Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast

Here’s a fresh episode of our podcast where Hon Mun Yip, Leader and Private Investor in Alternative Proteins gives us valuable insights on food technology and how it could guide the world towards self-sufficiency in the age of the pandemic, conflicts and climate change. Hon Mun highlights the importance of global and regional cooperation to bring the food agenda forward, and expresses his high hop...

In a fresh episode of the podcast, we speak to Fitrian Ardiansyah, Global Envoy for Nature-based Solutions and Country Director for Indonesia and Malaysia IDH-The Sustainable Trade Initiative, on sustainability in food systems. He highlights gaps in the systems that could be filled through increased partnerships between organizations and entities because this huge undertaking cannot be addressed b...

In this 24th episode, we have John Cheng, Founder and Managing Director, Innovate 360 speaking to us about the importance of alternative food sources in alleviating food insecurity. He highlights some of the important initiatives that Innovate 360 has done in collaboration with both public and private sectors to push new technologies forward and how these partnerships are essential for the food se...

For our 23rd episode, we speak to Rob Hulme, CEO & Group Director, The Boralis Group about food systems and technology transfers that are vital in helping smallholder farmers move towards sustainable farming. During the podcast, Rob also spoke about how along with agri-tech, systems and processes set up to help farmers gain accessibility to these technologies are just as important in the food...

In this episode of Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, Sonny Tababa, Director, Biotechnology Affairs, CropLife Asia, talks to us about food safety and how gene editing technologies and plant science innovations, together with regulatory processes could help propel the food system forward, not just for food security but also for the health of all humankind. Sonny highlights the long...

In the 21st episode of the podcast, we speak to Luke Tay, futurist, strategist, and founder of Cornucopia FutureScapes, and a Singapore Futures Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Executive Education Programme, on the future outlook of technology and food systems. Luke highlights the importance of redefining the way we approach technology in agriculture especially in the current c...

In our 20th episode of the podcast, we celebrate Earth Day 2022 together with Imelda (Dada) Bacudo, Co-Chair with the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, Senior Consultant and Expert on Climate Smart Agriculture, Land Use Policy and Climate Finance, and Convener with the ASEAN Climate Resilience Network. In this podcast, Dada discusses the importance of government and private sector coo...

In the 19th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we spoke to Mei Ing Cheok, Food & Agriculture, Corporate Partnerships (Asia), Save the Children, to discuss the work that Save the Children is doing and how child labour in agriculture is a pertinent issue to be resolved especially in the Southeast Asia region. Mei Ing highlights some sobering statistics on what children are...

In the 18th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we spoke to Timothy Loh, Regional Director (Southeast Asia), U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), to discuss the work that USSEC is doing and how innovation and technology are pertinent to improve the livelihood and productivity of the global food system. He provides a spotlight on the world's agricultural system from a U.S...

For this special episode celebrating International Women's Day, we have Elizabeth Hernandez, Head of External Affairs and Sustainability, Asia Pacific, Corteva Agriscience speak to us about the women in agriculture, highlighting some of the challenges they face as smallholder farmers. Elizabeth also discussed how Corteva Agriscience seeks to close the gender inequality gap with some of their...

For this special episode celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr Rhodora Romero-Aldemita, Executive Director, ISAAA, provides essential advice to young women exploring a career in science along with her views on the adoption of modern agriculture. Dr Rhodora also discussed how the different forms of agricultural technology can help to improve the lives of farmers and the fo...

Released in time for Lunar New Year, learn more about farmers and how they put food on our table with our guest for the 15th episode of Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions podcast, Dr. May Chodchoey, Executive Director, The Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA). In this episode, Dr. May shares her thoughts on the important role of quality seeds for our smallholder farmers, the challenge...

In the 14th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we spoke to Suriyan Vichitlekarn, Executive Director, Mekong Institute, to discuss the work that Mekong Institute is doing in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and how innovation and technology are pertinent to improve the livelihood and productivity of farmers. In this podcast, he highlights many topics that are close to the h...

In the 13th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we spoke to Alex Berkovskiy, regional director, Asia-Pacific, Syngenta on World Food Day to discuss his thoughts on the current food value chain, and also how changing perspectives of farm to fork would help to advance the agenda of food security for all. In this episode, he also discusses his hopes for stronger collaboration am...

For the 12th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we spoke to Professor William Chen, Michael Fam Chair Professor in Food Science and Technology and director of the programme in Nanyang Technological University. In this timely conversation for the International Day of Food Waste and Loss, he shares his perspective on the current food supply chain, and the role of the individua...

In the 11th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast , we have the pleasure of hearing from the Honorable Ted McKinney, former Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs with the USDA. In the conversation, he shares his perspective on the process leading up to the Summit, how to ensure food systems are more resilient and sustainable, and the role of innovation in he...

In our 10th episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, the spotlight is on climate change’s connection to food security. Dr. Paul Teng, will check title to use , discusses the status of regional food security, current trends, the importance of sustainability with food production, and his thoughts on what’s needed to ensure and improve farmer livelihood in Asia.

In another fresh episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, and in celebration of International Youth Day, we speak to Jolene Lum, a young agri-preneur and Group CEO of Urban Tiller. In the podcast, she discusses some of the challenges that small-scale farmers face, and how she positions her business to address that sustainably.

In this episode of Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we had a timely conversation with Dr. Sianghee Tan, Executive Director of CropLife Asia on some of the statistics that were shared by the United Nations in the newly published 2021 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report. Dr. Tan emphasized the need for heightened cooperation between stakeholders, regulators, a...

In this episode of Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we had an insightful conversation with Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Global Coordinator at ISAAA and also Executive Director, MABIC, on the need for science-based decision making when it comes to food security as well as the game-changing role technology can play in the food value chain. Dr. Mahaletchumy also shared her thoughts o...

In this episode of Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we spoke to Dr. Glenn Gregorio, Director, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) where he shares insights on challenges faced by Asia’s smallholder farmers, and his hopes for stronger collaboration between academe, industry and the government to allow a sustainable transformation...

In this episode of Asia's Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast, we welcome Susanna Hasenoehrl, Director Sustainability and Growth & Commercialisation, Digital Farming (Asia), Yara International. She shares her insights on the food value chain and some of the impacts of COVID-19 on smallholder farmers in Asia. This episode also discusses some industry solutions to improve the situation f...

In this episode of Asia’s Farm to Fork: 5 Good Questions Podcast , we welcome Jens Hartmann, Regional Head (APAC), Head of Commercial Operations – Asia Pacific, Bayer Crop Science on International Day for Biological Diversity. Jens shares his insights on the importance of technology and innovation in agriculture, and how they can help make agriculture more sustainable while also driving productivi...

In this episode of the podcast, we spoke to Temina Lalani-Shariff, Director of Brand and Advocacy, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). In the interview, Temina shares her thoughts on food security, the troubling rise of hunger in the world, and the role of rice. She also provides insight into IRRI efforts being led through the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) as well as an update on progr...

This World Day for Safety and Health for Workers, we spoke to Delisa Jiang, Director of Sustainability and Advocacy with CropLife Asia. In the interview, Delisa shares her thoughts on the critical importance of health and safety on the farm, the growing role innovation and new technologies like drones are playing in Asian agriculture, and progress with industry stewardship programs that she’s help...