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it. and climate change what climate change some farmers in australia have their own ideas about global warming. australia is burning and burning and burning forests and fields a desperately arid months of drought and record temperatures have created perfect conditions for wildfires for weeks clouds of heavy smoke hung over sydney the city is surrounded by fire so is the crisis is the result of human induced climate change or is it a natural phenomenon the debate is defined in people in the country australia depends on coal for energy production and prime minister scott morrison is a champion of fossil fuels he regularly plays down the threat of climate change and he has many supporters. it's hard to believe that this used to

be a lush green landscape the last time any significant amount of rain fell here just 3 hours ago. since then things have gone from bad to worse on the world family's farm grain can't grow and the livestock have nothing to graze on. 15 cows are being loaded on to the transporter today they're quite well fed so they'll still think decent price. but this is essential to a clearance sale. we've got a bit to undergo any. brain cares left but you know we're going sell in a truckload every way can approach it will create so in a truckload every way to go it right this can't go forward born and wolf. if you can't sell them over to believe what i want to sell because what do you do they were good many on ground and you got married stocks i can might be money but we're

buying foreign trade for 3 years so i come to the point you just can't paper on anymore. the world's have been farming here for generations they've experienced good times and bad but they may now have reached rock bottom that's the catch harvey boys isn't it me and they've been doing they've been looking out the side this is our pound and the boys are up there and they are. carrying all the slightest well looking out the 3 dots. so badly over the place that i met with the boys to die because i don't come around here i want to kill. too. they don't want to give up they want to keep going don't worry all brothers say they think things will improve eventually and the rain will come again one day it's just definitely we're in a draw spell 100 years ago it we're in the same situation where we are now and not 50 years before that in a science it's russian and it's been good. late now they only want to show you the

bad bits so that they get it wrong that this is it climate change we're going to do in order to want to tax and it's fast action is for money going to fix it that's not going to fix it. right. politicians are. many australians don't want to talk about global warming and climate change including farmers though one might think they would feel the impact most directly there's no point in sowing in this darkest the seeds would just be blown away by the well. periods of unpredictable rainfall and high temperatures are growing longer and more frequent. still climate scientists like mostly hughes find it hard to get their message across certainly some that are that are cynical of the science that don't like to feel that that humans are responsible for something like this the science can be confusing if people choose not to try to understand it but it's

also a fact that a stranger still relies very heavily on coal and other fossil fuels for a healthy economy it doesn't really matter where we look climate change is right in our faces right now. neal west card is unpopular with his neighbors his friends and even his family he's one of the few farmers here saying we have to accept that climate change is real i think it's unfortunate that. climate change is something that is so polarizing. 30 said. so the 1st year in one care for the out there and you cannot talk a tendency to think that's not a rush if it was a problem it is devaluing and actually scuttling a lot of things that should be there to stop what might happen in the future. but doesn't have an answer to the question of what exactly should be happening the

awareness is there but there's little willingness to change. neil isn't an environmental activist he sprays life or saved on his fields and his farm machinery or gas guzzlers. he's hoping that experts will find solutions that won't hurt technical advances to relieve the pressure on the climate and secure the future of farming in australia has always been. taught and then i don't short for the generations past but it was a really hard. so you never want to be the last don't want to be the one that couldn't make it so it's pretty. hard. to sometimes forced to make decisions you don't want to buy. the tiny town of as an example of how bleak the outlook is but it's also an example of togetherness and

the crisis. in the world brothers mother volunteers at the local women's association she collects donations for farmers affected by the drought there need is not only material. there we can say that mental health i mean a rainy day ok it's very good so i would say the word but i think i. wouldn't be surprised if something happened. if the unmentionable fact is that the suicide rate is climbing for sun it feels like the only way out of a hopeless situation the drought is a cause of great distress it's been going on so long and there's nowhere. so it's. not planet is suffering and we're not taking the necessary steps to stop it the world bank says the amount of waste we produce globally will rise from 2000000000 tons in 2016 to see 3400000000 tons by 2050 knots an increase

of 17 percent. plastics a particularly harmful. they also take far longer to decompose than all the waste and over a 3rd of the plastic we produce is for disposable packaging things like plastic plates cutlery boxes most of which is single use. there really no alternatives i know would winning thai entrepreneur is developing a new type of packaging one that comes from the fields and is entirely composed of a reported question met up with her in thailand's pang province. after every harvest thailand's rice farmers burn off the remaining rice straw and stubble to clear the land. the acrid smoke carries far and

wide on the wind. in the northern province of lampung the harvest is underway since early in the morning women have been out in the fields cutting the sheaves with circles. it's time for a lunch break. the kind of barricade somebody 5 fact we've been doing this work for generations. it's not a big deal. and i you know we women are strong. they're going to assume that. there's a lot of straw left on the field typically a kilogram of a kilogram of rice if it's left to rot it will release me face a potent greenhouse gas but burning the straw emits a c o 2 and creates fine particulate matter that's harmful to people and the environment. yeah one come one wants to change things after completing her studies

in bangkok she decided to return to her home village and develop an alternative i mean if it was. i mean if we only made it out occupations it's very hard when i grow rice and it's grown i guess it takes a long time and after the. saw each bun it's very nice that when i come to my home town i don't share that lie of base will rise much i find solutions far off learning for food for the entrepreneur rice troy's not waste to be disposed of but a valuable resource. on she pays the farmers the equivalent of $0.03 a kilo. the golden stalks are brought by the truckload to her near by factory. here the straw is chopped up because the air is full of fine straw particles

everyone has to wear a face mask. then the small pieces of straw a mixed with hot water no chemicals are added but the mixture has to boil for 4 hours. that produces a pulpy mess which is then cleaned and dried. on the factory floor we meet up again with the farmers from the rice field. meekin yes this is a very good thing that i salute it used to be that we had no work after the rice harvest. that with this factory job i can improve my income whether you want to even go to. the pope is used to make biodegradable paper and packaging but machines to process the pulp are expensive so the entrepreneur exports the raw

material to india we have the customer because india bassam logic off morning and table read no fresh or else and they last off the raw material and contact us and they add very interesting you know our product because . our product and the special feature of the table way is a thin coating of rice starch which helps the product resist greased heat and liquids in a 2 hour test with a pub salad the dish stayed leakproof. nice. the next day we pay a visit to the city of chiang mai the economic and cultural heart of northern thailand. one common one stops by a buddhist temple. but her actual destination lies on the

outskirts of the city the science and technology park of chiang mai university the auditorium at the center of the campus is known appropriately enough as the rice grain. beers scientists support thai startups with the expertise. level one common one would like to manufacture takeaway food packaging made of rice straw in her own factory. she hopes that it will become financially feasible by 2020. she's especially interested in the research as work on improving the. i start film so that it takes longer to dissolve. to sleep as. the. hands and. something new every body itself was like. love my son. inside of me as if he was maybe leave finals. but do people in chiang mai need

tableware made of rice stroll. as in most cities in thailand life here is largely outdoors the hundreds of street vendors and food stands all use disposable containers. if you want to start up your own production one vendor says and pay attention to the sizes of the loans shouldn't be too large or the customers will think the portions are too small and the price is important one box but peace would be ok. i am looking at it one baht is the equivalent of $0.03. that has a lot of coffee shop concepts about it. these are high speed light at 40 feet up this mosque wrong last to us last week encourage. the rest. of the small restaurants. i would

think if they could see. the back in her home village yellow one coming one is visiting her grandparents. and that they yet met her and. this is where she started her business a few years ago. she carried out of 1st experiments with white straw pulp in her grandmother's cooking pots. at 1st her grandparents were far from thrilled is this why they had sent my grandchild to study at great expense in the capital. though not. doc but meanwhile they have ample reason to be proud of her. and as the saying goes the rice farmers of lump of love how to turn straw into gold . because burning it would be a terrible waste. and

on this week's global snack we head to the middle east to try out the traditional treat. every evening people gather on a street in downtown seoul a money and a city in the autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq to strong chat and eat. car while his male opened his stall a year ago. things only get lively after dark. the specialty is shift. one of the sheet music it's made of onions minced meat celery and diced tomatoes you mix it all together and season it i get it all right here is the market to mix it all up and that's it.

that's like a. very good people i like it because it's traditional we all know shift from our grandparents it's something special to say but. carline is male uses laminates shifter together with a mix of herbs and spices. and lots of onions. shut up i mean. shift to heart i make it in front of my guests so it's hot and fresh. trying to get creative yet there are several that. 37 of the costs of 1000 you know that the for that matter. that's about $0.80. business is best on the weekend still a mania is well known for its lively nightlife. but also

it's different every day sometimes i sell 100 sometimes 300. the city and region have been recovering from years of war most recently the onslaught of the so-called islamic state. supported by the situation has improved back then people didn't go out they didn't have jobs or money either now things are looking up but over time the better people are doing it the better it is for me to get on with it have a bunch of women who are. car one is mile is busy with plenty of gas every night of the week. let me just what i always eat shifter when i come here. it's the best. seeing as we're already on the topic of food let's head to mexico in the country's

rural areas traditional cuisine is still very much and integrity part of life but for how much longer reports a catchy adjourn or travel to chiapas in mexico to meet local people who are determined to preserve their traditions in the kitchen and out in the fields. in the village of cotton as the men settle for work in the morning the women meanwhile are already hard at work they're busy cooking a range of dishes bubbling away in their pots. is impressive that's because in the evening they're expecting a visitor someone who's a great fan of their cooking skills. so what are they making. the herbst of the corn to make the tamaulipas when there's the tomato sauce.

to marla's are a traditional mexican dish made with corn joe coated with various sources they then wrapped and cooked in banana leaves consolo better sometimes cooks every day with a mother who is 93 years old. not only are you still pick. they enjoy cooking. the women work hard in the kitchen every day but they receive no money for what they do and very little recognition yet they are the ones who decide what ends up on the table each day which produce from the region is used and whether or not their families have a balanced and healthy diet. but the women here in cardenas are getting help from a non-governmental organization called d a i it promotes traditional farming methods the n.g.o.s run by

a single family father mother and son have been working together for years. but that it only works because i mediate between the 2 of them. respect is very important to each of us has our own area of expertise. in the town of santiago open are a few hours drive away da i is hosting a local trade fair for seeds farmers from the area are presenting their best corn and pumpkins the goal is to promote local crops on traditional farming methods and also to protect biodiversity. showing the rich variety of crops that are grown here and all the different colors. each color is good for a particular dish or drink. each corncob has its own story and a reason why it should be grown. and each corncob gets registered at the

fair with the farm it's named the color of the crop and how many rows of corn are on each cog anyone who needs a particular variety can get seeds directly from the farmer rather than buying them commercially that's making it easier. for farmers to diversify strain. that this is a around here for example the black the red and the spotted corn have started to disappear they're not being grown as much we want to revive these types of corn and reintegrate them back into farming. and i wanted them up. with. the idea of registering each corncob exactly it's designed to encourage the farmers to grow local for ah it rather than buying industrially produced seeds. this caller was grown by we knew gomez. he's one of the local farmers.

on his land all mill per as the fields and here he grows pumpkins beans and above all. the forest here i have yellow corn rice and there are 14 rows of that. and i like to grow lots of different colors i have 4 here all together with my white and yellow black and red. and sometimes i've had pink spotted or purples a minister more other because they've crossed propagated in the field of. this rich variety and the seeds that we knew gomez used to get started were all handed down through the family employees to my skin. this type of corn here for example has been around for a long time where my grandfather grew it and so did my father. i like this for

righty never stop growing it here they say. corn was 1st cultivated by the indigenous peoples of mexico thousands of years ago despite the many alternatives available these days most farmers here prefer to use seeds from the region. meanwhile use aliah and recurs from v.a.i. has arrived in the village of cardenas her focus is on the women in the region she's been coming to the village regularly for years. and there are gender roles are strictly defined in this region so it's much easier for the women here to trust another woman and so we work together. to say leah and the women from the village have completed a very unusual project they produce their own cookbook full of their own recipes complete with photos. there they did the book to encourage women to use the

produce they grow in their gardens. and of course we wanted them to be proud of their recipes with a value. each woman was asked to contribute her favorite recipe describing exactly how she prepares it and which local ingredients she uses in the book was given out for free in the village they can also be downloaded online in the evening the women present a small selection of their dishes they each show what they've been cooking today tell us your name. country luis today i made a chicken hot pot. made from chickens that were running around the village this morning then there's a toll it are going neal a local drink made from corn none of the women here ever dreamed that they and their recipes would one day be featured in a book working with the ngo has helped them realize that their recipes made from

local produce aren't just unique but even a key to great effect security. and it's also helped many women here to understand the importance of their role so that they can be proud of the work that they do each day. and that's all from us as always do drop us a line and send us your feedback and follow us on facebook d w women see you next time they kept.

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