hello welcome to eco india this week let's look at why the practice of farming to be off the future needs a serious street think i'm funny coming to you from a. quest let's look at an often neglected good in agriculture the women far. more than 400000000 women engage in farm book equal rights in latin the ship. this is true for more than 90 countries including india an organization in the region which is north to be the foremost source 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 4 step in transforming agriculture in india.

the women of bobby village in eastern maharashtra are singing songs of prayer for a good harvest to c.e.o. and weeding out the bad luck they've had to face in the last decade. to look at the lot that go in the region of. bobby is one of the harshest 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 farmer suicides every year. in 2018 the number stood at 947.

despair and hope of guaranteed returns had forced need call carney to concentrate on cash crops like sugar cane and so he had been the money he earned was always blood 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 he only thinks 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 well when they hit us.

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 land be legally transferred to her name. for a woman to make such a demand was not only rare but revolutionary. in india 83 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 percent of the men farmers today do all the work in the farm not as decision makers but as helpers so what knowledge has to lie in one incredible. running

on of them will get him a little. good over he heads to a local wing of so i am sure shown a priori a women's empowerment organization that has helped many women assert themselves. and i had a lot. of. other thoughts of. the idea to empower women came after a startling revelation in 2009 many of them were severely malnourished. i mean. it's a camp look at me and then be conducted a medical camp to test the level of emotional being in the van as he realized that it was very. good looking. that meant about one out of the men present said the intruder 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 glamour that might have i'm not. so the one acre model of women led 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 also trained in alternate sources of lightly heard such as gold trading poultry and dairy farming.

the one acre model has improved our journalist status not only within her family but also within the community. actually we need to prove our worked to ourselves if you want our families to believe in our abilities well now that i am successful my family consults me about every major decision that needs to be taken. with us. that even if they got me. that that bit of money. on my lunch. they'd say she ended up on any. level with. 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 peace that's a big difference today they can spend most of their income on their children's education but they spend it themselves and they don't have to ask anybody. in the drug prone. more than 41000 women farmers now practice the one. many of them are able to sell their excess produce giving them new a savings of nearly $500.00 per household. but the fight for women's rights is far from over. in a deeply society only 10 percent of women own avantika farm and

do. shalani and out china are now long the 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 really affect your next story will tell you how food production affects you and the environment you are part of. the seeds of our food or sown 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 in 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. struction 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 a hike 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 vandar 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. in going to them is perfect basically this is a perfect cooperation between nature conservation and farming were 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 of the faults and by being cool. telepaths are useful because cows only graze around there so the grass grows better so it grows on the former colony and serves as a breeding ground for the red shank we did i wanted to watch. 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. they're seen by. members contributions mean we as the below board and cooperative can financially secure a farm like this one of each also 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 in the ground water the farmers don't use pesticides and artificial fertilisers and they grow green manure catch crops to prevent ground erosion after the autumn harvest that also makes the ground more fertile. well conventional farming often uses hybrid seeds that need to be bought every year farmer stefan deca grows crops that produce their own seeds they've all got to live

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 too as 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. produces organic corn tortillas. we don't. 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. it's about we're currently growing it on 2 hectares of land we had a small test phase and there were 12. even though it's been a dry here 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 insist we are adjusting to the prospect of a drier climate 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 the decisions depend on the money we can spend enough for and also our preferences exotic. as consumers 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 kells and cattle a mix of huge amounts of greenhouse gases. shampoos hand creams even bakery products 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 increasingly 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 groundwater. however only 1.4 percent of all arab lend is organically cultivated but demand is rising worldwide in india alone there are over $800000.00 farmers 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 products. whatever is more expensive it might be

today but alternately 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. decided 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 acting to 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. once during here we needs or 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. meet a robot that works for organic farmer trying to cast. this clover to feast 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. 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 experts to help bonnie robb has to be able to identify which plants are wanted and which ones aren't forced or if. you can imagine drawing a picture with a green marker and a red marker and then we tell them 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 gray doesn't and this is what you see in the end it examines all the images and says you're away it

was called. artificial intelligence for farming the vegetable crop is being separated from the weeds by hammond at least it's environmentally friendly the vehicle is powered by solar panels but there's a big demand for big visions of farming can benefit greatly from digitalisation. ones are 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 this automotive. so when 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 everything depends on the new technological possibilities and how we exploit them. more and

more land is the cool food for the space is limited and the extensive lanterns has led to bizarre in many parts of the world these challenges have given rise to a unique in mixture of soil u.s. agriculture in open spaces a hyperloop the farm in mumbai is trying to create a sustainable model of farming but the city's residents have access to freshly harvested produce. located in the heart of the bustling unfairly suburb this ramshackle old industrial building gives little to the unsuspecting passer by. but walk in and you'll discover the city's forced climate controlled hyper local farm. this space is a farm for the 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. joshua lewis born out of the duo's single minded commitment to making people more mindful of what was on their feet we felt like we missed a sense of purpose with you know we were not adding enough to the community around us and mumbai we decided we had to make a trip to a place that very much are like mumbai and i was over there we decided we'd start working a farm because that would help us understand food which was the one thing that we've poured into our body for every day and it was something that we needed to reconnect with and rebuild a relationship with. hydroponic farming uses form and other materials substrates for the plants.

this soil is replaced by water a method to hark back to the asterix civilization of central america. farms harvests 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 bored and because of the closed loop water systems that are used to it 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 reap traditional markets work here that is to offer customers

a completely transparent supply chain from production to delivery so they can trust the hygiene and nutritional value off what goes on their plate when you want to draw food you have to make sure the. because you're going to make sure that the need to know where your food is coming from and who are in local markets in mumbai this is not possible. for all the many advantages of hydroponic farming the energy cost for lighting farms and temperature regulations are very high and that affects the price but toby was on $50.00 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 have more meaningful relationships with them this is what life is about photos and we feel that the world needs a lot more going to reverse. the choices farmers make largely depend on what each of us and 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 forward in the will to do that we'll see next week with yet another possible king episode until then the.

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all want to push climate change in the tourney. only brings such out. of the. welcome to in good shape on t.w. here's your host dr constantly go touts from the moment of fertilization until the big day today we're going to look at the 9 months that lead.