The Farming World Episodes Available now
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Agricultural Scientist Thomas Hargrove Kidnapped in Colombia
CIAT researcher Thomas Hargrove is missing, presumed kidnapped, in Colombia
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Central America's Small-holders
How small-scale farmers struggle to survive in Panama and Costa Rica
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Nitrogen-Fixing Rice Varieties
New nitrogen-fixing rice varieties mean greater yields with less fertilzers
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Turkey's GAP Project
Turkey's 22-dam GAP project will generating electricity and provide irrigation
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Water: Our Most Precious Resource
Water for Life is the theme of UN Food Day this week
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Can Multiple-Crop Canopies Work?
Stopping plants' shade-avoidance response might be the secret of multiple-crop canopies
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Albania's Farming Revolution
From state farms to independent farmers, Albania's agricultural revolution of the 1990s
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Carbon Capture in Colombia
How carbon dioxide is being "captured" by new plantings on Colombian savannah
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Will Fish Farming Succeed in Africa?
Can fish farms make up the shortfall of fish in Africa?
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Africa's Food Crisis
'Political stabilities are not built on empty stomachs,' says Norman Borlaug