in the public perception africa is now assuming the position was always entitled the film is it is the world we go to. the film starring journey. a warm welcome to global 3000 this week we meet women in mexico who are preserving the local color unary traditions and protecting local farmers. could rice straw will be the next big thing in sustainable packaging we meet the tiny entrepreneur behind it. and it's 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 average 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 the result of human induced climate change or is it a natural phenomenon the debate is dividing 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 stretch of climate change and he has many supporters. it's hard to believe that this used to be a large green landscape the last time any signal. amount of rain fell here was 3 hours

ago. since then things have gone from bad to worse on the war on family's farm grain can't grow in 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 casler but and we're going to sell in a truckload every wake and i probably will cave so in the truck let every way to go it runs just can't go ford born it will fail if you can't sell them over to the what i want to sell because what do you bury were good money on ground and you got married stocks i can my time money but we're buying foreign trade for 3 years so i come to the point you just can't get born 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 cari voice 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 while gordon spain. carrying all the slightest well. looking out the 3 dots. so badly every place that i met with you boys today because that i'm coming at you and i want to. they don't want to give up they want to keep going the world brother say they think things will improve eventually and the rain will come again one day it's just definitely we're in a drawer spell 100 years ago we're in the same situation where we are now and not 50 years before that in the same situation in the spring good in the middle late now they only want to show you the bad bits or that. this is it and climate change what we're doing or don't attach and it's fast action us and money going to fix it

that's not going to fix it. right for. politicians who are of course. many australians don't want to talk about global warming and climate change including farmers though one might think they would feel the impacts most directly there's no point in sowing in this dust the seeds would just be blown away by the wind. periods of unpredictable rainfall and high temperatures are growing longer and more frequent. still climate scientists like lesley hughes find it hard to get their message across certainly sound that are us 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 westcott is unpopular with his neighbors his friends and even his family he's one of the few farmers here saying we have to accept it climate change is real i think it's unfortunate that. climate change is something that is so polarizing. so he said. it's the worst year in one camp or the other and you cannot. talk a tendency to think that's not a rush if it was a problem it is devaluing him and actually scuttling a lot of things that should be happening there to stop what might happen in the future. but neil 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 wife

a state on his fields and his farm machines are 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 hard on. sure for the generations past but there's a really hot. so you know want to be the last don't want to be the one that couldn't make it so it's very. hard. to sometimes forced my decisions you don't want to buy. the tiny town of parodying as an example of how bleak the outlook here 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 and

their need is not only material. very concerned at the mental health of a man or a female it's very sad i won't say the word but i think i. wouldn't be surprised if something happened. 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 no end in sight. our 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 $2000000000.00 tons in 2016 just $3400000000.00 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 caustic 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 reporting. 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 that. 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 take. some by 5 have been doing this work for generations. and you know it's not a big deal. now you know we women are strong. you know. there's a lot of straw left on the field. typically a kilogram a kilogram of rice if it's left to rot it will release me fame a potent greenhouse gas but burning the straw emits c o 2 and creates fine particulate matter that's harmful to people and the environment. 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 meaning not without. any funding and i don't. get patients it's very hard

when i see a big grow rice and 2 days it's a sort of a long time and after the ice saw each bun it's very nice that when i come to my hometown i don't share that life 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 abroad by the truckload to honey or buy factory. here straw is chopped up because the air is full of fine straw particles everyone has to wear a facemask. them a 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. beacon yes this is a very good thing that i flew it used to be that we had no work after the. rice harvest but he didn't know that with this factory job i can improve my income whether you listen to him and go i can't be. 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 in india that ason logic off morning and table read no fresh or else and then less

often 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 fin coating of rice starch which helps the product resist greased heat and liquids in a 2 hour test with a popeye a 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. is scientists support thai startups with expertise. or 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 is work on improving the rice starch film so that it takes longer to dissolve. does. believe. it's. something new to me it's all for the. love my son. inside of me as if he's made me leave. finals. but to people in china my need tableware made of rice troll.

as in most cities in thailand life here is largely outdoors the hundreds of street vendors and food stamps all use disposable containers. if you want to start up your own production one vendor says and pay attention to the size it. shouldn't be too large or the customers will think the portions are too small and the price is important $1.00 bought a piece would be ok. to get out of it one bought is the equivalent of $0.03. on top shelf concepts about. our high speed. up this mosque wrong last to us at the encourage. the rest. of. the back in her home village of one common one is visiting her grandparents.

that yet but her. this is where she started her business a few years ago. she carried out of 1st experiments with wife 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. don't argue. but meanwhile they have ample reason to be proud of. 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 a traditional treat.

every evening people gather on the street in downtown soleimani of a city in the autonomy's kurdish region in northern iraq to stroll chat and eat. car one is male open to start a year ago. things only get my me after dark. his specialty is shift on. 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. very good people like you because it's traditional we all know shift from our grandparents it's something special today but.

caroline is male uses laminates shift and together with a mix of herbs and spices. and lots of onions. shove that up a good meal i sort of shift a hoss and make it in front of my guests so it's hot and fresh. well i think it's really very much of that. 37 of the costs of thousands you know that was the point of analysis. that's about $0.80. businesses best on the weekend sulaymaniyah is well known for its lively nightlife. but also it's different every day sometimes i sell a 100 sometimes 300. a city and region have been recovering from years of war

most recently the onslaught of the so-called islamic state. both the situation has improved back then people didn't go out they didn't have jobs or money but now things are looking up but over time the better people are doing it the better it is for me to get out of it have a bunch of women run a. car one is mile is busy with plenty of gas every night of the week. let me ask you 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 an integrity part of life but for how much longer our reporter catch you do not travel to chiapas in mexico to

meet local people who are determined to preserve their traditions but 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 the range of dishes bubbling away in their pots and pans 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 malas sauce the lack of. tamales are a traditional mexican dish made with corn joe coated with various sources then wrapped and cooked in banana leaves. a lot of it a son toss cooks every day with

a mother who is 93 years old. yet you still could you see. 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 n.g.o.s run by a single family father mother and son have been working together for years.

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. see that 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 it's. a reason why it should be grown . and each corn crop gets registered at the fair with the farm is 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 strange or no they must want to see what 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 as we want to revive these types of corn and reintegrate them back into farming. as in what is the. the idea of registering each corncob exactly is designed to encourage the farmers to grow local for. rather than buying industrially produced seeds. this corner was grown by a weenie or gomez. he's one of the local farmers. on his land all milk powder as the fields and here he grows pumpkins beings and above

all from a nice. thank you forest here i have yellow corn and rice on monday there are 14 rows of that. as i like to grow lots of different colors i have 4 here altogether. 3 white and yellow black and red. and sometimes i've had pink spotted or purples a minister more so because they've crossed propagated in the field circus is a gruesome but this rich variety seeds that we knew gomez used to get started were all handed down through the family or employers to my skin. this type of crime here for example has been around for a long time where my grandfather grew it and so did my father. 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 salia and rica's from da 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 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 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. 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 that each show what they've been cooking today tell us your name. consuelo 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 occurring 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 greater food 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 take cash.

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