bent 8 hours a day the women pluck pollen from the flowers with tweezers beneath the scorching sun. but why are there no men working under the model. of their mother could men america spends if we only hire them for cutting and to carry loads they cost $300.00 rupees per day women work for $200.00. a daily wage of less than 2 euro's 50 is illegal even in india. in karnataka the minimum wage in agriculture is $330.00 rupees around 4 years the day. these women only received 60 percent of the legal minimum wage. why do you work here more than could even though because there is no other work right now normally we work in the rice fields and harvest rice but at the moment there is nothing except pollination.

is this work difficult. yes my eyes are so far because we are so concentrated and i have a bad back. it's hard work but we also have to earn a living. we get $102.00 euros here a kilo of tomato seeds if we are going to 26 year as more so we could pay the women what they're asking for and still have a profit because. the farmers are breaking the law because they don't get an additional $26.00 here is per kilo. limit god sells the seed in europe for an average of $60000.00 euros per. hour the companies aware of this illegal practice. we visit an indian location belonging to him a clue. with

a hidden camera. at 1st it doesn't look good to god stuff us i was. going to do you foresee it's got. lots of office but but but we make a documentary about the seats in the cabinet that i took to get openings which country if i take lovely offense all walk on. as we come from france like the parent company limo clone it seems to open doors willow to talk to manage it. good night and the man phone says head office. ok. thank you very much we've. already. got. the team is surprised with the

sudden author of a famous indian hospitality that our. let us know that they didn't even know 1st question 1st ok well look. we're in this is where the seas are drawing to before they are exposed to. fish. during the interview the manager at mit he knows that his contract farmers are paying their workers below the legal minimum wage. like the salary for one of the workers who are live so when looking at a local 48 hours of this some farmers say they have no less than 2 years 50

the manager goes on to reveal that the company doesn't even pay its own people the minimum wage. how much are they in because for. just over 3. no one here is allowed to know how much the seeds are worth in europe but only over to my talk. we're. going to be. back in paris does limit though know about these practices and i scooted i said are you familiar with this report soil seeds i have it here yes it was written and 2015 and examined the problems of child labor and the exploitation of women and

here on page 6 it says the proportion of children under 14 years of age is between 10.5 and 16.3 percent of all field workers working for. first of all i can assure you clearly and unequivocally there is no child labor at the lima ground sites. this sit during make up what about the subcontracted farmers who work for you in india can you assure us that there is no child labor there really that i don't know some passage of said you say we have reduced these from 10 or 15 percent to less than one percent all measures are being taken to achieve this which measures. contractual measures to ban child labor and hard before we continue to educate and inform raise awareness and if necessary impose sanctions on us to prevent child labor in lima grab as much as possible. to hide these

awful existed as much as possible. tide is child labor is a very serious issue the us we have a 0 tolerance level it is. 0 but the music is good we can we ever be 100 percent certain in a country like india probably not but our determination is unwavering model to see it done if the game companies that work for you we have made women who are paid below the minimum wage get $200.00 rupees per day instead of $330.00 what do you say to that. so i don't agree with this assertion. that corey cecum of there was going to go in there something else that you claim that the indian guy employees receive the legal minimum wage of $330.00 rupees per day in reality pays its workers 300 the a manager has actually confirmed this list wherever we operate employees are paid

according to the legal minimum wage and or hire him again. i take issue with your allegation that the pharmacy. it is almost impossible to avoid hybrid plants. in 20 to 2060 percent of the world's commercial scene were owned by a chemical giant. by a man sent. down to. syngenta. biodiversity is not an issue for these corporations. in 2009 an expert warned the world about this development believing a dishy 10 until 2014 was the un special rapporteur on the right to.

75 percent of the diversity has been done. as a result of the pressure. off your improved. we visit in brussels to leave you. this your job works in an international team of experts who sustainable food systems. his message the world surface less from hunger then from malnutrition. the figure is alarming we have already lost 75 percent and plan for right. biodiversity is not just a luxury for botanists yet it also helps to secure global food supplies we don't know what the future and climate change will bring which harmful insects and diseases will invest in our plants when it was why we need the natural reserves of

a diverse plant world if we're to cope with unforeseeable threats or. the plant business goes hand in hand with a pesticide business 3 of the 4 world leaders producing seeds also produce pesticides buyer monsanto delta and syngenta. the farmers are always offered a complete package deal they're told that they will only get a good harvest with this past aside that fertilizer for example some seeds are developed that are resistant to certain active substances he was at home. some seeds like the trojan horse will agro chemicals more than $4000000.00 tons of pesticides are sprayed on the earth every year. at some point we won't eat the same thing from dakar to miami from paris to bangkok is that tomorrow's world. or thousands of years we had

a large quantity and variety of see what is the value and the seeds improve. year after year with the harvests by farmers that were using methods. that would now be considered today as being traditional. rationally specialist companies have begun to perform this process of selection and lead production which in turn has put seeds on the market that can produce large quantities of genetically modified agricultural produce. is distribution of commercial seeds and which rights are owned by a handful of major transnational companies means that agriculture will no longer be sustainable for many small farmers in developing countries and therefore we're going to see a gradual worldwide destruction of small scale. increasingly

consumers and film is protesting a demand for. natural things that are not. corporations. in the south of france a resistance movement is gaining popularity. you. believe is situated in the. heads of the nonprofit organization the aim is to protect traditional clones and forgotten vegetable varieties their seed collection includes over $2400.00 vegetable varieties from beige cucumber to orange swiss. the range of colors is amazing. to the standardization of agriculture species of pulling down a genetic finals most people for example thinks with chance a green and white. but there's an incredible diversity of swiss chard all of the

colors of the rainbow that we don't. scene normally. has also started to see through that frontiers initiative. this is where we ship the passengers for the solidarity campaign sees without front is every year we send hundreds of packages worldwide he says feedback from some of the projects we've supported from where virtually everywhere. india central and south america asia. and countries where the population is dominated by the agro chemical and food industry multinationals as a result they sometimes quickly lose all their natural varieties sometimes in just one or 2 growing seasons. by saving the old horizon and by growing traditional plants that burma's and consumers have the

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this is the w. news live from berlin taking stock in the world's fight against coronavirus a year after the world health organization sounded the alarm about kobe's 19 we'll look at the progress made and the difficult road ahead also coming up. russian authorities warn the public not to join protests in support of the country's jo opposition leader tensions are high on the eve of planned mass rallies to demand the lakeside divel me to be freed. and in the bundesliga vi and face the team that had trashed them for one of the earlier in the season we have the highlights of

their rubbish against top. i'm anthony held welcome it's now been a year since the world health organization a list of the world to an impending danger declaring the coronavirus crisis a public health emergency well just over a month later it was declared a global pandemic on january 30th 2020 there were just over 10000 covered cases almost all of them in china later in february and early spring case numbers shot up around the world and they've been rising if a since on january 29th 2021 and he after that initial declaration more than 102000000 people a full and sick with the virus well to talk more about this milestone on joined by

stephen morse he's a professor in epidemiology at columbia university medical center in new york and an expert in health diplomacy and early warning systems welcome to day w professor a muscle and pricing for these and says i want to ask ag in a way closer to the end of this than we are to the beginning well in some ways i think we are really still in the thick of it but with vaccines now being rolled out and more on the horizon i think that will help to control it at the same time some of the other measures many of the things that germany did through example have been successful in controlling it so i'm hopeful that even though we're not out of the woods yet we are going to be seeing some improvements in the next 6 months or less. the emotional peaks and troughs recently built on the exciting news of vaccinations coming online and then the counter revelations of more infectious

variants that seem to be a step ahead of the science we've brought to be wary of these new variants and their ability to complicate our why out of this mess oh absolutely and i think it's essential that we really keep doing surveillance that is being watchful through these new the ariens as in the u.k. where they sound and characterize quite a few of them and that's how they find them but the more the virus continues to transmit the more variants will city that's what viruses do they just mutate and we can expect this so we really have to slow down and stop the transmission as much as possible whether through the masks and distance and in other measures or eventually also live vaccine. if professor you've made everybody we've all been living in and somewhat of an alternate universe locking down upon wearing masks as you say keeping distance will some of these pandemic behavior is remain in our lives simply

because we can't eradicate this virus any more than we can eliminate the regular flu. you know i think the flu analogy is a very good one we probably will be taking that scenes on a regular basis as new variants come out but we've had other coronavirus 4 of them that we know about that have circulated in the human population they came in and probably in similar ways within the last few 100 years so i'm hopeful that eventually any you know they'll they'll be familiar again and like another 50 human coronavirus intil then we really do have to be careful because we don't know how long the immunity last with the vaccine and we don't know whether it's going to prevent transmission so i think we'll be wearing masks for a while tiresome as that is what is the more difficult component in a pandemic is it getting to grips with the science or getting to grips with people

and getting them to follow the science oh that's an excellent question. when i started working on this some years ago i thought it was the science but i think we understand enough about the science that i now realize it's human behavior getting people to do the things that are going to protect them and taking it seriously and we had i think a lot of mixed messages from political leadership in some countries and the countries that did best had the best message is scientific messages from political leadership so i think it's human behavior that's really the key here and political will helping us my one of the pandemic steven wallace epidemiologist at columbia university medical center thanks so much faith on thank you. well here in germany chancellor angela merkel has appealed to the public for patience during her

country's current of arse lockdown schools shops restaurants and leisure facilities have been closed since december wakely video podcast merkel noted some encouraging signs but urged people to stay vigilant. to all of our efforts the infection rate is dropping. we are making progress but at the same time we must be mindful of the danger posed by the new highly contagious mutation that fall in the coming weeks we must proceed with caution we are not yet in a position to reopen schools and daycare centers the more consistent we are now observing social distancing and following hygiene rules and wearing masks the sooner that will be possible again. or countries across the globe have been tightening their borders amid concerns about the rapid spread of new variants of the corona virus germany is among those ramping up controls for

travelers coming from new variant hotspots and now france is introducing restrictions at its borders which could y. heavily on local businesses that depend on cross border traffic as well as commuters. for decades around half the customers of rosemary harks bakery and petite also have been french and half german a local t.v. news crew has come today along with french politician christophe aren't people are worried about the situation at the french german border if the french prime minister moves forward with his plan to tighten cross border travel restrictions beginning monday rosemary hucks german customers will have to show proof of a negative p.c.r. coronavirus test. i don't understand it one day they open the borders the next day they close the mic and i don't know what to make of it such a to. yes it costs around $150.00 euros nobody will spend that kind of money to buy ever get. city to $39.00 border crossings between low and the german silent are

affected. just down the road christophe advent demonstrates the core of the problem he crosses the border from france to germany and back again from germany to france just like thousands of people do every day they went shopping just to be on the safe side. i don't know what's going on i just hope it will all be over soon it will probably be to. the covert 910 demick has brought to light the difficulties in the franco german relationship for example when it comes to cross border commuters. filipe on the way our lives in france but works in germany as a vocational trainer last month his working hours were reduced and the government subsidized his wages he was then double taxed due to a loophole. in germany the monthly wages get

taxed which they did with our salary too but we also need to pay taxes on the reduced working schedule subsidies in france. germany has announced it will close its borders to countries where new coronavirus variants spread rapidly currently this is not the case in love m. but there are long lines of french customers at this german service station. we are very worried we're just so used to driving to germany whenever we want to. germany and france have strong links if one side of the border has high case numbers of coronavirus variants so does the other site this is a shared habitat and it needs to be treated as such. the french government is now discussing a solution for regions where crossing borders is a day to day reality. to russia now where police have warned activists not to join

protests in support of the job opposition leader oleksandr family security forces have sealed off parts of cities including some pages where demonstrations are planned nearly $4000.00 have been detained at rallies since novell these arrests earlier this month. russian authorities are determined to prevent any repeat of the mass protests which followed the arrest. legs in a valley much of sin petersburg has been barricaded against demonstrations planned for sunday fishers warn they will crack down hard on troublemakers but that is the only yes the welding interior ministry and other loren foresman units will use all necessary means to ensure public order. any violent action against offices or refusal to a bay their lawful orders will be prevented individuals who commit illegal acts will be detained and held accountable. a moscow court has ordered

his brother oh legan several other supporters not to leave their homes they are alleged to have breached coronavirus rules during recent rallies nonsense say their lawyers. the only motivation behind this criminal case is to put all political activists under house arrest and forbid them from using the internet. in another twist russian t.v. has been to a building which the opposition claim is a multi-million dollar palace belonging to president vladimir putin state television says nothing more than a hotel is being built here and a leading business figure insists he is the owner. meanwhile security forces remain on high alert to deal with sunday's planned protests in st petersburg and elsewhere. thanks now to some other stories making

headlines around the world starting today hong kong residents can apply for a new visa offering them a pathway to british citizenship scheme came into britain came in response rather to china's national security law in the territory as part of a crackdown on dissent and china said it would no longer recognize u.k. issued passports for hong kong as. 8 afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack claimed by the taliban a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into a military base in the country's east washington has recently criticized the taliban for not living up to peace efforts promise in a deal signed last year. in paris clashes have erupted between police and protesters opposed to a proposed new security law the legislation would criminalize so-called malicious publication of photographs of police officers civil rights campaigners and

journalists want the measure to be scrapped. sport now and in saturday's early bundesliga action by a host of their bogey team in hoffenheim the visitors beat the running champions $41.00 early in the season but this time around they weren't so lucky. by and munich with a case of the pre-game goes little did they know they'd have plenty more to smile about at the end of the match even though they needed a corner to finally breakdown hoffenheim stefanski not to mention the jumping skills of jerome boyer tank has had a front the back of the net to hand by in the lead in the 38th minute taste of what was to come thomas by and 10 minutes later for his 10th goal of the season but not without the help of robert live and off ski sniffed the footwork. by and had

barely finished celebrating when hoffenheim put one back just before half time thanks to andre crime rate choice 13th goal of the season but that's as close as hoffenheim would get laver nasi made it 31 after just 57 minutes. king c c'mon with some slick play and the poland international finding himself in the right place at the right time. the floodgates had opened search cannot be added in another to see a $41.00 victory for bion a scoreline that might sound familiar as by an event there for one last against oftentimes earlier in the season. in surveys but in this league top match a 2nd place lot. of accusing cigs christopher and kook or scored the only goal of the match early in the 2nd half to secure his side the victory there still 7 points behind by a good lead the table meanwhile live accused and slid down to 4th after

a 2nd consecutive loss. you're watching datable the news of the next reporter on a german for photographers portrait of holocaust survivor stay tuned for that and i'll be back with more news at the top of the. every day counts for us and for our planet. the ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over a d. for storage.