this is the w. news, live from berlin. police here in berlin, use water cannons to disperse thousands of. and to look down, protest, stay at gather to demonstrate against the government's plans of boost its powers. to prevent the spread of the krona by security forces to move enough demonstrators, ignored safety. also coming out u.s., president on the borders, thousands of troops to leave afghanistan and iraq, fulfilling his campaign promise to bring american troops home from the conflict, over same but u.s., military officials and nato allies are worried if will leave

a dangerous void. thus, germany's soccer team suffers its worst defeat in almost 19 years. its 6 nil loss to spain in the u.s. from nations league as some questioning the future national coach and get out of his welcome to the program police. here in the german capital, berlin have used water cannons to disperse protesters, a rallying against government plans to solidify its paws to enforce coronavirus with struction demonstrators. many without mosques, hot mosque up the edges of the cordoned off parliament grounds. thousands of police were deployed. protesters are angry about a lot due to be passed later today that could bolster the government's ability to

impose limits on social contacts. critics say the law and dangerous citizens' civil rights without the approval of joined by a political correspondent, nina hauser, who is actually at the brandenburg gate where those protests have been unfolding today. nina, tell us what sparked this protest today. i can't hear you very well, but i think you asked me what started this protest. and of course, this is a group of people who have been taking to the streets against the german government and the corona measures for months now. but today they are here. they want access to the bundestag, the democratic line, which is right in front of me, where there's a debate going on about additions to the existing infection law. that would essentially give the german government more power in dealing with the pandemic. you

know, let's take a closer look at the law, which is being debated right now. as you said in the bonus on, the german government attempts to put its pandemic response on a stronger legal footing. before 2020, who could have imagined germans might ever be forced by law to cover their faces. just one instance of how lawmakers did not foresee the extent and detail of many measures introduced this year. some such as bans on people from certain regions, staying in hotels, were overturned by the courts. the new law aims to clarify the rules limiting contacts between people, including the closure of cafes, bars and restaurants. it also provides a new basis for police to enforce distancing rules and the mosque requirement and makes clear on the walk circumstances. schools in kindergartens might be shut for politicians. this is about ensuring public support and keeping parliament in the

loop. in all these health protection measures which are going to be hard over the coming months, we have to take people with us. we can't just impose them by decree, it can only be done with dialogue, or the new law should mean events such as demonstrations can only be banned if experts agree, such a move is proportionate. but already, plenty of people are saying, such legislation cuts too deep into basic freedoms and its aims are insufficiently clear. you know, these are pretty wide ranging infringements into civil liberties about to be in trial. and many critics are concerned. do the demonstrators have a point? how dangerous is this? the current critique of the criticism of that law doesn't just come from the demonstrators. it comes also from some political parties. but i would say that you would still have to keep $32.00 separate because the criticism from other members

of parliament is that the german problem and doesn't get enough of a say in this current draft that is being debated and that will likely be passed by the german parliament, they want more of a say for the people who represent the german population. having said that, of course, these here, additions to that law are not entirely new. say, it's not a new law. it's a law that has existed in germany, but it was not fit to give the government enough is 1st to deal with a pandemic of this size of the current coronavirus pandemics a sense really. now today the german parliament ariens would basically make something into law that has been government policy for the last 8 months to deal with a coronavirus 10 them. but of course, some people are also saying that it will not be the last time there will probably be new additions or amendments all that law because it will probably be criticized very heavily. but you know, people behind you clearly feel this new law is going to fall on restricting their

freedoms. and you hinted that more changes to this law to come maybe in the future . how much support, if we look at these demonstrations, this is not the 1st one, almost support. does this set of policies have in the, in the german population? of course these, a very impressive image is the police are using water cannons to disperse the crowds here. and this is because they're not sticking to the rules, and these people here, they have taken to the streets, as i said before regularly. so it's not the 1st time, and they don't tailor it to the rules that are in place to counteract the pandemic . they don't keep the social distancing rules, and they don't believe in mosque wearing, so they don't do that, which is why the police are using water cannons against them right now. but overall, if you look at the polls, this is still a minority. devaney is a democracy, and the demagogue has a lot of support. the latest poll suggested that 3 quarters of the temple population actually support the government's measure is political correspondent,

you know, has a thank you. united states says it's sharply reducing troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. by mid january, the deployment will be cut to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. president almost lump is making good on the companion promise to end what he called for ever was. but that's a position both from leading republicans and from nato allies. the sun could be setting on the u.s. presence in afghanistan. american soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. troop numbers have winked. now outgoing president, donald trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here and in iraq. in light of these tremendous sacrifices, and with great humility and gratitude to those who came before us,

i am formally announcing that we will implement president trump's orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those 2 countries by january 15th, 2021. our forces, their size in afghanistan will be 2500 troops,, or 4 sides in iraq will also be $2500.00. as u.s., troop numbers dwindled. extremists gained in strength. this attack on a kabul university last week killed 22 people. it was claimed by the so-called islamic state, which has emerged as a rival to the taliban. the taliban themselves have stepped up their attacks on security forces and civilians violating an agreement that foresaw the withdrawal of all u.s. soldiers by may next year. criticism of the latest drawdown even came from within the president's own party. i wanted to share my important here in the next couple

of months, not to have any earth shaking changes with regard to defense and foreign policy. i think of our ship, it is drawdown, and either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake in iraq. the u.s. military presence was greatly reduced after the defeat of isis in 2017. this has increased the sway of neighboring iran and militia groups aligned with tehran. as u.s. soldiers head home, they could risk leaving the field to america's adversaries. for some analysis on this, let's bring in ben hall just is a retired u.s. general who is currently holding the persian chair and strategic studies of the center for european policy analysis, joins us from frankfurt. general, it's been nearly 20 years, isn't president. right? and it's time to close the chapter on afghanistan and iraq. well,

there's 2 aspects of this. of course, i do not like the way that this has been done on parenting without consultation with all of our allies who've been with us there for almost 2 decades from the very beginning that have lost the way the americans are a lot of casualties as well. as money, so i don't like that and of course the consultation that has to be done with the afghans. on the other hand, millions of americans are aisha's to see this terminated. my only sense is that if the united states was not willing to do what was necessary with regards to pakistan and india, to make sure that those could not be taxing to not provide a safe haven, then it would be immoral to continue sending soldiers from a country into afghanistan, because as long as pakistan after safe haven in a 1000 years, we would never be able to fully defeat the enemy there. but you say in

afghanistan, in 20092010 as a brigadier general in your estimation is afghanistan capable of filling that void left by the departing u.s. troops. well, that's, that's approach the great question and it will be very difficult. certainly, the united states, germany, great britain. and so many other allies have given the afghans the best possible chance with our own investment, not just of us, of money, but of people in town in training. at some point the afghans have to have to own this. but again that i think where we failed strategically was to put the pressure on pakistan. and we're working with any of them put pressure on pakistan not to allow safe haven if, if the taliban are able to operate out of pakistan without any hindrance. and it would be very difficult for afghan forces to,

to do this by themselves. i do hope that in the withdrawal, as this is the unfolds, that we make the effort to bring out as many afghans as possible, give them asylum in the united states or elsewhere. those they will be huge risks, particularly women, and those who work with allied security force was. and what about the message of this withdrawal sense to u.s. allies, nato troops who are risking their lives to keep that come from say, you know, that this is a terrible message to do this without consultation, just like some other decisions have been made by the administration without consulting with allies, this undermines confidence. it makes it difficult for outsiders who have to deal with their own domestic challenges and in political situations to go along with the united states to do something. and it's always going to be tough. and now it makes

it a little bit more difficult when people are made. sure. will united states unilaterally or can they depend on us? what's your expectations with regard to the incoming biden administration? well, i think president biden will bring a more traditional approach to diplomacy. and that for sure, he will remove all doubt about america's commitment to nato and our european allies . he will be more prone to want to work through multinational organizations and treaties that sort of thing. but i'm also sure that he will put a lot of pressure. you know european allies to do more and i'm not talking just spending, i'm talking about to take on more responsibility to particular germany, for example, to use more diplomatic power to push back on a lot of kremlin is doing. and lastly, against the ukraine, for example,

benefits as retired u.s. general, who actually previously served in afghanistan. thank you very much for that analysis . thank you. time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. president trump has fired his top cyber security official, chris krebs, via twitter, trumbull accused krebs of making an accurate statement when he confirmed the security of the november 3rd election from continues to claim the election was marred by fraud, but has yet to provide evidence. if your peon government forces are marching towards the capital of their rebel take riah region mckillop, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict footage of 10 by the w. showed an earlier era fence of by government fighter jets spot forces say they've captured tanks and artillery and are vowing to quickly defeat government troops. thousands of pro-democracy protesters have gathered in the thai capital,

bangkok as lawmakers vote on changes to the constitution. protesters want the prime minister to step down as well as reforms to curb the power of thailand's monarchy. tuesday's demonstrations saw an escalation in violence leaving at least 55 people injured. italy is struggling to cope with a 2nd wave of the corona virus. on tuesday, the country reported more than $700.00 deaths the highest daily death toll since april. during the 1st wave. 6 months ago, hospitals in italy were quickly overwhelmed, and a record number of people died. now health care workers are terrified as they may face the same battle. again. another patient with covert 19 being rushed to hospital. in monza. this region was the epicenter of the outbreak in spring. when italy's health care system was overwhelmed. now once again lombardi is the hardest hit, but the volunteer rescue workers say this wave is different. with the music.

we've seen a repeat of what happened in march. the difference is that we've also seen young people with covert 19 in march. it was mainly elderly people. now we have young people too to try to contain the spread of the virus. many regions have shut down, but health care, or thirty's say a nationwide lockdown might be necessary soon if the situation doesn't improve. in london, mass testing facilities are now being set up. more than 30 drive-in testing centers are being planned in the region, each eval to test hundreds of people a day. and authorities here say the measures are helping the reproduction number appears to be sinking. but the number of people in intensive care is still rising.

and many hospitals remain understaffed. some 5000 doctors are needed in italy at the moment and now the young patient is being picked up. the woman in her forty's needs oxygen immediately. for the volunteer ambulance workers, she's part of a seemingly never ending stream pushing them to delimit a 2nd look at some other developments in the pandemic. poland has reported a record 603, deaths related to the health service also struggles to cope with the 2nd wave. and the u.s. food and drug administration has approved the 1st covered 19 home testing kit that can provide results within 30 minutes. and the resignation by the associated press news agency has revealed that women who work on palm oil plantations in indonesia and malaysia often subjects. it's too horrific abuse, and he found many instances where male bosses had rights,

female workers with impunity. women were unable to sing just as feared, losing their livelihoods. vast swathes of borneo, i hold to the most vast the tile and so tough to oil in the world, through an army of invisible women thinking their box harvesting palm oil plants for just $2.00 per day and a lifetime of devastating health problems for that. and that we can feel pain in our stomach and hips as we have to carry 20 kilos, chemical tanks. it's also cost for any of the limb borderless, colorless, long lasting. the oil inside the palm fruit is in high demand, often finding its way into so, deodorant, and cosmetics that make up the $500000000000.00 global beauty industry. to satisfy soaring demand,

oil producers rely on intensive toxic pesticide use with little protective equipment thing. to want to get an agreement on our findings in kalimantan showed female workers got pneumonia or were blinded by the past aside. it also happened in sumatra where one was contaminated by habit sites and the company wouldn't take any responsibility for mineral so vulnerable to sexual abuse. one described an attack from her boss that went unpunished by police. you need some of the younger you. 1st of all he harassed me. then when we were at the plantation he began to threaten me by saying, if you don't give me your body, i will chop your neck with this axe. and then he started to open my shirt and write to me. when he finished, he spat on me she now lives with the consequences. another victim of the

world, unrelenting consumption of palm oil. that's a look at some other world news. now police in hong kong have arrested 3, former lawmakers who are disrupting legislative meeting several months ago. on 2 occasions in may and june ted way any children, raymond chan were detained after splashing pungent liquids in the main. tampa. again, raised concern over the crackdown on hong kong's pro-democracy movement. central american nations, nicaragua, and honduras are dealing with the aftermath of hurricane iota. the 2nd, destructive storm to hit the region in just 2 weeks. authorities are warning deadly floods, surges and mudslides could still follow the storm that's already being blamed for at least 9 deaths. sports news now and the german soccer team has suffered its worst defeat in almost 90 years. germany were beaten. 6 nil by spain,

in their final, you with our nation's league group match there on taurus scored 3 of spain's goals, while germany only managed to get 2 shots on goal. germany, coach, your home live said the humiliating defeat was difficult to explain away and that everything had gone wrong. the result means spain finish top of their group through to the final 4. well, joining me now for more on this historic defeat is a live out of the w. sports in germany. we call this a clutch. ride is a major slap to the face knockouts. the high preview cannot hurt somebody with a snap, and that wasn't football out of the 2 attempts that germany had not a single one was on tog. it, and that is just unacceptable, especially if you look at their offensive qualities, that midfield is just as talented, but they barely the team in general can even hold on to the body. they only have 30 percent possession, which is so out of line with their playing style. but what stood out was really

also their body language. it looked like they didn't even want to try. they didn't challenge for the ball enough. and communication is key and it really is a win. now because of that, the ghost games without any spectators and hence you can hear the players so loud and clear. and you could hear a lot of spanish, but not as seen on board of german and it's because the players went just ria just, we're not communicating. and i always say, look, sometimes it's not just about by how much you lose, but also how you lose and this, and i think how they lost makes it even more embarrassing. where does this loss run in the history of losses? it's up there, it's their worst ever competitive laws and last time as we just heard that they lost by 6 goals was back in 1981. of course that was a very long time ago, but germany have had, have had some humiliating losses in between. but nothing like we saw yesterday.

what about the german losses only of course he was asked about his future once again, but he was also asked if he would consider bringing back some of the world cup winners from 2014, especially the defensive do 10. and that's almost and then of course, thomas miller, the midfielder, because all of them are doing really well at the moment. but live, of course, he's the kind of player and play coach who, you know, he sticks to his this year's ins. and he says that he believes in the potential of his current team. and yeah, he addressed that point after the game. yesterday's oh, let's take a listen. yeah, because there's edition, i said this, i trust these players and that trust is not shaken. we have to learn a lesson from this defeat. whether i should be worried about my job, you should ask the others. yeah. and the others were asked. so media ended up asking germany national team manager all of a b. o. have. and he said that this game changes nothing. he trusts you walk in live and if

you ask me personally, if i think we'll be judged on how they do at next year's european championships, i think that will be the common point. i was actually going to dub you sports. thank you. and well, germany time elsewhere the tournament, the islands, half tops the nations league group and will be promoted to the competitions league . see that tiny island nation in the north atlantic is part of the kingdom of denmark. and home to just 52000 people, marc mero, went there to find out more about the true underdogs of this tournament. there are more sheep than people living on the faroe islands and it rains $300.00 days a year. still football is by far the most popular sport here. almost everybody are or are playing. if you go couple years ago, 100 percent, or 99 percent of all the kids in school,

they played football last couple of years. maybe not that much, but we're up to with either 7080 percent of all all the people stay and they are playing and playing in some kind of a club environment. the national team only began competing in fever competitions in 1988 since then they have beaten sides like austria and greece, but have failed to qualify for a world cup or european championships. the last 5 to 6 years, we have going from beating greece 2 to now playing competitive matches against the baltic countries. many of the middle nations we are competing against now also. so we are not satisfied but, but, but we are satisfied with the development. we have been going through a leading example of that development is gone. simonetta plying his trade for bundesliga side. i mean a bill of felt he is the only member of the national team set up signed for

a non nordic club. this september he made history and here comes the bundesliga 1st plan from the faroe islands joints. we were coming on here to be the felt he took over the sharks and. 2 the board is the 1st, the fairways goalscorer. i want those alone to get other younger players from the fire island still to also come to professional football because i think we have a lot of talent there. and i just want to would like to the german close also to look in the fairness when they try to scout for talent. the small nation will now be looking forward to a future competing on a bigger stage. you're watching news. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. police in berlin have used water cannons to disperse protesters, demonstrating against measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. security forces moved in after demonstrators with shoes to comply with safety measures, wearing masks, and keeping distance. and that's it from me and the next in front of an update for

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david and not a trace of oil money. what happened to the mystery? most black gold oil promises starts december 4th. every day heroes heroes put to their feet to protect the environment can be found across the entire continent. we'll introduce you to some of them in today's still welcome to new edition of in africa. i am sandra to know they're coming to you from kampala the capital of uganda. thanks, sandra. we begin in west africa, senegal,

to be precise, where we meet a man who's been fighting for the environment for 40 years. as an activist, as a government minister, and now as the head of a country's reforestation agency. now it's i, we have the conservation foundation in lagos, also coming up, a young woman in kenya uses flyers to talk a waste of time and used my room and how villages in the south to all find that size as our community and our community in mozambique got the recycling, but there are many across the continent who are giving their all for the environment. today we meet one of them. that's mine. a foremost analyst and vironment minister is dedicated to be greening this region, not just from his desk as a lobbyist, but on the ground together with local residents. he's been planting mangroves and other trees, even using rather unconventional methods. at times. senegal

needs more trees and he who heads a large scale reforestation project is busy getting them planted. scientists say that without major the 1st station sinegal will lose half its arab land within the next 5 years. here on the coast of the casa months region, farmland has become unusable due to sandy nation, mind grooves that once protected the shoreline, we cut down firewood in build. the material repeated their families were desperate . salt was encroaching into their rice fields which were no longer producing rice. it was very difficult for them. bettman grooves, a rich ecosystem, to hold back flood waters, detail and erosion, and act as a natural sole barrier. they also store up to 5 times as much carbon dioxide is

other trees. once it became clear, just how beneficial the monk lives are to farmers, things began to change. they were concerned about their rice fields. and they became heavily involved in planting mangroves because of their rice field mall among the dma was one of them for 4 years. villagers in ca noble have been working to save their paddies. the initiave t.v. is organizing financed by the energy or oceania. early served as its president for many years for their locals in our rice fields, no longer produce good, have a cyclical salt. water is invading them more and more. we know nor the reason is because the money grows have disappeared. we need to replant them lucky or shiny and provides us with mangroves. for the north, in the extremely i read martin region to close to the sahara did it. came up with

a more conventional method during the wet season nomads heads graze here. the animals have been recruited to help plant the forest to be part of the great greenwald aims to cattell the city. became of this a hell region of the head is fed the fruits of the poor southeast in fast growing tree that needs new water. the animals spread the seeds in their down we are going to try these all across any go. and we hope that in a year or 2 will find cross-talk is growing alongside like store greens and roots in senegal. back to custom months, because cindy glances, all african mahogany, as it's commonly known, has become rea here. they're also very few old animals left to spread the seeds

you know, if there's a problem with all the animals, it was necessary to think of an alternative way to disseminate the seeds. i don't wait for things to solve themselves. i am a man of action and i needed in affordable solution. working within certain constraints does allow me some freedom. as soon as i find a solution, i apply it and move forward. and this is his solution here. young men from the village of use leans to scatter seeds of the african mahogany. the intention is to introduce more species diversity. all if we are doing it here because in this area is basically one type of tree, the new york we are trying to encourage the growth of other trees like the bio sinegal in seas. and that it's among groups that are particularly dear to lifelong ecology tied to you know,

i lose heart you trees efforts over 150000000 birds have already been planted in a few years' time. canopus rice paddies should be salt free when the great green wall is completed it will be the biggest manmade garden on earth, improving the environment tree by tree. but it's not just mega projects like this one that i'm puerto and smaller individual initiatives can help too. and those are the ones we love to showcase and are doing our bit segment. 1st time. coming to you right from here in nigeria. let's take a look. this is not a face mask to keep out the coronavirus. it's a piece of art. this woman is made of textiles, but looks like a queen of flowers,

nigerian artist marcella joe torre gets her material from taylors in lego's. mostly it's discarded fabric swatches. sometimes it's the ones i like. it's just beyond the name of tradition to do new as well because i go there and they have someone who collects them, so they also complaints and just see. so those strong anywhere wasn't in, on average, worldwide one garbage truck full of clothes and stuff in a landfill, or in an incinerator each 2nd with or are put joe torre is giving cloth a 2nd life by the same time making a living or works of even sold for as much as $25000.00. recycling has rarely been so practical and to puta full. and how about you?

if you're also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website, send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your story, use the wonderful works of art and what awaits us fabric scraps. now we have to you go to a beautiful spot in the italian office. it's one of the continent's biggest growing region, but it's true near to bought. it has also become a battleground in the small community there as a pharmacy, a low corns over one of the most fundamental questions in farming today. should pesticides be noosed or not equal africa reporter who went to hear both sides of the uk and that's the substance, is that so division in italy's alpine valleys pest assigned are in widespread use.

a fact that has angered some locals and sparked a heated debate between conventional and organic farmers. what they're now take flu as a name. it says on the packaging that it can harm unborn children in the womb. just imagine this sort of product is doing the rounds. if people know you to fairbanks and there goes most, that risk would be us, the fruit farmers, we're the ones who handle this stuff and it's concentrated form. once it lands on the sprayer, it's been diluted by a factor of a 1000 developed of models is located in one of europe's most picture rest landscapes. in recent times, the local pharmacy has become the center point of research into the presence of pesticides in the ass. back in 2018, an independent environmental institute set up 2 measuring devices in the pharmacist's gardens. the ad was monitored for 6 months. although the closest fruit

farm is about a kilometer away, several pesticides were detected in the air. and this is a small garden surrounded by hedges, right in the middle of a village with many houses. there's a big tree which is supposed to offer protection, but few to more than 25 pesticides have been detected with in god we have miles has got failed. at present, there aren't many orchards located near the village. many locals want to see the landscape maintain its diversity. it's a different story further down the valley where orchards dominate the landscape. one in 10 apples in your a grown in the region of south to roll. 6 times more pesticides than is average in farming in italy as sprayed on these monocultures assignment is an apple pharma. he prefers to use terms like plant protection of the

pesticide growing fruit without plant protection products is nearly impossible at the moment. conventional farmers do their thing, they have their means and the organic farmers have theirs. but both kinds require plant protection by their plants and shoots. but nestled between the orchards is all been included. has organic herb farm he's previously been banned from selling his produce because it contained pesticides. now he's invested heavily in foil coverings to protect his plants. if you count them out of the air here contains a cocktail of contamination and we're not just breeding one substance in a minute. nobody knows what happens inside the body when we breathe in this cocktail of substances, the amount of anger,

the local farmers association says the situation has improved. conventional farmers now have to plant protective hedges if they border on organic farms. all set up nets, which is supposed to stop the spread of pesticides, small steps of this kind of going some way towards easing tensions. but the widespread use of pesticides appears to be here to stay off. so then i can't really comment on the health risks. what we always say is that the substances have been tested and approved by the health ministry. guardsmen used to be approved soon. all the stuff that was sprayed 1020 years ago has now been banned. at the time they were allowed, and i'm convinced that the substances allowed today won't be allowed. and a few years both a full marin, the pharmacist, have set the ball rolling and it continuing the fight for organic farming to become the norm in and around. in a local referendum, in $2142.00 thirds of the villages voted to ban pesticide use,

the village also declared itself europe's 1st pesticide free community. the farmers association took the matter to court several years later, the crew. it's accepted the result of the referendum, but the fight over the use of pesticides continues. pharmacists patting us refers to a un report that describes the necessity for pesticides as a myth. it literally says the assertion by the agro chemical industry that pesticides are necessary is not only inaccurate but dangerously misleading. push came from us. it came at us like thunder. many conventional farmers are concerned about the future of their businesses. the case has now reached the supreme court in rome, which will decide whether or not as to science should be allowed in the region.

production is clearly important. in ivory coast, it is growing. in fact, the west african country is the biggest producer. but those brains are exported and processed over little the profit goes to the local farmers and given to their wives in a border in the south of the country. a women's party has settled to do things differently, and they are reaping incredible results in terms of the environment typically considered the domain of men, there used to be no role in the cocoa harvest for these women. but now they're farming and producing themselves. juliet quasi founded a co-operative with the women in her own village in the southern part of ivory coast. its aim is to produce cocoa beans more sustainably. and to use them for making more than just chocolate. this is it. almost nothing is thrown away.

we start with the muscle, it's the sticky pulp which is never used in cocoa production. we add flavors and spices to it, which is unusual and innovative. mom. the women use the juice from the pulp to make products such as flavor and cocoa beans and the husks to make the 40 local women who have joined the cooperative are now earning an income for themselves and their families are 5th. i used to only work occasionally when i didn't make much money. but since i joined the co-operative that's changed, i can earn the equivalent of 4 heroes 50 every day. i'm happy because thanks to the co-operative, i'm now independent and the majority of ivory coast's 26000000 population work in the agricola.