New Ventures Podcast

A child substantially shorter than their age in the first three years often fails to reach their full potential. It is often caused by poor nutrition. Save the Children, an international NGO with roots in the UK, has been implementing a three year project in Bangladesh with support from the European Union and UK AID to reduce stunting. Reducing stunting involves household members changing their behaviour. Unfortunately, climate change is making it harder. Sections Section 1: First 20 minutes about the context and how the project was structured Section 2: Next 40 minutes about the project lessons and results Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org [www.regainparadise.org ] Guest: Sheikh Shahed Rahman Ex Chief of Party, Suchana pogram, Save the Children in Bangladesh https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheikh-shahed-rahman-4a036635/?originalSubdomain=bd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheikh-shahed-rahman-4a036635/?originalSubdomain=bd] Rubaiyath Sarwar Managing Director, Innovision Consulting https://innovision-bd.com/team/md-rubaiyath-sarwar/ [https://innovision-bd.com/team/md-rubaiyath-sarwar/]

Seychelles is the richest country in Africa but as a small island country it is also being impacted severely by climate change. Sadly it is not just climate changed caused by humanity as a whole, it is the damage to the environment that is caused by the individuals living in and visiting the islands. The environment damage is making it hard to grow food and the island is becoming more dependent on imported food.   A GEF funded project is trying to reverse this using an integrated approach called Ridge to Reef. Listen to Johan Mendez, an international water expert who has made Seychelles his home explain the project.             Sections Section 1: First 16 minutes about Johan and the issues in Seychelles. Section 2: Next 31 minutes about the Ridge to Reef project.      Host: Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org [http://www.regainparadise.org] Guest: Johan Mendez, Seychelles based hydrogeologist https://www.facebook.com/BaieLazareWS/oyunchimeg.amartuvshin@gggi.org [https://www.facebook.com/BaieLazareWS/oyunchimeg.amartuvshin@gggi.org] jmendez@live.fr [jmendez@live.fr]

A top down infrastructural project, in the Aral Sea area, goes terribly wrong. Instead of increasing cotton production and prosperity, the project leads to unprecedented droughts and poverty. The Global Green Growth Institute is implementing a project funded by the South Korean government to rehabilitate the region. Oyunchimeg Amartuvshin, Senior Program Development Officer, Central Asia of the Global Green Growth Institute takes us into the details of the project. Sections Section 1: First 15 minutes about Oyuna, GGGI and the Aral Sea problem. Section 2: Next 35 minutes about GGGI’s project Host: Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise. ⁠ www.regainparadise.org⁠ [ www.regainparadise.org] Guest : Oyunchimeg Amartuvshin, Senior Program Development Officer, Central Asia of the Global Green Growth Institute ⁠https://gggi.org/oyunchimeg.amartuvshin@gggi.org⁠ [https://gggi.org/oyunchimeg.amartuvshin@gggi.org]

The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture helps small holder farmers access quality inputs and sell products at fair prices. To do that the foundation has developed the Farmers Hub, a franchisee based business model which helps both agri-entrepreneurs and businesses to invest in products that serve small holder farmers. This approach has helped farmers adopt new technologies for paddy, mangoes and vegetables. The access to better markets and improved technologies is helping improve income. Sections Section 1: First 34 minutes about the approach of the Syngenta Foundation’s Farmers Hub approach. Section 2: Next 15 minutes about how the approach works in various parts in Bangladesh. Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Abdur Rouf Program Development Lead at Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture Guests : https://www.syngentafoundation.org/ abdur.rouf@syngenta.com WA: +880 17 4890 4373

Saran Song is the CEO of Amru Rice, Camobodia’s largest producer and exporter of organic rice from Cambodia. In this podcast he talks about the contract farming business model, the advantages that farmers can derive from growing organic and sustainable rice and peers into the future of rice. Sections Section 1 : First 10 minutes introducing Saran and his company Amru Rice Section 2 : Next 31 minutes about the how and the whys of organic and sustainable rice Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise www.regainparadise.org Guest : Saran Song CEO – Amru Rice https://amrurice.com.kh/ ceo@amrurice.com.kh WA: +855 12303 016