CSE: 90lakh farmers get cropes insurance out of 3 crore. A farmer in Mathura received a waiver of 1 Paisa on Interest in the loan by the government of India. Time 06:40 to 09:15.

Government's crop insurance scheme is under the scanner after Centre for Science & Environment analysis claimed that insurance companies made profits worth 10,000 crore whereas 70% farmers are still waiting for their claims. On Reality Check we debate whether Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna is insurer's gain and farmers loss.

http://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/reality-check/centre-s-crop-insurance-scheme-insurers-gain-farmers-loss-463769

This 2-minute video on the theme of this year’s World Food Day illustrates how vitally important family farmers are, in terms of food production and the safeguarding of our natural resources

Social media agency, Resonance is based in Shanghai’s trendy French concession area. The metropolis is also a draw for a new generation of young Chinese who are leaving rural areas in droves to live in the cities. So if the young are leaving the land who’s now going to grow the country’s food? And can Resonance apply their branding skills to convince young Chinese that farming could be a viable career choice.

Note: A series of 6 x 25-min films exploring key questions around global food security

Nigerian Minister for Agriculture, Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina believes it is his job to ensure Nigerians eat food grown in Nigeria – and he’s determined to overcome the obstacles to Nigerian self-sufficiency in food production. He has also provoked a debate - on a globalized planet should countries like Nigeria really try to grow all their own food?

Note: A series of 6 x 25-min films exploring key questions around global food security

In Big or Small?, Future Food travels to the American mid-west to meet Vietnam veteren and farmer, Ron Meyer. When he isn’t farming his 400 acres and 40 cattle, he is battling big agribusiness, which is squeezing small farmers out of the Nebraska Plains. Ron fears that if the small farms disappear, so will the diversity of food and consumer choice along with it. So is industrial farming, with its economies of scale, the only way to feed the world, or can the small-scale farmer offer a feasible alternative?

In Food or Fuel, the second episode of the Future Food series, Kenyan Farmer and campaigner, Moses Shaha is cynical about ‘biofuels’, energy extracted from crop plants. He journeys through southern Kenya where farmers are starting to grow jatropha, to understand if this biofuel crop is a threat to farmland and food security as he fears, or whether growing energy crops can inspire innovation and help the environment long-term.

Note: A series of 6 x 25-min films exploring key questions around global food security