In this month’s programme, we hear from IFAD's Associate Vice President Marie Haga about how vital it is under COVID-19 for governments to invest in rural communities in developing countries. Also we talk to coffee giant Lavazza about how coffee growing communities are fighting the pandemic. And news on ways to fight land degradation in Africa from the World Agroforestry Centre.

We have the next episode in our Meet the Experts mini-series and another adventure with IFAD's Recipes for Change Chef Carlo Cracco, this time in Cambodia. Plus an introduction to one of IFAD newest supporters Mariah Gladstone an indigenous chef in the US. She’ll have details of her group IndigiKitchen.

For more information, visit us at http://www.ifad.org/podcasts/episode12

• https://www.ifad.org/podcasts
• https://www.ifad.org/ar/web/latest/recipes-for-change
• https://www.ifad.org/en/climate-and-environment
• https://www.ifad.org/en/youth