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The farming minister George Eustice defends the 拢10 million Farming Flood Recovery Fund against claims that it unfairly excludes those who have already started repair work, like farmers in the north and east of England, recovering from the December storms. He tells Anna Hill the fund is not for compensating farmers, but for getting agricultural land back into production. But Andrew Wilson, NFU county chairman for Lincolnshire, is not convinced. He believes all farmers affected by the floods should benefit from the Government's money, not just those hit by the most recent flooding in the south of England.

It's Apprenticeship Week and a year since a project was launched in the East of England to encourage more food and farming apprenticeships. Anna meets Charlotte Gurney who runs a pick-your-own farm just outside Norwich, and her apprentice Tom Thomas.

As part of this week's 'Women in Farming' theme, Anna discusses the vital role women play in global food production. In developing countries women make up nearly half the agricultural workforce and two thirds of the world's 600 million livestock keepers, according to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation. Yet in some parts of the world they're not allowed to own land, or access the same farm technology as men. Anna speaks to Hannah Stoddart, Oxfam's head of economic justice, about gender inequality in world farming.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced in Bristol by Anna Jones.