earth the home for saving global india's tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost green energy solutions by global oil india has been by a series of global 3000 on t.w. and on mine. 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 think i'm fine with our uncle coming to you from a. bust let's look at an often neglected good in agriculture the women farm. more than 400000000 women engage in farm work

although the lack of equal rights in land will ship. this is true for more than 90 countries including india and organization in the region which is north to be the foremost sausage 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 in india. to. 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 a lot in the out they 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 widespread problems it's drought drawn districts are seeing an increasing number of farmer suicides every year. in 28 during the number stood at 947. this. air and hope of guaranteed returns had forced farmers like suneet 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 where i live things about money what i want and the big decisions that need to be taken this is effective but i want to support it 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 the. 3 years ago she insisted that her husband set aside one acre of farm land 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 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 men have always had to work as farm laborers 70 per cent of women farmers today do all the work in the not as just as you make us but as helpers. and as to my. wife. i'm of them all very middle of the. good overheads to local wing of so i am should shown a priori a women's empowerment organization that has helped many women assert themselves. and i hope that a lot. of. other person. who . the idea to empower

women came after a startling revelation in 2009 many of them were severely malnourished. i mean i don't really it's particularly me then to be conducted a medical camp to test the level of emotional been in the van ness and he realized it was very you know. that meant i went out of him in prison and 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 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 or vegetables grains and tubers on their patch of land using organic farming techniques that minimize water use this reduces their reliance on store bought produce. there are also trained in alternate sources of lightly heard such as gold trading whole tree and dairy farming. the one acre model has improved our journalist status not only within her family but also within the community. but i'm back from my actually we 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. with us. they got. out of money. 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 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 drought 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 or china and. india not china are now among the group of women who are pushing the government to defy and strengthen their rights but you wonder how do farmers and a few more bobby village really affect to our next story we'll tell you how food production affects you and the environment you're part off. the seeds of our food are 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 the destruction of natural eco systems. extended periods have droughts and floods a weather cycle exacerbated by climate change also brings crop failure groundwater depletion and food insecurity. now germany. had a long tradition of organic farming but for young farmers the hurdles a hike land is expensive and their harvest. 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. in going to. 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 goals and many other bird species also. being cool. paths 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 reds sharing. the cattle belong to a collective of 3 farms in northeastern germany the b.-o. boden co-operative buys farmland across germany members of the co-operative pay $1000.00 euros for a share. there's. members contributions mean we as the billboard uncooperative 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 that also makes the ground more fertile. while conventional farming often uses hybrid seeds that need to be bought every year farmer stefan decade grows crops that produce their own seeds they have evolved because of course we want healthy and robust across that are also suited to local conditions and 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. if you can if you look and we can buy a lot of vegetables including potatoes and pumpkins for us business and profit isn't everything if you get sustainability is important to us too as are short value chains buying locally sourced produce and building something up in the region here. 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 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 the dam it's about we're currently growing it on 2 hectares of land we had a small test phase and it 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 the decisions depend on the money we can spend enough for and also our preferences exotic. as 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 carols and cattle a mix of huge amounts of greenhouse gases. shampoos hand creams even bakery

products that 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 traced 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 ground water. however

only 1.4 percent of all arava lenders organically cultivated but demand is rising world wide in india alone there are over $800000.00. but organic costs. 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 or 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 adapting 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 to

perform just about every activity in the farming process how could this in fact data be a processes and what can farmers do to stay ahead. once growing 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 weeds and improve harvests. meet a robot that works for organic farmer trying to carstens. grabbed a 5th of life or 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 i.t. experts to help bonnie robb has to be able to identify which plants are wanted and which ones aren't forced to use. 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 wheat 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. 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.

our dream is to come here with a small trailer open the door and then 100 drones fly out and around the field and everything automatically. 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. everything depends on the new technological possibilities and how we exploit them. more and more land is needed to cool food pretty space is limited and the extensive lantern's has left of desert in many parts of the world these challenges have given rise to a unique in of soil agriculture in urban spaces a hyperloop a farm in mumbai is trying to create a sustainable model of farming with the city's residents have access to freshly harvested cookies. located in the heart of the bustling and the recent ramshackle old industrial building give

a little over 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 part of 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. born out of the do was single minded commitment to making people more mindful of what was on their plates we felt like we missed a sense of purpose we you know we were not doing enough to the community around us in mumbai we decided we would make a trip to a place that very much unlike mumbai and that was all over 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've put into our body 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. and. this soil is replaced by want to amend to talk to talk back to the asterix civilization of central america. farms how this more than 2000 plants every month. us where hydroponics is beneficial in the same amount of space you can grow almost 10 times the amount because you can go over to and because of the closed loop creating 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 b. 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 on their plate when you want to draw food you have to make sure that the. because you're going to make sure that the food is clean you need to norway your food is coming from and who grew it in local markets in mumbai and this is not possible. for all the many advantages of

farming the energy cost for lighting prompts and temperature regulations are very high and that affects the price. on 50 strong. hydroponic farming has the potential to be a model for the future especially when it comes to feeding the world's. population . you feel it is only when you start feeling where i am back people around you and have more meaningful relationships with them this is what life is about for us and we feel that the world needs a lot more. the choices follows me largely depend on what each of the demands from them it's up to us to choose sustainability over market forces. i hope to give you the forward in

the will to do that we'll see next week with yet another thought provoking episode until then the.

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