export bans over COVID-19 could affect food security

Production of major food items, particularly cereals, is concentrated in a few big countries where COVID-19 […]
26.03.2020

Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist: Smallholders are disproportionately at risk of food insecurity due to COVID-19

Bolstering emergency food assistance and safety nets for vulnerable populations is a priority, highlighted Mr. Torero. […]