El Nino, Upland habitats, African farming course, Tansy beetles

An El Nino weather pattern is underway in the tropical Pacific for the first time in five years, and it could have a major impact on the world's food supplies. Anna Hill asks Peter Gibbs from the BBC Weather Centre what it could mean for farming.

Thirteen farmers from countries in Africa are taking part in a 10 week course at Shuttleworth Agricultural college in Bedfordshire, organised by the charity, the Marshall Papworth Fund. The students, who all work for charities based in Africa, are focussing on improving crops, selective livestock breeding, and marketing produce. We hear how they're getting on.

As Farming Today continues its week-long look at hill farming, Anna Hill talks to environmentalist George Monbiot, who believes the uplands should be allowed to revert to nature.

An endangered beetle is being bred and released on the Selby Canal in Yorkshire.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Emma Campbell.