World at Lunch

Sher Ghazi and Roshan Ghazi talk about producing Fairtrade dried fruit and nuts for Tropical Wholefoods in the Hunza Valley in Northern Pakistan. As part of Fairtrade Fortnight 2012. Look at the Fairtrade Devon website for the opportunities to meet them.

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Gown meets Town

Sue Kay shares her experience of environmental monitoring of the world's oceans using satellite technology. Bring your questions about coral reefs, marine reserves, fisheries management and ocean acidification.

World at Lunch

It was the first bacterium ever described, yet we're still not sure about the details of its tranmission. Long feared, apparently disappeared, new cases are still being discovered across the world. Former East Asia/Pacific director of the world's largest dedicated leprosy charity, The Leprosy Mission International, Dr Ditch Townsend will be talking us through the problem.

Global Book Club

Examining nearly every aspect of Vietnamese politics and society, from the economy and family life, to religion and the plight of indigenous minorities, Hayton gives a balanced, intelligent account of a country whose history differs so much from our own.