The Farming World Episodes Episode guide
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Who will be Eating all the Bananas?
New Chinese and Eastern European markets might help absorb a predicted surplus of bananas
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Genetically Modified Organisms: For and Against
Monsanto's new GM soya reignites the debate about GMOs - Genetically Modified Organisms
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Thai Farmers Protest for a Fairer Deal
Small farmers in Thailand hold three-month protest about high costs forcing them into debt
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Running Dry: Water Scarcity
Rivers are drying up and water tables falling: it is time to take water scarcity seriously
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Getting Food from Farm to Table in Africa
Improving food supply and distribution in Africa is the subject of FAO's Dakar conference
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Has the WTO Gone Bananas?
What's the future for small banana growers after European trade protection is lifted?
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Biological Control for the Take-All Cereal Fungus
Australian discovery to help farmers in the fight against take-all cereal fungus
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Organop贸nicos: Urban Agriculture in Cuba
Cuba's urban vegetable gardens - organop贸nicos - are a vital part of the food supply
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Participation: the Way Forward for Development?
Participatory Rural Appraisal is the new buzz phrase in international development
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Virus Attacks Indian Honey Bees
How best to handle Thai sacbrood virus in Indian honey bees: import new bees or sit it out
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Farmers Help Design Their Own Rice
Food production in geographically difficult areas, such as rice breeding in Nepal
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Engineering Trees: Root and Branch
Growing trees without side branches for timber is now possible with genetic engineering
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Sri Lankans Growing More than Rice
Sri Lankan rice farmers diversify to earn a better living
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Top Trees for Global Farmers
Three important trees for the farming world: stinkwood, ram贸n and neem
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Agricultural Progress in Mauritania Is Local
Effecitive agricultural progress based on local peoples and their knowledge in Mauritania
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Setting Natural Chemical Traps for Crop Pests
How plant chemicals can be used to cheat crop pests
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Egypt Gives Graduates Land to Farm
Unemployed city graduates given farmland in Egypt's New Lands Agricultural project
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Saudi Arabian Bedouin to Get Satnav to Find Grazing
Traditional life of Bedouin in Saudi Arabia is changing
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Oxford Farming Conference: Facing the Facts
Agricultural movers and shakers meet to assess the future of global population and farming
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US Aid Is Not a One-Way System
US farmers have benefited hugely from US aid to agricultural research in developing world
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Improved Grasslands Absorb more CO2
Improved grassland in South America helps to absorb carbon dioxide from the air
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Hunger in an Urbanised World
How both our ever-growing cities and our small communities might feed themselves
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Caring for Peru's Amazon Forests
Peruvian Amazon forest under threat from incoming farmers as well as loggers and ranchers
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Royal Smithfield Show: Latest Farm Machinery
Mechanical marvels include a tractor that phones its driver when it's not feeling well
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Success of the Village Flour Mill
Communal flour mill transforms west African village life
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World Food Summit: Progress and Protests
Sustainable agriculture and protection of biodiversity: the hot topics at the FAO's Summit
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The International Grain Trade
Grain production and trade are at the heart of global agriculture
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Farmers Are Guardians of Local Crop Varieties
Good news for plant genetic diversity as farmers continue to grow local varieties
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Why Cuban Agriculture Went Organic
With imports cut by upheaval in Eastern Europe, Cuban farmers were forced to go organic
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Bosnian Farmers Rebulding after War
Bosnian farmers rebuilding their lives in the aftermath of war
