Drynet Podcast - Good Food for a Better Normal

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This podcast series shines a light on the complex systems that sustain life on the planet and put food on the tables, challenges some of our preconceptions and gives clear pointers to how we can do better to leave a positive legacy to future generations.

Episodes

  1. 04/18/2021

    L’importance des savoirs et savoir faire paysans

    Mariam Sow fait partie de ces femmes africaines sur qui reposent tant de responsabilités en tant que fille née sur ce continent dans une famille d’agro pasteurs de la vallée du Fleuve Sénégal, mais qui s'est engagée dans le développement.  Après avoir terminé ses études secondaires, elle devient animatrice rurale pour les Maisons Familiales Rurales, dans la région de Thiès au Sénégal. C’est là qu’elle apprend les rudiments de l’approche participative en milieu rural, la structuration des organisations paysannes et qu’elle comprend toute l’importance des savoirs et savoir faire paysans. Tout au long de son parcours professionnel elle ne cessera jamais de tisser le lien entre ce qui est issu des communautés et ce que la modernité peut offrir tout en gardant un regard acéré sur les changements qui peuvent détruire l’organisation sociale et les supports des modes de vie dont les terres et les ressources naturelles. A travers ses engagements, elle nous confie ses doutes et  ses espoirs.

  2. 03/13/2021

    De la bonne nourriture pour une meilleure normalité

    Dans cet épisode, Sylvestre Tiemtoré, sociologue et philosophe coordinateur du Secrétariat Permanent des ONG au Burkina Faso et mobilisé depuis un demi siècle pour la fourniture d’une réponse concertée aux vagues de sécheresses, explique pourquoi les caractéristiques inéquitables et non durables des  systèmes alimentaires sont induites par le choix délibéré d’un modèle  agroalimentaire destructeur des ressources naturelles, qui dégrade les terres, qui réduit la biodiversité et qui épuise les ressources en eau. Il plaide pour une urgente transition agricole et notamment via l’agroécologie.

  3. 12/26/2020

    Thinking Globally - Acting Locally: Why the Rio Conventions matter

    The sixth and final episode of the 2020 Drynet Podcast Series: Good Food for a Better Normal explores the relevance of the Rio Conventions in addressing current crises with Dr Mariam Akhtar-Shuster of the Project Management Agency of the German Aerospace Centre. For many people the Rio Conventions are abstract and distant from our realities and daily lives. Drawing on her many years of experience working with communities in the global drylands, Dr Akhtar-Shuster provides insights into how the Rio Conventions can support appropriate local actions that can enhance the well-being of vulnerable farming communities. Mariam Akhtar-Shuster is a former co-chair of the UNCCD Science Policy Interface, and she brings a depth of insight into how we can all use the platforms created by the Rio Conventions to advance planetary sustainability, retain healthy ecosystems and support the livelihoods of the people of the drylands. The Drynet Podcast Series: Good Food for a Better Normal explores the complex systems that sustain life on the planet and put food on our tables, challenges some of our preconceptions and shares insights about how we can do better to leave a positive legacy to future generations. The podcast series is brought to you by Drynet, a network of civil society organisations engaged with local dryland communities to support their endeavours to use land-based resources in the most sustainable way possible. The network and its members promote the concerns of land-based communities in the context of the UNCCD and the other Rio Conventions. If you would like to download and listen to the podcasts, please download them at https://dry-net.org/the-drynet-podcast-series-good-food-for-a-better-normal/ or wherever you get your podcasts.

  4. 11/15/2020

    Conservation through Agriculture

    Dr Jonathan Davies explains how agro-ecology and regenerative farming mitigate environmental impacts, conserve habitats and prevents species loss.

  5. 09/15/2020

    Enhancing Resilience of the Land: a scientific perspective

    Professor Annette Cowie discusses how, in the context of climate change, we can enhance productivity and resilience of the land so as to support food production whilst minimising emissions of GHGs, including through the use of biochar.

  6. 09/08/2020

    Good Food for a Better Normal: reinventing food systems to serve humanity

    This podcast explores the complex systems that sustain life on the planet and put food on our tables. It presents an analytic perspective from scholar activists Professor Rachel Wynberg from the University of Cape Town.

  7. 08/31/2020

    Food security in the times of COVID: a view from the ground

    Agroecological practitioner and trainer John Nzira reflects on the hardships inflicted on people by the pandemic and the responses of agroecological producers in southern Africa to use local resources to produce food for their communities, enhancing food sovereignty. The podcast explains the secrets of sustainable production and the importance of conserving water and soil.

  8. 08/31/2020

    Food security and COVID: a global perspective

    In this first episode of the Drynet podcast Patrick Caron explores the weaknesses of the global food system and how these have been exacerbated by the COVID crisis. He identifies pathways that should be supported by policy at all levels of governance to achieve a food secure world.

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This podcast series shines a light on the complex systems that sustain life on the planet and put food on the tables, challenges some of our preconceptions and gives clear pointers to how we can do better to leave a positive legacy to future generations.

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