The Food Chain Disaster Food: Feeding a Country in Crisis
How does a country feed itself following an earthquake, flood or drought? The Food Chain looks at the role of food in disaster relief - from the emergency response to the longer-term efforts to restore devastated farmland. We speak to Nepal's farmers to hear how they coped in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake. An aid worker scrambled to Kathmandu tells us how the World Food Programme hired 25,000 mountaineers to deliver food to remote communities cut off by the disaster. We go behind the scenes at a leading supplier of emergency food, Nutriset, which makes peanut paste and milk products for malnourished children and adults around the world. Plus, how agriculture bears the brunt of the economic damage caused by natural disasters, but receives a tiny proportion of aid funding - the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations tells us the balance must be redressed. And when food aid can do more harm than good - we hear how farmers in Haiti are angry about US plans to send 500 tonnes of surplus peanuts to help the country recover from a three-year drought, and how prime agricultural land was lost in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Primary Title
- The Food Chain
Episode Title
- Disaster Food: Feeding a Country in Crisis
Date Broadcast
- Monday 8 October 2018
Original Broadcast Date
- Saturday 7 May 2016
Duration
- 27:00
Series
- 2016
Channel
- BBC World Service
Broadcaster
- British Broadcasting Corporation
Programme Description
- The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Episode Description
- How does a country feed itself following an earthquake, flood or drought? The Food Chain looks at the role of food in disaster relief - from the emergency response to the longer-term efforts to restore devastated farmland. We speak to Nepal's farmers to hear how they coped in the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake. An aid worker scrambled to Kathmandu tells us how the World Food Programme hired 25,000 mountaineers to deliver food to remote communities cut off by the disaster. We go behind the scenes at a leading supplier of emergency food, Nutriset, which makes peanut paste and milk products for malnourished children and adults around the world. Plus, how agriculture bears the brunt of the economic damage caused by natural disasters, but receives a tiny proportion of aid funding - the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations tells us the balance must be redressed. And when food aid can do more harm than good - we hear how farmers in Haiti are angry about US plans to send 500 tonnes of surplus peanuts to help the country recover from a three-year drought, and how prime agricultural land was lost in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Radio
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Food relief--International cooperation
- Disaster relief
- Documentary radio programs--Great Britain
Genres
- Agriculture
- Current affairs
- Documentary
Hosts
- Mike Johnson (Reporter)
Contributors
- BBC (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Food relief--International cooperation
- Disaster relief
- Documentary radio programs--Great Britain