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066 – Polly Noyce: Manor House

066 – Polly Noyce: Manor House

FromThe IDEMS Podcast


066 – Polly Noyce: Manor House

FromThe IDEMS Podcast

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

David Stern interviews Polly Noyce about the history and impact of Manor House, a Kenyan institution focused on teaching sustainable agriculture to smallholder farmers. Polly shares her experiences starting the project in the 1980s and the transformations it has undergone over the past 40 years. They discuss the importance of agroecology and how contemporary technologies and approaches have influenced rural farming.
Released:
Jun 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (67)

Stories from a social enterprise that uses mathematical sciences in impact-oriented work around the world. Our experiences range from helping some of the world's poorest farmers get value from data, to enabling academics to use AI responsibly in their teaching. We never know what our next task will be but the last 6 years have shown that it is likely to lead to a story.