07/09/2012
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Charlotte Smith hears concerns that the poor monsoon in India threatens their rice exports.
Harvests around the world are being affected by the erratic weather. In this edition of Farming Today, Anna Hill is in the fields of drought hit Missouri and Charlotte Smith hears concerns that this year's poor monsoon in India threatens their rice exports. The recent deluge here in the UK, however, means that mushrooms are thriving. Sarah Falkingham goes out foraging for fungi in Yorkshire.
Also in the programme, according to predictions for the year 2030 from a new report from the the charity Oxfam, extreme weather events could push some food prices up by an additional 140 percent.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced in Birmingham by Rich Ward.
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