麻豆社

Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With George Arney.

On today's programme: Surviving nuclear tests; Massachusetts farm; Nigeria's farming future.

Surviving nuclear tests
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear bomb tests on Kazakh soil 60 years ago. Testing carried on for 40 years and the 麻豆社's Rayhan Demytrie tells George Arney about the local villagers who say they are still suffering the physical and psychological effects.

Massachusetts farm
In the last of our Five Farms series we meet the Hager family who are trying to ride the storm of the recession and falling milk prices to keep their dairy farm going.

Farming future for young Nigerians
Tola Sunmonu is a Nigerian studying in the United States, who's taken on the challenge of getting more young Nigerians interested in agriculture. She tells Outlook she's on a mission to prove that farming in Africa can be both fulfilling and profitable.