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how songs pieces of history. and songs like that don't go away but stay with us for all time life. out of the sound of fresh starts february 7th w. . a risk of food security for millions of people across east africa swarms of locusts continues to devastate huge areas of fall and officials say aerial spraying is the only solution but that's easier said than done in some african countries by boccia discount retailers continue to force many traditional poachers out of business with cut price meat. and child labor falling over to get deforestation just some of the issues facing the chocolate trade how to make the $1000000000.00. business fear. of

invisible and it's true business swarms of locusts are threatening more countries in eastern africa the united nations food and agricultural organization warns people's livelihoods are at risk if the worst invasion in 70 years. the desert locusts have devastated tens of thousands of acres of farmland that is trying crops and pasture the organization says drought has already affected millions of people across the region swarms will only worsen the situation kenya ethiopia and somalia a worst hit officials say aerial spraying is the only solution that works but that's impossible in conflict ridden somalia south sudan and uganda are also would raise and swarms have been cited in eritrea yemen and oman will join doreen joins us now from nairobi to tell us more about the situation what

sort of food security risk is this actually posing. well ben if you look at the eastern africa region already the areas that have been affected by the locust invasion are areas that really do struggle with food insecurity and i would put it that way because we're looking at the north eastern parts of all of kenya and also areas in somalia that have already been affected by drought so there is still food security we're looking at here is that a single locust invasion is actually one that could lead to a loss of up 217-0000 tons of grain and that's enough to feed about a 1000000 people these locusts as we know them if they are moving at the speed at which we are being told they're moving at which is about 150 kilometers per day that means they could destroy even walden the 170000 tons of grain that have been

given as an estimate joy we were just looking at pictures there before of aerial spraying is is that actually working. it is working but looking at the speed it reached this desert locusts of being blown by the wind we're looking at a 150 kilometer is part of it so we don't know how much this area spring is taking care of because as we know they are moving in hundreds of millions and they're now moving to less south sudan because according to the major local department they're saying that the weans applying to head south sudan and so the area spring might take care of a short distance and not cover the entire perimeter that is being affected by these locusts tell me more about the farmers can they expect some sort of financial aid.

as easy in parts of somalia these very little that has been given in terms of financial support but you know that the united nations food and agriculture organization has come out to state that it's going to take about $70000000.00 u.s. dollars to take care of these invasion because it's the worst that this part of africa has seen in over 60 years so $70000000.00 could only cover maybe 4 or 5 countries we do not know if it is going to cover the entire region but for the families particularly these very little financial help that has reached them outside of the government or governments coming in to play their role in doing the areas free doreen barrow thank you very much for joining us there from nairobi in kenya the german state of brenda burke has put up 120 kilometers of electric fencing on the border with poland it's an attempt to

prevent wild boars infected with african swine fever from straying onto john fox just one confirmed case of swine fever here would result in whole german pig farms being banned from exporting pork swine fever has already led to the deaths of a quarter of the world's pigs in china last month the case of the disease was discovered in a wild boar in poland just 12 kilometers from the german border. german chancellor angela merkel has called for fair relations between retailers and farmers many supermarkets to selling meat and other food a bug and prices falling say they can't make a living thousands have been protesting over the past months now the chancellor has held a meeting of berlin with both sides the practice is also sending german which is out of business. is making sausages he runs one of the few independent but 2 shops in poland. he wants his products to taste good he also

aims to make sure that the animals whose meat he uses a well treated while a life. whether cattle or chickens. burst into tears or the chickens i sell or at least 94 days old. wooden boards or supermarket ones left with just 28 to 34 days so mine have 3 times as long to grow and develop. the flesh commit show that they're not just pumped up as fast as possible. a longer life and more living remain the meat is more expensive. acknowledges that his prices can be much higher than in supermarkets but he says his clientele of willing to pay more and if need eat less meat overall. our customers tend to think carefully about what they eat many only eat once

a week on record more than double for sure so you don't have to have a steak go schnitzel every day or what is also a retard like awards or he has loyal customers but business is tough in the face of face competition from discount a few chains. the number of independent but shops in germany has been falling for years. many people prefer to buy them a to mr market and don't care where it comes from. i didn't pay attention to where the me came from about stuff but it was fresh stuff and it was cheap so that's why i bought it implies. that. financial key. thing is certain as if i don't have much time to go shopping i don't think about it that much evenly divided by to be honest i'm not willing to pay 50 year is for a kilogram of organic meat with no. cheap meat often comes from livestock that have

been treated like products not tunnels the german government wants to introduce an animal welfare certificate system but doubts that yet another product label will really help. these labels just confuse people even more. not me or just go to their local pictures to someone they trust and so before calling them and he is livelihood depends on customers who acknowledge quality and a ready to pay for it if their numbers grow independent but just may come back in fashion in germany. and if you have a sweet tooth our next story might interest you the world's biggest trade fair for confectionary and snacks has got under way in the german city of cologne some 1600 exhibitors are presenting had laid his products annual event which 1st place half a century ago is an opportunity to exchange views on some of the industry's most important issues like the forestation workers' rights and fair trade certification

. one of the world's most loved forms of confectionery is chocolate but seeing how the more than $100000000000.00 industry works could leave a nasty taste in your mouth 70 percent of cocoa beans come from ivory coast ghana i geria and cameron i mean the small hole farmers earn an average of just one dollar a day that's well below the poverty line so who's making the big bucks from this extremely lucrative business as i pointed out 70 percent goes to the chocolate companies 7 percent. to intermediaries like traders and transporters 17 percent retailers they make quite a nice buck there as you can see has just 6 percent well coca from the poverty has also led to child labor as you can see here $2000000.00 kids work in the industry

and it's cheaper to employ than adults another issue is deforestation as far as cut down trees to expand their plantations and boost their income so what can be done about all of this a reporter pandey is in cologne he asked ana marie yell from fair trade west africa about how to make chocolate fair. michel thanks a lot for talking to us. what is fair trade doing to ensure that the farmers in africa are treated fairly what's with the 1st step is to make sure that this farmers gets what they deserve when they said they have been so the bias is a fair price for a further deal and then we build their capacity to be able to use the benefit of this sales to be able to develop their communities this is what we have doing physically. enough fair trade has been around for many years now enormous more than 25 years this is still rampant poverty there's a lot of use of child labor in the regional also deforestation continues to be

a problem what do you think are the primary challenges for you for as the primary challenge is the price this is the 1st thing and we have been saying this for more than 20 years now about the need for this disarm it gets a better price is aware or the reason why we have our minimum price is these are we are paying the more significant premium for them to be able to see if idea needs and invest and of course a better price mean less challenges in the community mean more money to pay labor than to reduce child labor it's mean more income for them so have a better living condition of course is the price and there's also this issue about compliance how do you ensure that the benefits of high prices or the minimum price of cocoa reaches. the people at the bottom of the pyramid that that that is the

farmers as in the 1st thing is no leisure and information sharing so we need to a smart possible tree in this farm is on the is a sense of our work why people are paying this additional money for those who are committed and then being with them during their generous somebody is about really sharing the information and make sure we get the individual farmers everywhere where they are and where the cuckoo is coming from so it's about we being present and provide the necessary supports. business with.

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