security question mark nice. to not have to cheat but so much money. and i think people have to be an absolute. money was a macaque shiva and i worked hard to tell you. hello welcome to eco india this week let's look at why the practice of farming to me and off the future needs a serious street pick. coming to you from a. bust let's look at an often neglected street culture the women fall. more than 400000000 women engage in farm work although the

lack of equal rights in land of the ship. this is true for more than 90 countries including india an organization in the region which is north to be the foremost side capital of the country eastern maharashtra is empowering women farmers to be key decision makers and on the land the working let's see why this is a monumental 4th step in transforming agriculture. and the early part of the. market. the 2 are earlier a little nerdy. he. told. the women of bobby village in eastern maharashtra are singing songs of prayer for a good harvest to c.e.o. and reading out the bad luck they've had to face in the last decade. but only more to now be a look at the low that go in the region of. bob. he is one of the hottest places in

india to be a farmer crop failure severe groundwater depletion food insecurity and uncertain cash flow of widespread problems it's drought prone districts are seeing an increasing number of farmers who cite every year. in 2018 the number stood at 947. despair and hope of guaranteed returns had forced farmers like suneet kulkarni to concentrate on cash crops like sugar cane and so have been the money he earned was always ploughed back into the farm for the next season this meant there was very little to feed his family.

his wife was determined to break the cycle. when a man works on the farm it's only things about money what they want and the big decisions that need to be taken this is it but a woman support is very different she thinks about the home and the needs of her family the food and the money that's required to survive when they get her. 3 years ago she insisted that her husband set aside one acre of farmland to grow fruit vegetables and greens to meet the food needs of the family not only that she insisted that the line be legally transferred to her name. for a woman to make such a demand was not only rare but revolutionary. in

india 3 percent of farm land is inherited and owned by male members of the family while women inherit and on less than 2 percent. that many men have always had to work as farm laborers 70 per cent of the men farmers today do 80 per cent of all the work in the north is just as you make us but as helpers so what my knowledge has to my. finding is that i'm of them already middle of the. good overheads the local wing of so i am should shown a women's empowerment organization that has helped many women assert themselves. but i'm the one who had a lot. of. other thoughts of. who . the idea to empower

women came after a startling revelation in 2009 many of them were severely malnourished. i made it. and then be conducted a medical camp to test the level of emotional being in the m.f. and he realized that it was very. good looking. that meant about one out of the men present said that in rural families women traditionally serve the men 1st and then whatever is left and sometimes it's nothing at all but i do. not have that camera. so the one week or more of women lead and climate resilient farming also helps ensure women eat better. so i'm sure trains women farmers to preserve seeds and grow 35 different types of

nutrient rich vegetables grains and tubers on their patch of land using organic farming techniques that minimise water use this reduces their reliance on store bought produce. there are also trained in alternate sources of lightly heard such as gold trading poultry and dairy farming. you're. the one eco model has improved our journalist status not only within her family but also within the community. what impact on my actually need to prove our worked to ourselves if you want our families to believe in our ability now that i am successful my family consults me

about every major decision that needs to be taken. let us. by that they were. that even if they got me. it would be that that bit of money out of all my love. and they think she'd have been any. level would have bought but i feel very proud 25 years ago i started working with these women and saving 10 rupees was difficult odd today women can say 500 to a piece that's a big difference today they can spend most of their income and their children's education but they spend it themselves and they don't have to ask anybody. a little bit maybe. in the drought prone region more than 41000 women farmers now practice the one.

many of them are able to sell their excess produce giving them faneuil savings of nearly $500.00 per household. but the fight for women's rights is far from over. in a deep society only 10 percent of women own one acre farm and do. shalani and out of china are now monday group of women who are pushing the government to cool defy and strengthen their rights but you wonder how the farmers in the few lot bobby village that really affect to our next story will tell you how food production affects you and the environment you are part of. the seeds of our food our stone in the fields of the world all the products we buy and eat are produced by farmers agricultural development is also

the primary fuel for economic growth and is crucial to poverty alleviation and food security. currently our agricultural systems are driven only by the need to feed more people and to remain profitable the 20th century saw farming technologies like the production of genetically modified crops the use of chemical fertilizers and increased mechanisation. this industrial agriculture model doesn't give sufficient consideration to the strain that food production puts on the environment and this impact is huge. the agricultural sector is the 2nd largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the energy sector the industry is also the largest consumer of water. to make crops more resilient and

harvests bigger farmers increasingly use pesticides and fertilizers rich and nitrogen potassium and phosphates. another feature of this model is the practice of monoculture meaning farmers focus on one or 2 types of crops over an entire farm or area. this is thought to be a highly productive method of farming which is simpler to manage and boasts greater yields but the downside to this is the degradation of soil and water sources and that has struck. of natural eco systems. extended periods of droughts and floods a weather cycle exacerbated by climate change also brings crop failure groundwater depletion and food insecurity. now germany has had a long tradition of organic farming but for young farmers the hotels are high land is expensive and their harvest but yet they're choosing to go back to the eco

friendly produce by rethinking the basics of farming practice with nature conservation at the forefront take a look. at. the birds have returned to the island of peter vander the conservation area used to be so overgrown that a number of bird species didn't nest here. to be a sky is out with an ornithologist he visits the island every day to check on the bird population and the 60 cows that graze here. i'm going to give them is perfect basically this is a perfect cooperation between nature conservation and farming and we're farming cattle here on the island but we're also conserving nature because the cattle graze on the meadows that allows birds to breed here and provides a comfortable habitat for many species. thanks to the grazing cattle the island is

now a breeding ground for 10000 black headed girls and many other bird species. telepaths are useful because cows only graze around there so the grass grows better so it grows on the former cow and serves as a breeding ground for the red cherries would i would add or change. the cattle belong to a collective of 3 farms in northeastern germany the billboard uncooperative buys farmland across germany members of the co-operative pay $1000.00 euros for a share. there's the. members contributions mean we as the below board and cooperative can financially secure a farm like this one. in other words we can take it off the market and give it to farmers who want to farm it sustainably long term good of the charts. in order to

protect the soil and the groundwater the farmers don't use pesticides and artificial fertilisers and they grow green manure catch crops to prevent ground erosion after the autumn harvest but also makes the ground more fertile. while conventional farming often uses hybrid seeds that need to be bought every year farmer stephan deca grows crops that produce their own seeds they have or not to leave because of course we want healthy and robust across if there are also suited to local conditions i can flourish it's getting drier and warmer we don't want to be reliant on big corporations we want to maintain our independence when i think. the organic farmers work with local customers the potatoes grown here are sold in the farms own shop and to nearby food startups. they go right into the pot at lunch vegas just down the road it was the 1st startup

to move here it prepares vegan meals for kindergarten schools and supermarkets the partnership with the organic farms is a win win situation for both. because if you look at me we can buy a lot of vegetables including potatoes zucchini and pumpkins for us business and profit isn't everything figure sustainability is important to us 2 guys are short value chains buying locally sourced produce and building something up in the region here. go to start ups also give the organic farmers ideas for new crops to grow this is blue corn a traditional mexican crop tanya miller produces organic corn tortillas. we have a lot of demand for blue tortillas and of course we don't want to buy the flour or have the corn shipped across the world ideally we want to grow it here instead of

eyes of them it's about we're currently growing it on 2 hectares of land we had a small test phase and that worked well. even though it's been a dry year we're hoping we can start harvesting some of it soon. in germany melons are often imported from other continents but the organic farmers are growing them on a test field if they survive over the next few years without requiring additional irrigation they'll be grown on a larger scale. by. i insisted we were adjusting to the prospect of a drier climates and hot summers. there are plenty of crops that currently only grow in southern climates that can now grow here. such experiments can mean a financial risk but these farmers may 1 day be able to offer soybeans and melons

grown on fields in northeastern germany. the onus of sustainable agriculture is as much on us as consumers as the farmers our decisions depend on the money we can spend enough food and also our preferences exotic our local produce organic on organic as consumers our decisions can make a big difference. every time we visit the supermarket we make decisions that affect the environment often unthinkingly household budget habits and mood all influence what we buy meat and sausage is bad for the global climate. but what many don't know is that butter is even worse it's production on an industrial scale requires massive amounts of milk and therefore vast numbers of cals and cattle a mix of huge amounts of greenhouse gases. shampoos hand creams even bakery

products that is palm oil and hoff of all supermarket products. rain forests around the globe are destroyed to make way for the palm oil plantations. now experts are calling for products ecological footprint to be clearly stated on the packaging. is difficult today although it's changing the technologies are coming out that allow us to understand the full trace to value chain of what we buy and i think that will become increasing the case i mean for now it's very clear that having more vegetables and fruits in your diet is probably a step in the right direction but i want to make it very clear that all food can be grown sustainably so we need to go down that road. pesticides and chemical fertilizers pollute soil and ground water. however

only 1.4 percent of all arab lenders organically cultivated but demand is rising world wide in india alone there are over $800000.00. but organic cost small. the expression we often use is you can pay me now or you can pay me later so if you're in the grocery store and you're choosing something and you're thinking well that organic product. whatever is more expensive it might be today but ultimately the path that we're headed on is going to lead to much higher prices we need to do something today. for example by buying organic fruit and vegetables that's also been grown locally. to decide what goes on the family dinner table gives everyone a chance to be part of the change for the better. in addition to what the think of the changing climate follows may have to come face to face with a new kind of change in how agriculture is practiced robots are being developed the

performed just about every activity in the farming process how could this in fact be a processes and what can farmers do to stay ahead. one screwing here we it's all carrots. here in this field a prototype is being tested the hope is that this technology will be able to combat weans and improve harvests. i meet a robot that works for organic farmer trying to carstens. recovered a 5th of life become a visionary in this operation because i'm trying to foresee the problems we'll have in a decade and i'm doing my best to solve them for. the farmers already having problems finding enough employees to work his fields bonnie rob could solve this labor shortage by recognizing weeds and destroying them without relying on chemicals but

the robot is still at the learning stage or the farmer has brought in i.t. experts to help bonnie robb has to be able to identify which plants are wanted and which ones aren't for service. you can imagine drawing a picture with a green marker and a red marker and then we tell him that's a carrot and those are weeds and later we have pictures without anything and we tell the robot to find out where would you use the color red or green and this is what you see in the end it examines all the images and says you're away it was. artificial intelligence for farming the vegetable crop is being separated from the weeds by hand at least it's environmentally friendly the vehicle is powered by solar panels. there's a big demand for big visions of farming can benefit greatly from digitalisation.

is our dream is to come here with a small trailer open the door and then 100 drones fly out and around the field and doing everything automatically to market. so well will drones take on the difficult tasks how will farm jobs change and how many will remain what will digitalisation mean for food production and livestock farming. and. things depends on the new technological possibilities and how we exploit them. more and more land is heated to cool food pretty space is limited and the extensive land use has left a bizarre in many parts of the world these challenges have given rise to a unique invention of soil is agriculture in urban spaces a hyperloop a farm in mumbai is trying to create a sustainable model of farming but the city's residents have access to freshly harvested cookies. located in the heart of the bustling and he said this ramshackle old industrial building gives little to

the unsuspecting passers by. but walk in and you'll discover the city's 1st ever climate controlled hyper local farm. this space is a farm for a range of fresh leafy vegetables growing smack in the middle of mumbai. farms started in 2017 as an experiment on a terrace it was the brainchild of such. and joshua lewis born out of the duo's singleminded commitment to making people more mindful of what was on their feet we felt like we missed a sense of purpose we you know we were not adding enough to the community around us in mumbai we decided we had to make a trip to a place that very much unlike mumbai and i was over there we decided we'd start working at

a farm because that would help us understand food which was the one thing that we put into our body for every day and it was something that we needed to reconnect with and rebuild a relationship with. hydroponic farming uses and other materials are substrates for the plants. the soil is replaced by water a method to hark back to the aspects of central america. farms harvest more than 2000 plants every month. you know as well hydroponics is beneficial in the same amount of space you can grow almost 10 times the amount because you can grow validity and because of the closed loop water systems that are used to get you can use up to 90 percent less water and

there's the added advantage that you don't have to use pesticides when you're growing indoors also if you can grow these closer to people's homes you have less carbon miles you can deliver fresh food. in a radical departure from the traditional markets work here the aim is to offer customers a completely transparent supply chain from production to delivery so they can trust the hygiene and nutritional value of what goes on their plate when you want to draw food you have to make sure that. because you've got to make sure that the need to know where your food is coming from and. in local markets in mumbai this is not possible. for all the many advantages of hydroponic farming the

energy cost for lighting pumps and temperature regulations. and that affects the price but toby was $150.00 strong. hydroponic farming has the potential to be a model for the future especially when it comes to feeding the world's. population . when you're you know whether you feel it is only when you start feeling well are you able to impact people around you and i have more meaningful relationships with them this is what life is about for us and we feel that the world needs a lot more going to go to rivers. the choices farmers make largely depend on what each of society demands from them it's up to us to choose sustainability over market forces. i hope to be as episode

we give you the power of the will to do that we've seen next week with yet another provoking episode until then the by.

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