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Better Food. Better World.

By: United Nations World Food Programme
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  • How do we ‘do food better?’ Better Food. Better World. poses this very question to listeners working in food policy and concerned global citizens alike. Over the course of 6 episodes, author Elizabeth Nyamayaro paints an audio picture of food systems around the world and the people involved from production to consumption, from farm to plate. In a world where 811 million people go to bed hungry every single night, while enough food to feed 2 billion people is wasted every single year, this podcast challenges all of us to think differently about food. Better Food. Better World. is a United Nations World Food Programme initiative. WFP works across 88 countries to bring life-saving food to a hundred million people displaced by conflict, disasters, and climate change. In 2020, the WFP was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas, and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war.
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Episodes
  • Food Systems - Solutions to Ending Global Hunger

    Food Systems - Solutions to Ending Global Hunger
    Dec 23 2021
    “Every act of eating involves some element of choice.” Every day people around the world go to the store to purchase food and then sit down to a meal with their families. The meal may include bread made with wheat from Peru, salad with lettuce from California, and beef from Australia. All of these products end up on our plates through a vast interconnected global supply chain. While the supply chain creates a large number of food choices in wealthier countries, it does not always produce more nutritious food or get food to those in dire need. In Episode 6 of Better Food. Better World., Elizabeth Nyamayaro is joined by WFP Director of Supply Chain Operations Division, Alex Marinelli, food journalist Mark Bittman, Purnima Menon of IFPRI-New Delhi, and Yemeni Food Science & Nutrition Advocate, Esra Shaiban. They explore the supply chain’s connection to our food systems, look at who is affected by poor nutrition, and share what we can do to improve the quality of the food we consume. Elizabeth and her guests understand the heavy burden our world is facing and believe that we can choose to do food better. Key Moments: 1:25 - In the introduction, Elizabeth asks everyday people from privileged parts of the world about their relationship to food.2:27 - Alex Marinelli explains how the supply chain links to our food systems.8:00 - Elizabeth continues to talk with people on the street about what food is for.8:32 - Mark Bittman discusses how despite appearing broken, our food systems benefit corporate interests. 12:14 - Elizabeth shares more from her interviews with people on the street reminiscing about food during their childhood.13:34 - Purnima Menon centers food systems on people, especially the people most affected by poor diets — women and children.22:25 - More voices from the street describing how they decide to eat.23:20 - Esra Shaiban shares how we can improve the quality of food and add nutrition.29:37 - Esra Shaiban, Alex Marinelli, and Elizabeth share their wishes for a world with better food. Selected Links: https://www.wfp.org/ Join the Conversation on Social Media: #BetterFoodBetterWorld Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-food-programme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Worldfoodprogramme/ Connect with Elizabeth and Our Guests: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Humanitarian and author of ‘I am a Girl From Africa’, Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the Special Advisor for the UN World Food Programme. Over the past two decades, she has worked at the forefront of global development and has held leadership roles at the World Bank, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, UN Women, and Merck. Her track record building and leading public-private partnerships is a key asset to WFP as it advocates for global solidarity to end world hunger. Twitter: https://twitter.com/enyamayaro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enyamayaro/ Alex Marianelli  - WFP Director of Supply Chain Operations Division With an expansive range of work experiences in humanitarian settings, spanning deep field operations to regional bureaux and headquarters, Alex Marianelli is responsible for the supply chain operations of the world’s largest humanitarian agency. He has led numerous emergency responses across natural disasters, conflicts and health emergencies. Mr. Marinelli has also used his expertise to work with national disaster management agencies and governments around the world. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alex-marianelli Mark Bittman - The Bittman Project Mark Bittman is an award winning journalist, best selling author and the star of four television series. A Special Advisor on Food Policy at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, Bittman is the recipient of six James Beard Awards and an IACP Award. The former lead food writer at the New York Times, is also the founder of the Bittman Project. A group founded on the shared belief, “that food should be fair to people and animals, affordable for everyone, nutritious, and produced in a way that respects nature and the environment.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markbittman/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bittman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markbittman/ Purnima Menon - IFPRI-New Delhi Based in New Delhi, India, Purnima Menon is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. She is also the theme leader for South Asia Nutrition Programs in IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division. In her work in India, Dr. Menon directs POSHAN (Partnerships and Opportunities to Strengthen and Harmonize Actions for Nutrition in India), an initiative to support more use of evidence for nutrition in India. In addition to her research, Dr. Menon co-convenes a global nutrition policy course with the Institute for Development Studies in the United Kingdom, teaching adaptations of the course in India as well. Dr. Menon has a PhD in International ...
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    32 mins
  • Food and War - a Recipe for Disaster

    Food and War - a Recipe for Disaster
    Dec 9 2021
    “Conflict and hunger, peace and food security. These are really inextricably linked.” As Afghans prepare for winter, they are on the brink of another crisis — hunger. War and conflict have shut down the economy, displaced hundreds of thousands, and caused food prices to rise. 22.8 million are facing acute food insecurity. People who have survived years of war are now at risk of dying without a single shot being fired. People around the world face severe challenges to access food because of war. In Episode 5 of Better Food. Better World., Elizabeth Nyamayaro and her guests explain why conflict and war are some of the leading causes of hunger. First-hand accounts from the assistant executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Valerie Guarnieri, and Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the World Food Programme country director of Afghanistan, lay out the stark choices of many people, especially women face day in and day out when living in a conflict zone. Yet, there is light to be found even in the darkest times. Opera singer and UN WFP Advocate, Zeina Barhoum shares her message of love and the moments she has experienced that gives us hope. Key Moments: 1:50 - Mary-Ellen McGroarty opens the episode with an urgent call to action.3:09 - Elizabeth Nyamayaro introduces this week’s episode.4:00 - Valerie Guarnieri shares her first-hand experience with communities facing conflict and hunger.8:47 - Mary-Ellen McGroarty describes her meetings with Afghans during visits to field offices in Fayzabad and Kunduz.13:48 - Listen to a snippet of “Wings of Love” from Jordan artist Zeina Barhoum.19:35 - Zeina Barhoum shares what she learned from visiting Syrian refugees in Jordan.22:49 - Elizabeth asks Zeina Barhoum and Mary-Ellen McGroarty to share their wish for better food and a better world. Selected Links: https://www.wfp.org/ Join the Conversation on Social Media: #BetterFoodBetterWorld Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-food-programme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Worldfoodprogramme/ Connect with Elizabeth and Our Guests: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Humanitarian and author of ‘I am a Girl From Africa’, Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the Special Advisor for the UN World Food Programme. Over the past two decades, she has worked at the forefront of global development and has held leadership roles at the World Bank, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, UN Women, and Merck. Her track record building and leading public-private partnerships is a key asset to WFP as it advocates for global solidarity to end world hunger. Twitter: https://twitter.com/enyamayaro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enyamayaro/ Valerie Guarnieri - WFP Assistant Executive Director Since January 2018, Valerie Newsom Guarnieri has been WFP Assistant Executive Director. In this role, she leads cutting-edge program and policy development to end hunger. This includes spearheading WFP efforts to ensure protection and inclusion, expand school meals and nutrition programmes while empowering women, build resilient food systems, support cash transfers and ensure social protection. Before WFP, Valerie worked in the U.S. Government, at the National Security Council and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as part of dedicated, interdisciplinary teams trained to save lives and help create conditions for sustainable peace, with a particular focus in Africa. Mary-Ellen McGroarty - WFP Country Director of Afghanistan Ireland-born Mary-Ellen McGroarty is the Country Director of Afghanistan at the World Food Programme. A lawyer by trade, Mel began working with the UN World Food Programme in 1997. Mary-Ellen’s roles with the World Food Programme have taken her to numerous countries including Chad, South Sudan, Burundi and now Afghanistan. For her work in Afghanistan, Mary-Ellen has been interviewed and featured in the Irish Times, NY Times, on PBS, NPR and with other numerous media outlets across the world. Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcgroartyme LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ellen-mcgroarty-57681437/ Zeina Barhoum, Opera Singer Zeina Barhoum is an award-winning Opera singer and UN WFP Advocate. In 2017, she founded the Amman Opera Festival, the first Opera festival in the Arab World, under the Patronage of HRH Princess Muna Al Hussein. Her album Alcantara, released in 2017, was produced with the goal of bridging cultures through music. On the 25th of October 2020, in collaboration with Opera for Peace and UNESCO Zeina represented Jordan at World Opera Day. Zeina has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages in Italy, Austria, the UK, France, Ukraine, China, Jordan, UAE and Lebanon. In 2022, Zeina’s first pop album, "Wings of Love" is scheduled to be released. Web: https://zeinabarhoum.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeinabarhoum/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeinabarhoum
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    26 mins
  • Youth and Climate Change – Their Take

    Youth and Climate Change – Their Take
    Nov 18 2021
    “While feeding ourselves, we should feed nature because it's by feeding nature that we will feed ourselves again.” There was a frenzied tension and intensity at COP26. In the final days of the conference, delegations from around the world were deep in negotiations to address our world’s most dire crisis – climate change. Young people were leading the way. The biggest youth delegation ever called on world leaders to make the drastic changes needed to ensure our planet has a future. But will they listen? Episode 4 of Better Food. Better World. takes us to the climate conference where Elizabeth Nyamayaro meets with the young people fighting for change. She speaks with Gernot Laganda, the Chief of the Climate Disaster Risk Reduction at the World Food Programme, to discuss the relationship between climate change and hunger before taking the time to talk with two youth leaders, Andrew Tangang of Restless Developments and Marie-Claire Graf of YOUNGO. They are the young leaders of today fighting for our tomorrow. Key Moments 4:30 - Elizabeth describes how young people are more engaged than ever before on Climate Change. 5:14 - ​​Gernot Laganda, the Chief of the Climate Disaster Risk Reduction at WFP discusses the huge task the WFP has before them and how progress on hunger has been rolled back by a decade due to climate change. 10:03 - Youth leader Tangang Andrew tells Elizabeth fighting climate change should be a lifestyle.17:15 - Marie-Claire Graf discusses the progress being made and work that still needs to happen. 23:00 - Gernot Laganda returns to highlight how it’s all about the system. 25:00 - Andrew Tangang and Marie-Claire discuss Greta Thunberg’s ‘Blah, Blah, Blah’ speech.27:28 - Elizabeth and her youth guests share their wishes for a better food and a better world. Selected Links: https://www.wfp.org/ Join the Conversation on Social Media: #BetterFoodBetterWorld Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-food-programme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Worldfoodprogramme/ Connect with Elizabeth and Our Guests: Elizabeth Nyamayaro Humanitarian and author of ‘I am a Girl From Africa’, Elizabeth Nyamayaro is the Special Advisor for the UN World Food Programme. Over the past two decades, she has worked at the forefront of global development and has held leadership roles at the World Bank, World Health Organization, UNAIDS, UN Women, and Merck. Her track record building and leading public-private partnerships is a key asset to WFP as it advocates for global solidarity to end world hunger. Twitter: https://twitter.com/enyamayaro Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enyamayaro/ Gernot Laganda - Chief of the Climate Disaster Risk Reduction at WFP A geoscientist by training, Gernot Laganda has spent the past 20 years working at the nexus between disasters and development. In his role as the Chief of Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programs for United Nations’ World Food Programme, Gernot supports WFP country offices and the governments they serve developing food security strategies that benefit from innovation and strategic actions, while working with vulnerable communities. A 2016 Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow at Yale University, Laganda has worked with the UN and NGOs in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, South Africa and the Asia/Pacific Region. Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFP Andrew Tangang - Youth Power Climate Rep Andrew Tangang is a member of the Restless Development’s Youth Power Panel - a group of activists holding leaders to account for their global goal commitments. He is a community activist in Cameroon and has worked with ICAD Enterprise (a social enterprise working on climate change) in implementing their ‘Green City’ project in the University town of Dschang, and to set-up a waste recycling centre. Ahead of COP26 Andrew worked with the Local Youth Corner team to mobilise over 1000 young people across Cameroon to engage in initiatives aimed at combating climate change. Twitter: https://twitter.com/tangangandrew Restless Development Twitter: https://twitter.com/RestlessDev Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/restlessdev/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restlessdevelopment/ Marie-Claire Graf - Global Focal Point of YOUNGO Marie-Claire Graf is the Global Focal Point of YOUNGO, the youth constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Graf is also the Co-founder and Advisor of Sustainability Week For Business. As the leader of several organizations, Marie-Claire Graf is a youth advocate who champions numerous causes including climate action, youth and women empowerment, and food system transformations. Twitter: https://twitter.com/marieclairegraf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marie.claire.graf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-claire-graf YOUNGO Twitter: https://twitter.com/iycm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...
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