The Farming World Episodes Episode guide
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Agroforesty Success Stories
How agrforestry pays off for farmers in Caribbean and Latin America
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Food: Making Sure There Is Enough for Everyone
Fighting hunger and malnutrition: how do we produce enough affordable food for everyone?
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Sugar Beet Made Fit for Drier Climates
Improving sugar beet for yield and drought tolerance has been difficult
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How Aids Is Changing Agriculture
Devastating Aids epidemic is changing what we grow and how we farm
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New Drought-Tolerant Maize
New drought-tolerant maize developed suitable for Africa
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Breeding Healthier Yams for Export
Breeding better yams for booming export market
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Hybrid Maize Breakthrough in Mexico
New hybrid maize that breeds pure, meaning seed need only be bought once
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The 9th European Bioenergy Conference
Can farmers provide energy for power and heat as well as food for the world?
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Will World Food Prices Rise?
Are food prices going to rise and then stay high?
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Good News about African Harvests
Bigger crops in central and southern Africa because of extended rainy season
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FAO Calls for End to Rinderpest
FAO calls for total eradication of rinderpest disease that affects cattle and wild animals
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Desertification: Why We Should Care More
Desertification is a global agricultural disaster largely ignored by governments
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Spreading a Dairy Net across Africa
FAO's new Dairy Net to gather and share dairy development information in Africa
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Natural Protection against Sheep Parasites
Scottish blackface sheep have a gene for increased resistance to internal parasites
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English Royal Show: Farming Post-BSE
Traceability in meat production and farming post-BSE are this year's big talking points
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English Royal Show: Driving Developments
Mechanical highlights of the English Royal Show in Warwickshire
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It's Time to Stop Losing Plant Genetic Diversity
Global stocktaking at FAO conference on plant genetic resources
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Why Do So Many People Go Hungry?
There is enough to feed everyone but food is still unevenly distributed and poverty rising
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Hi-tech Solutions to Farming Problems
Hi-tech sprayer differentiates between crop and weeds
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New Genes for the Cassava Plant
New breeding programme possible for improved cassava crops
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Are Pesticides Harming Human Health?
Agricultural pesticides could be damaging our immune systems, claims new report
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Famine Relief: Surviving Hard Times
Why isn't the international aid community better at helping farmers survive hard times?
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The US Farm Bill: What Does It Mean for World Farmers?
The new US Farm Bill: a force for good or not?
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The Zambians who Are Returning to the Land
Unemployed urban Zambians return to the countryside and rediscover farming traditions
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Feed from Urea-Treated Straw
Enriched straw used as livestock feed in China
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The Burden of Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
Life, productivity and development are being seriously undermined by disease
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Precision Farming by Satellite
New precision farming service using satellite pictures to produce a yield map
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Polish Farmers Go to the Market Together
Alliances of small Polish farmers find new markets
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The Case for Biofuel from Anaerobic Digestion
Biogas and fertiser are the twin products of anaerobic digestion of farm waste
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Who Is to Blame for BSE?
BSE has caused a disastrous crisis in British agriculture. How did it happen?
