In dialogue with Deanna Kovar

In this episode, we talk with Deanna Kovar, President of the Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division at John Deere. In the discussion, she shares insights on how John Deere is leading the transformation in sustainable technologies, precision agriculture and digital innovation to drive change and promote sustainability in the agricultural machinery industry. 

In this episode, we talk with Jesús Antón, the Head of Unit in the Agriculture and Resource Policies Division at the OECD. Jesús leads initiatives on innovation and conducts agricultural policy  reviews using the OECD's productivity-sustainability-resilience framework. In our discussion, he shares insights from the OECD's latest publication, "Policies for the Future of Farming and Food in the European Union". 

In this episode we talk to Guy Ziv, Professor in Socio-Environmental Systems at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, and coordinator of the European Horizon project BESTMAP about this four-year programme which covers seven countries in the European Union and Serbia. The podcast comes just before Guy presents the latest BESTMAP findings at a ForumforAg and RISE Foundation event in February.

In this episode we talk to Alex Lissitsa, President of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club and CEO of IMC, about his current assessment of agriculture in Ukraine and the challenges being faced by growers in this very difficult time. The podcast was recorded following a roundtable discussion hosted by the Forum in Brussels which discussed a recovery plan for Ukraine.

In this episode we talk to Aidan Connolly, President of AgriTech Capital, about his recent book, The Future of Agriculture, which is a collection of essays reflecting the challenges and trends in a rapidly changing agriculture, from a pragmatic and practical perspective. He highlights the potential to make big leaps by embracing technology and discusses the drivers that will be important going forward.

This week we talk to Mónica Andrés Enríquez, Executive Vice President Europe, Yara, about regenerative agriculture and how to develop and scale it in Europe and globally. This has been a core focus of the Forum over the past twelve months and is a leading commitment within our Call to Action, culminating in the publication of our ‘Perceptions and Insights Report’.

In this special edition of the Food System Podcast, Mark Titterington discusses what the Forum has been doing over the last few months and looks ahead to the autumn and winter programme and discusses the plans for next year's Annual Conference with the Forum for the Future of Agriculture's Deputy and Programme Director, Emmanuelle Mikosz. 

In this edition of the Food Systems Podcast, we travel to the Australian Farm Institute's (AFI) mid-year conference and talk to Richard Heath, Executive Director of the Institute, about where he thinks Australian agriculture is on the journey to sustainability and discuss his key takeaways from the conference, which is focused on sustainability in agriculture including ESG goal setting and targets.

In this special 50th Food Systems podcast, recorded live at the recent Coceral webinar, Mark Titterington talks to Amer Badawi, Head of Charters & Operations, Supply Chain Division at the United Nations World Food Programme about why the grain trade is important in supporting food security. If you are interested in watching the full webinar including many other sessions it is available online at www.coceralevents.com.

Prior to our Regional Forum in Spain this week we publish our latest Food Systems podcast where we talk to Steve Statler, Chief Marketing Officer & ESG Lead at Wiliot - Interviewer, Speaker & Writer at the Mr. Beacon Podcast, who explains why food traceability has become important and shares his opinion on the role of FSMA and the implications for the agri-food industry, including farmers and ranchers.