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Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Gambia: IFAD invests in rural women
Almost half the world's agricultural workers are women, yet they own less land than men. Farmer Awa Jagne speaks about how access to land has changed her life.
9 August 2018
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Gambia: IFAD invests in rural women
Almost half the world's agricultural workers are women, yet they own less land than men. Farmer Awa Jagne speaks about how access to land has changed her life.
9 August 2018
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Ethiopia: IFAD invests in building resilience
More than a billion people live in water-scarce regions. Up to 3.5 billion people could face water scarcity by 2025. Ethiopian farmer Boru Gudo talks about how access to irrigation has allowed him to…
9 August 2018
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Ethiopia: IFAD invests in building resilience
More than a billion people live in water-scarce regions. Up to 3.5 billion people could face water scarcity by 2025. Ethiopian farmer Boru Gudo talks about how access to irrigation has allowed him to…
9 August 2018
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 39 (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh)
In this episode of Hungry Planet, WFP visits the quarantined town of Kenema, Sierra Leone, to meet an Ebola survivor. FAO sheds light on the advantages of community farming and gender equality to…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 36 (Madagascar, South Sudan, Indonesia)
In this episode of Hungry Planet: locust swarms threaten the livelihoods of 13 million people in Madagascar; a view from the ground of the current emergency in South Sudan; while in Indonesia a small…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 35 (India, Tanzania, Central African Republic)
In this episode of Hungry Planet, more than 1000 fishermen in Southern India work together to pay off their debts to money lenders; inhabitants of Kiroka village work to optimise their land and water…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 37 (Chad, Darfur, Vietnam, Swaziland)
In this Episode of Hungry Planet: WFP visits Chad, where reduced food aid has forced refugees from Darfur to resort to foraging for survival foods. In Vietnam, IFAD helps rice farmers adapt to the…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 34 (Central African Republi, Kenya, Saudi Arabia)
In this episode of Hungry Planet, malnutrition threatens displaced children in Central African Republic, irrigation practices in Kenya help farmers to increase their yields and, in the Kingdom of…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 38 (India, Jordan, South Sudan)
In rural India, the Courage Brigade helps women tackle a range of issues affecting their lives from sanitation to violence. In Jordan, family farmers have boosted their resilience by attending…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 33 (Kenya, South Sudan, Indonesia)
In this episode of Hungry Planet: the Biketi family in Kenya receive training and tools to help them farm their way to success; South Sudanese refugees arrive in Uganda and Mars Corporation works…
7 May 2015
Hungry Planet Series (IFAD)
Hungry Planet - Episode 32 (Tanzania, Central African Republic, Kenya)
In this episode of Hungry Planet, a Maasai community in Tanzania finds a new source of water; displaced families in the Central African Republic call for peace amidst growing unrest and a farming…
7 May 2015