Series
Jimmy's Global Harvest
Documentary
Jimmy Doherty sets out to discover if the world's farmers will be able to feed us in the future
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Brazil7 Jan 2010 · 60mJimmy starts his journey in the giant of South America - Brazil. He discovers how to turn poisoned land into a powerhouse of world food production, joins sugar cane cutters to see how Brazil has replaced half of all its petrol use with biofuel, and finds a way to save Caiman alligators from poachers. In the Amazon, Jimmy meets an unlikely cattle rancher who claims he can save the rainforest.
- 2Australia14 Jan 2010 · 60mJimmy travels to Australia, where he visits the wheat belt of Western Australia to see if farmers can overcome the global problem of soil salinity.
- 3USA21 Jan 2009 · 60mJimmy visits the USA, the greatest food-producing country on earth. The farmers have put their faith in new technology to increase food output, but is it enough? In search of answers he visits the tomato fields and bioscience labs of California, a high-output pig farm in Iowa, and gets a taste of the Wild West while herding buffalo in South Dakota. Yet it's a farm in North Carolina that offers the most surprising approach of all.
- 4Kenya28 Jan 2010 · 60mJimmy visits Kenya, a country that struggles to feed its own population. Jimmy meets farmers near Lake Victoria who use ingenious new ways to combat pests, and scientists who produce bananas in the lab. As he travels across the country, Jimmy picks roses, milks camels and discovers Masai sheep could save farmers around the world billions of pounds.
Details
- First aired
- 7 Jan 2010
- Last aired
- 28 Jan 2010
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 4
Cast
Jimmy DohertyHimself - Presenter
