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The Farming World

Farming news and issues around the world

World Service,326 episodes

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Nothing simple about the Potato
Potatoes are a very technically challenging crop to grow anywhere in the world
20 Sep 1999,13 mins
Kosovan Farmers Return to their Land
Helping Kosovan farmers who are returning to rebuild their lives and farms after the war
06 Oct 1999,13 mins
WTO sows Seeds of Dissent
What does the TRIPS agreement mean to farmers
06 Oct 1999,13 mins
Red Tilapia from Scotland
Tilapia breeding programme at the Institue of Aquaculture in Scotland
25 Oct 1999,13 mins
Multicultural Urban Farming in Britain
A new generation of Britons are digging for success on their allotments
25 Oct 1999,13 mins
Farming in Bhutan
Bhutan's apple growers need to start grading fruit in order to get better prices
04 Nov 1999,13 mins
Tanzanian Women win Equal Land Rights
Tanzanian women now have equal land rights but explaining this to villagers comes next
16 Nov 1999,13 mins
Weeds on the Agenda in Brighton
Why the Brighton Crop Protection Conference dedicated its entire programme to weeds
22 Nov 1999,13 mins
Re-use and Recycle: Farmers' Watchwords
Recycling dangerous plastic into beautiful and useful objects in Burkina Faso
29 Nov 1999,13 mins
First FAO report on Global Food Insecurity
UN report on global food insecurity offers some hope and exposes old patterns
06 Dec 1999,13 mins
Farming close to Nature
Making a living from wild plants and learning how to farm them in Cameroon
08 Dec 1999,13 mins
Online Food Safety Database Launches
Online database of acceptable levels of contaminants in food, sponsored by FAO and IAEA
15 Dec 1999,13 mins
Chocolate: from Cocoa Bean to Bar
From cocoa bean to chocolate bar: what exactly goes on inside a chocolate factory?
16 Dec 1999,13 mins
The Biotechnology Debate
Is biotechnology safe? Does it actually deliver? How should it be regulated?
05 Jan 2000,13 mins
Growing Vegetables on High
12 Jan 2000,13 mins
Why are Farmers Leaving the Land?
Why is farming globally losing its skilled workforce? Reports from India and north America
14 Jan 2000,13 mins
How Farmers find their Markets
Different trading decisions made by farmers in east Africa and the Caribbean
28 Jan 2000,13 mins
Giving Seeds a Head Start
Helping seeds of the versatile carob tree germinate and survive in harsh conditions
01 Feb 2000,13 mins
Farming Relationships at Work
Teamwork is at the heart of farming: husbands and wives, families, neighbours far and wide
09 Feb 2000,13 mins
How to Succeed in Sugar Processing
Sugar manufacture in the UK at a time of overproduction and low prices elsewhere
14 Feb 2000,14 mins
Could Going Green Grow more Food?
Strategies for getting more food from less space with greater regard for the enviorment
21 Feb 2000,13 mins
Re-thinking Agricultural Development
So many farmers are so deperately poor because donor countries don't know how to help them
01 Mar 2000,13 mins
The Urban Farmers taking over Dehli
Champions of urban agriculture transforming Dehli homes, rooftops and even the prison
01 Mar 2000,13 mins
Oman's Salt Water Problem
How the use of motorised pumps is making groundwater more salty in Oman
15 Mar 2000,13 mins
Feeling the Benefits of Herbal Extracts
Medicinal herbal extracts are the subject of the last edition of The Farming World
20 Mar 2000,13 mins
What Happens after the Floods?
How do farmers begin to recover after the floods in Mozambique and India?
20 Mar 2000,13 mins