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    By 2050, farmers will need to grow 60% more food for the 9.5 billion people that will be on the planet. But with scarce resources and changing weather, how will they do it? Watch their stories, hear their challenges, witness the changes. Show less
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    • Guatemala: Bringing Water to the Well - Duration: 4 minutes.

      • 2 weeks ago
      • 144 views
      In areas of Guatemala which are chronically affected by droughts, IFAD-supported irrigation schemes and practices make farmland four times more productive.
    • Rahul Antao: Pancakes and Biodiversity - Duration: 12 minutes.

      • 3 weeks ago
      • 122 views
      By transforming foods such as millets and bananas into tasty pancakes drizzled with honey, Indian food enthusiast Rahul Antao aims to get children more engaged in agriculture. He argues that there ...
    • A World Without Poverty or Hunger - Duration: 3 minutes, 51 seconds.

      • 2 months ago
      • 159 views
      The Sustainable Development Goals hold up the promise of a radically different and better future that leaves no one behind.
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    • Alpha Sennon: Agriculture’s Superheroes - Duration: 10 minutes.

      • 1 month ago
      • 461 views
      Alpha Sennon, Founder of WHYFARM in Trinidad and Tobago, describes how he created food and nutrition superheroes AGRIman and PhotosyntheSISTA to teach young people that farming can be cool.
    • Recipes for Change: Caldeirada de Cabrito com Mandioca - Duration: 4 minutes, 5 seconds.

      • 6 months ago
      • 323 views
      In this episode of Recipes for Change, Mozambican chef Rogério Matusse travels to drought-affected areas of his country to examine how climate-smart farming techniques are preserving traditional cr...
    • Madagascar: More than Mail - Duration: 3 minutes, 35 seconds.

      • 5 months ago
      • 304 views
      IFAD is implementing the African Postal Financial Services Initiative in Madagascar, Benin, Senegal and Ghana, facilitating the transfer of migrants’ remittances to their families in rural areas, r...
    • Recipes for Change: Somlar Kako - Duration: 4 minutes, 12 seconds.

      • 11 months ago
      • 446 views
      To celebrate World Environment Day 2016, IFAD partnered with Italian celebrity chef, Carlo Cracco, to bring attention to the impact that climate change is having on rice production in Cambodia.

      Ri...
    • Senegal: Let the Sun Shine - Duration: 3 minutes, 34 seconds.

      • 1 year ago
      • 891 views
      The adoption of a solar-powered water pump was only the first of a series of innovations which are helping these farmers in South East Senegal adapt to the water scarcity caused by the changing cli...
    • Tonga: Doing It for Themselves - Duration: 3 minutes, 38 seconds.

      • 11 months ago
      • 1,184 views
      The inclusion of women in decision-making on the remote pacific island of Hunga, Kingdom of Tonga, leads to the development of large-scale infrastructure projects, such as a new wharf and paved roa...
    • Laos: Where the Bong Tree Grows - Duration: 3 minutes, 1 second.

      • 1 year ago
      • 945 views
      Incense sticks are ubiquitous at Buddhist shrines across South East Asia, but few people realize that most are made from the bark of the Bong tree, which was recently facing extinction. Now the pre...
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    • China: Gas Gas Gas - Duration: 21 minutes.

      • 6 years ago
      • 109,891 views
      An IFAD-supported project in China's Guangxi province encourages poor farmers to produce their own biogas as a means of reducing poverty while improving local environmental conditions
    • Moldova 20 years on - Duration: 4 minutes, 41 seconds.

      • 5 years ago
      • 54,254 views
      August 27, 2011 was the 20th Anniversary of Europe's poorest country, Moldova. It's been 20 years since the fall of the Soviet Union, yet Moldova continues to struggle economically generating 30 pe...
    • Rural Poverty - In Their Own Words: Ghana - Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds.

      • 6 years ago
      • 24,076 views
      Keeping young people interested in farming and agriculture is paramount to meeting future global food needs, according to the Rural Poverty Report 2011 prepared by the International Fund for Agricu...
    • Kiribati: The President's Dilemma - Duration: 25 minutes.

      • 5 years ago
      • 23,867 views
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    • Rural Poverty - In Their Own Words: Guatemala - Duration: 3 minutes, 23 seconds.

      • 6 years ago
      • 15,046 views
      Strengthening the capabilities of rural people to take advantage of opportunities in the rural non-farm economy is essential according to the Rural Poverty Report 2011, prepared by the Internationa...
    • Bangladesh: The Coming Storm - Duration: 3 minutes, 31 seconds.

      • 5 years ago
      • 14,426 views
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    • Part 1: BBC World Debate - Food - Who Pays the Price? - Duration: 5 minutes, 51 seconds.

      • 8 years ago
      • 14,327 views
      Food Who Pays the Price? raises important questions about who produces the food we eat and how. Urbanization, climate change, changing diets in emerging economies and the impact of supermarkets ar...
    • The Gambia: The Chief - Duration: 3 minutes, 47 seconds.

      • 4 years ago
      • 14,077 views
      Fatou Danso is a farmer.... but she is also The Gambia's first female village chief. Fatou has introduced many firsts to her village. The land here was once only farmed by men. But now Fatou has di...
    • Hungry Planet Episode 1 - Duration: 13 minutes.

      • 6 years ago
      • 13,922 views
      One billion. That's the number of hungry people worldwide. The effects are heartbreaking. The causes myriad. Solutions are needed now to feed future generations. In this series, the UN 's three foo...
    • Ghana: Going Local - Duration: 3 minutes, 13 seconds.

      • 5 years ago
      • 12,619 views
      Ghana currently spends over $1 billion on food imports, making it highly susceptible to price hikes. One way to prevent this, is to invest in local entrepreneurs like Janet Gyimah-Kessie. She has a...
    • In the Wake of War - Duration: 23 minutes.

      • 2 years ago
      • 12,593 views
      After 10 years of civil war, Burundians are ready for lasting peace. This IFAD documentary, co-produced with the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) for broadcast on BBC World, follows the s...
    • The Philippines: From Rome to Home - Duration: 3 minutes, 46 seconds.

      • 4 years ago
      • 12,480 views
      Every year, one and half million people leave The Philippines to find jobs overseas. They send home more than US$20 billion a year. But little of that money is saved or invested. In Mabini - known ...
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