Closing The Social Justice Gap

Farms. Food. Future.

This month we focus on the issue of social justice for rural communities. We talk to IFAD’s Associate Vice President Jo Puri about the problem of growing social inequality. Wageningen University's Professor Ken Giller looks at how food systems can be transformed for rural prosperity. And then Food For Soul's Lara Gilmore tells us how she and her Michelin starred chef-husband, Massimo Bottura, are opening up opportunities for social and economic mobility.

Also news from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa. And we speak to farmers from Kenya and Guyana about how they're improving the lives of their communities. Plus we have news from the Champion of the Earth Award wining Sea Women of Melanesia. Then the first of a three part series from the Global Donor Platform. And then we have another new series where we look at news from our projects and how we assess the real impact of where we spend that donor money.

This is Farms. Food. Future. – a podcast that’s Good for You, Good for the Planet and Good for Farmers brought to you by the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

For more information, visit us at https://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode31

Additional links:

• https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment
• https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/-/transforming-food-systems-for-rural-prosperity
• https://www.foodforsoul.it/
• https://afsafrica.org/https://www.coralseafoundation.net