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Journey into Africa from behind the microphone

It's now two months since I set foot in Africa, as part of a trip with Concern Universal to look at how farmers in The Gambia were battling the effects of climate change and struggling against cheap imports. Both factors affecting UK farmers too, but much, much more devastating in a country as poor as the Gambia and with such a fragile agriculture.

BBC Local Radio expressed an interest in hearing about the trip, as my hometown of Marlborough has well-established links with The Gambia through the Marlborough Brandt Group, an effort set up in the early 1980's with the ethos that, as charity begins at home, international development begins at local community level.

Here's a podcast of the interview on BBC Radio Wiltshire.


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