http://www.new-ag.info The New Agriculturist podcast, showcasing highlights of the current edition of the New Agriculturist en-PI http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ JellyCast http://www.jellycast.com p.harvey@wrenmedia.co.uk (wrenmedia) Science Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:30:13 +0000 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:11:04 +0000 https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/files/New%20Ag%20-%20square%20for%20itunes%20-%20tn.jpg http://www.new-ag.info 144 144 The New Agriculturist podcast, showcasing highlights of the current edition of the New Agriculturist WRENmedia wrenmedia p.harvey@wrenmedia.co.uk podcast No No The New Agriculturist podcast, showcasing highlights of the current edition of the New Agriculturist The New Agriculturist podcast provides an overview of recent updates on agriculture and rural development provided on the bi-monthly New Agriculturist online journal, www.new-ag.info. https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/48 Haven Ley explains how the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is focussing on support for women farmers, both in upstream research and in downstream interventions. Bolanle Adeyemo, who runs an NGO that empowers women in Nigeria, describes her excitement at being part of a plan to multiply Vitamin A rich cassava varieties, which she believes will have a major impact on child health. We also hear from the grand opening of Aqua Shops in western Kenya and from dryland Laikipia, where Simon Wachira and members of the Tigithi Aloe Group are branching out into cultivation of medicinal trees. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:38:46 +0000 Content https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/48 wrenmedia https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/48 No put-some-keywords-here 00:10:53 https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/47 As a tribute to Wangari Maathai, Kenya’s tireless campaigner for environmental protection who died in September this year, Francesca de Gasparis, Europe Director of the Green Belt Movement, reflects on Maathai’s message and the ongoing work to protect the forests of Kenya. We hear also from two scientists at the forefront of the Rinderpest eradication campaign, on how that was achieved, and from Samuel Koputa who has been training farmers to protect their livestock again ticks using extract from the Tephrosia plant. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:31:20 +0000 Content https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/47 wrenmedia https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/47 No put-some-keywords-here 00:09:00 https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/46 My perspective writer, Simon Levine, explains how famine can be averted by responding to the right signals, so that interventions are done in time to prevent a crisis. Agnes Luo Laima, who represents small-scale farmers and marketeers in Zambia, describes the biggest challenge her association members face. We also hear from ICRAF researcher Esther Karanja about how fodder shrubs are changing lives in highland Kenya. And we join Thembi Mutch, learning about spices in Zanzibar with farmer Foum Ali Garu. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:12:58 +0100 Content https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/46 wrenmedia https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/46 My perspective writer, Simon Levine, explains how famine can be averted by responding to the right signals, so that interventions are done in time to prevent a crisis. Agnes Luo Laima, who represents small-scale farmers and marketeers in Zambia, describes the biggest challenge her association members face. We also hear from ICRAF researcher Esther Karanja about how fodder shrubs are changing lives in highland Kenya. And we join Thembi Mutch, learning about spices in Zanzibar with farmer Foum Ali Garu. No put-some-keywords-here 00:09:21 https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/45 We hear from Zanzibar's east coast and from the coastal wetlands of The Gambia about two projects that are giving low status women a stronger voice in dealing with buyers and politicians. And a professor from the University of Ontario explains why she thinks the current spate of land deals cannot offer a win-win benefit of poverty reduction. Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:48:51 +0100 Content https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/45 jellycast https://wrenmedia.jellycast.com/node/45 No Podcast 00:10:02