Agriculture
Seeds of Survival: Drought-Resistant Farming
A podcast on climate-smart agriculture
Aisha Diallo 15 min 4.5Mar 1, 2026
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As rainfall grows less predictable across the Sahel and southern Africa, plant breeders are racing to develop drought-tolerant staple crops. This episode follows the seed from research station to farmer's field.
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Host: Rain used to arrive like clockwork. Now farmers plant and hope.
Breeder: We're crossing varieties that can finish their cycle on half the rainfall.
Host: And the farmers themselves are part of the testing.
Breeder: Nobody knows a field better than the person who's worked it for thirty years.
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Aisha Diallo
Senegal
Journalist specialising in agriculture and rural development.
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🌍 English🇰🇪 Swahili
