In our first segment, we hear from our Platform Co-Chair Tristan Armstrong, who is Senior Sector Specialist of Agricultural Development and Food Security, at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia. Tristan shares his first-hand experience on the impacts of climate change in the Pacific Islands and at home in Canberra, and the Platform as a unique space for key donors to advocate for collective action in the food security agenda.
Tristan Armstrong
Senior Sector Specialist of Agricultural Development and Food Security, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Australia. GDPRD Co-Chair.
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"FARMS. FOOD. FUTURE" is the podcast of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is adding its voice to the podcast in a miniseries and bringing a donor perspective to the frontline of food security. IFAD, as the host of the Platform secretariat, had created a special corner of conversation for our members and partners.
Tristan's segment starts at the 55-minute mark.
Tune into the rest of the podcast and hear IFADโs Associate Vice-President Jo Puri discuss the problem of growing social inequality, Wageningen University's Professor Ken Giller on how food systems can be transformed for rural prosperity, Lara Gilmore, founder of Food for Soul, on how her and her husband, Michelin-starred Italian chef Massimo Bottura, are opening up opportunities for social and economic mobility, hear news from the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa and the Sea Women of Melanesia, a team recently named UNEPโs Champions of the Earth, and from farmers from Kenya and Guyana about how they're improving the lives of their communities.