Our catchword of the month is innovation. First up, our Associate Vice President Donal Brown shares details on some of IFAD’s most innovative projects. Next, Claire Melamed, CEO at Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, gives us an update on what happened at the February gathering of donors and data organizations. We’re then joined by industry game-changers Mai Ann Healy of BioFiltro, a company set on revolutionizing wastewater treatment, and Avenews CEO Shalom Ben-Or, whose super-app is transforming agriculture.

Chef Pierre Thiam joins us from Senegal to tell us all about the West African superfood fonio and Colombian culinary master, Chef Juan Quintero, reveals how to cut down on food waste and source ingredients from environmentally friendly producers. Finally, we bring you the latest from Bangladesh and we talk about Green Ants and crypto.