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Straight from the source. Read, watch and listen to specialists responding to questions and talking about their experiences and knowledge on ARM-related issues.
31.05.2023

FARM-D Podcast – Episode 2 : The use of technologies in Agricultural Risk Management

The agricultural sector is plagued by many risks affecting the production and lives of smallholders. Information […]
FARM-D CoP, Information Technologies
23.05.2023

A conversation with FinEquity Africa member and independent consultant on rural finance, Getaneh Gobezie

Getaneh Gobezie, an independent consultant and FinEquity Africa member, sat down with us to share his […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Capacity Development, Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion, Rural Finance / Insurance
14.04.2023

“Scaling the adoption of digital innovations in agri-finance remains a challenge in Africa”, Sanne Steemers, President, Rest of Africa at AFEX

In the latest rendition of SAFIN’s Perspectives series, Sanne Steemers, President, Rest of Africa at AFEX, […]
Capacity Development, Information Technologies
14.04.2023

Food systems on the outlook

This is an interview piece with Cecilia Nordin Van Gansberghe, Chair of SIANI Steering Committee.   […]
Nutrition / Food Systems
8.03.2023

FARM-D Podcast – Episode 1: Gender Mainstreaming in Agricultural Risk Management (ARM)

Women and men have different ways to act and react, in particular, different capacities to manage […]
FARM-D CoP, Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion
28.02.2023

Let’s talk about insurance: the IFAD podcast interviews INSURED expert Emily Coleman and Kenyan farmers Bibiann Chengo and Jacob Kimulu

Agricultural and climate risk insurance can play a vital role in enabling farmers to plant again […]
Rural Finance / Insurance
16.02.2023

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Interview with Purnima Menon

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11)—which this year focuses on […]
Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion
16.01.2023

Michael Kremer on Innovation

Innovation is often associated with developments in information and communication technologies, but for economists, innovation is […]
Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion
10.12.2022

A conversation with Sebastian Lesch/BMZ, GDPRD Board member

What does it take to truly shift the paradigm on food systems? Why are short- and […]
Nutrition / Food Systems
2.11.2022

Interview to Agnes Kalibata, President of the AGRA, and United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 Food Systems Summit

Agnes Kalibata, President of the AGRA, and United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the 2021 […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Nutrition / Food Systems
20.10.2022

Poop from the Coop – Livestock Contamination and Nutrition in Burkina Faso | Podcast interview with Derek Headey, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow

What happens when chickens are allowed to roam indoors? IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Derek Headey tells […]
17.09.2022

Anticipating risk: applying foresight to tackle disaster-induced food insecurity (Podcast)

Beyond its reactive role as a humanitarian agency, the World Food Programme (WFP) looks increasingly to […]
Climate / Weather / Environment, Nutrition / Food Systems
11.08.2022

Desiree Zwanck, Gender Expert at PARM: “Gender mainstreaming for a better Agricultural Risk Management by men, women and youth”

Desiree Zwanck, Senior Gender Expert at the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM), explains how and […]
Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion
19.07.2022

Optimizing food-feed production in smallholder systems – A podcast interview with Peter Thorne (ILRI)

Peter Thorne, a crop-livestock systems researcher at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), talks about a recent […]
Land / Water / Resource Management, Livestock&Dairy
30.06.2022

How Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality Is Key to Building Flood Resilience

BRINK spoke to Swenja Surminski, Head of Adaptation Research at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate […]
Climate / Weather / Environment
14.12.2020

How Sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture?
An interview with Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa

“The economic recovery from the pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to explore available technologies that […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Gender / Youth / Social Inclusion, Information Technologies, Knowledge Management, Land / Water / Resource Management
28.07.2020

Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s Resilience Team Leader for East Africa: Kenya beats back desert locust upsurge for now, but East Africa remains at risk

“With swarms that can move up to 150 kilometres per day, this requires all the assets, […]
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses, Health & Diseases, Land / Water / Resource Management
27.05.2020

Wenbin Wu, Research Professor at CAAS: emerging producers in China are highly motivated to implement digital technology

“We have to understand how to effectively connect small farmers with large markets, how to provide […]
30.04.2020

Edson Mpyisi, AfDB Chief Financial Economist: a regional response is needed against the locust crisis in East and Horn of Africa

The locust invasion and COVID-19 crisis are a double disaster for the entire East and Horn […]
24.04.2020

Henri Bies-Péré, President of Afdi: Our response to the COVID-19 crisis is peasant solidarity

Farmers’ organizations in developing countries are particularly dedicated to maintaining the economic activity of their members […]