'In The Field' is a collaboration between the BBC World Service and NRI, supported by the Rural Livelihoods Department of DFID. The programmes are being broadcast between 3 January and 21 March 2001.
The aim of 'In The Field' is to bring to life and showcase innovative approaches to improving poor people's livelihoods. It draws on projects that have successfully tackled problems that are both locally and globally relevant. Almost all of these projects were funded by DFID, mainly through its Renewable Natural Resources Research Programme. In all but one of the projects, NRI was a research partner. NRI collaboration on the series, and in preparing the notes for the accompanying website, was made possible through funding from DFID's Rural Livelihoods Department.