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ah, a ended glistening place of longing. the mediterranean sea. he had almost far enter far dockery drift along exploring modern lifestyles and mediterranean meeting people on hearing their dreams ready to re journey this week on d. w. ah we live in a world of plenty, yet more than 800000000 people don't have enough to it. but you one wants to achieve 0100 by 2030 climate change and i'm going population. make that
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a tough challenge on eco india to be. we explore reason, bridge agriculture can make a difference. hello, welcome. i'm sorry that i could. agriculture is the mean source of livelihood for more than half of india's population. most farmers up work and many struggle to survive. new techniques hold out the promise of improving their productivity and income. one is aqua phonics, a resource saving system that marries fish and vegetables farming. we visited india's 1st aqua phonics vintage, which aims to become fully self sufficient for all its full needs. ah ah it distorted the cold you fun for lydia and she then began going back to lose on the site. then when she heard
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about an under farming method being promoted enough village, she knew she had to give it a shot record on alonzo clark. i love her, i started a young lady about to be a lot of case active lansdale and it's all about already valid pharmacy. but when i was told, i love it, we love the mean facia. that's why, like i said, we're on. i don't think those are the i want to try to find out are not the day has become successful because my lorna fuck, fuck would love. she knows who lives by the aqua phonics system that she set up in 2017. it allows to grow almost all the food for her household of fight lost. she gets to sell the surface to others in her village. aqua phonics is an organic hybrid falling system. it combines aquaculture, the code division of aquatic animals and hydroponics which is forming without
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thought simply but it revolves around the continuous flow. what a between the fish tank and a plant that is more signs to it than me to the on the fish. and that done excrete in the water. ammonia in the excrement is getting through a bite to the blonde, the bacteria and the bed converts and moon, and do nitrate, which serves its nutrients for the plumps. the water, which is now free of the moon, it's bumped back done for the fish to grow and aqua on his heels, voter efficient farming metal. his studies show that it uses 10 times less what than traditional agriculture. since the plant a non grown, i'm sorry, this technique also keeps coin diseases and make use of pesticides is do i would because they would convention the fish the story of how it li engine you came to practice,
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equip on walls of the studio and use 1st eco phonics were located and kept her home down to rawlings. it goes to efficient community who's economy for centuries, has relied on got from the scene, not fish swamps, but caroline fisher stalks on the threat from old fish pollution and the effects of climate change on land over cultivation has impacted crop. eats in response officials lawn's neck upon its palate project in 2016, a local bank provided interest free loans of 20000 rupees, or 250 euros along with technical trailing. that has helped close to $200.00 families set up their own systems at home. now demand is growing every mean in general and they, they probably know. and i, you know, i was kinda number to abilene i, i just found you in the community by an ard on him and with the young a lot resolution of it. i think the general us, i'm one,
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i'm not going to that it is a mission to show. kumar has stick into hot the retired quarters of it was one of the 1st to set up an a go up on the system under project was long conceras. now 7 years later, he not only grows all his food would also run screening courses on a couple, bombings, not only ensure, but in other parts of cadillac, as well as in the states like tom and not when go. well, i'm one of you. i also to go log on to get your name, will it all it out again? is under long g nissan. i got a 100 belinda ford saying that i was not available at all on this sunday. i was looking at my own feel a little bit along the residents association, out of the ones that we really don't have any, ortho dirt delivery to that are in a more normal unit retail. these workshops offered technical assistance that can be hard to come by and from 1130000000. that is because there
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is still ambiguity over which government bond he's actually responsible for this new hybrid method of forming that that might feel like it. and it, and then to me, this is a speech and identity. linda, this latin of each are to entire our department. well, i don't know much about the literature. how your godly culture department does leave. i did about completion of a dig. i sure did i lose your life is not dig hard and you know what i little i'm really getting booked up on your to then. no hold a bought from constant maintenance. there are other limitations that could prevent it were panics from being widely adopted in india, potatoes, carrots and group legends. gym, which need more space in a plant that can offer and can not be grown. ease of use, investment. the cost to set and the need to continuously bother the system are also
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considered disadvantages, but expert thinking, the benefits outweigh the downside. good morning. ah, them coronel, overload the tech and requires very living in lamar, a lot of palo civil, very civil at all. no electricity lighting lillian land, solar energy, and solar panels, bothered on the recommended procedures listed in the the hardware anomaly. alady the la la little you read the entire year at alan ringwood. and then about level of beginning, it doesn't get more or less to live in am. i included the city and they were in by let despite challenges, interest in our klafonya seems to be picking up in india with farms now among ostrich with roxanne and her young back teacher. more people from the bosses boring to watch and learn from the villages emission success. the past few months have been. the busiest focus shall come on her since the beginning of the pendant for him and of the residence. here
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it is a sign that the book has only just begun. now from crops in the fields to animals on the farm and strategies to meet a growing global demand for meet with already milking the most out of our life's talk through selective reading and gene editing, signed to see we could use the same methods to make me production more sustainable . the question is, should we man nod? they're mostly hand. they're the pride and joy of their breeders with squeezing as much as we can out of our animals. the world is getting ever hungry. f, a meat and milk, but by pushing animals to their limits, we're doing the same to our planet. but if we can turn our animals into food production machines, couldn't we also break them to be more environmentally friendly? this is hardly any ecological nash. we're genetic fuel generics and can't come up
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with a solution. scientists are working on designing more sustainable animals spice, selective breeding, or even by artificially changing their genetic code. revolutionary ways to make food production more sustainable or a dangerous manipulation of nature. for more than 10000 years, we humans have optimized corn and rice harvests and engineered zucchini to be non toxic, sheep stronger, and wolves, more obedient. we've been doing this very successfully. this is professor john, do pray. he's an expert on the ethical aspects of animal breeding. i mean, you know, if you, if you could pay the growth rate to the sizes of animals. yes, over the last few decades. i mean, this could be an enormous increases in productivity. the hunger for more and cheaper meter milk has led to chickens that seemed fully grown at 20 days. double muscled cattle and pigs borne with ho extra ribs. in 1961,
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a single cow in the u. s. produced 9 liters of milk per day to days. cows produce an average of 28 liters. that means that 3 breeding the carbon footprint of one glass of milk is a 3rd of what it was many decades ago. cow, still burp and fought greenhouse gas is, but they also produce much more milk. however, a far higher milk consumption worldwide negates these savings in emissions. and as a brutal flipside to such food reduction to animals that live in horrific conditions or grow far faster or heavier than their bodies can cope with. and one factor is driving this to ever greater extremes. me consumption is booming around the world, while the global population has roughly tripled in the past 60 years meet production has increased fivefold with richer countries devouring most of it. livestock farming requires enormous quantities of water and agricultural land for animal feed
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and contributes more than 14 percent of all man made greenhouse gas emissions. and regardless as to how productive our livestock is, the way we produce al food is disastrous for the planet. that's why some research as the trying to improve livestock sustainability, either by selective breeding or by artificially changing the company. aqua bounty from us is that they are genetically modified. fish is more sustainable than traditionally produced salmon. they introduced genes from other wild fish to create what they call aqua advantage salmon. these super salmon is supposed to grow twice as fast as usual, salmon, and require up to 25 percent less feed. this is not about an sustainability that is not about producing. am better animals, this is the outward in seeing a genetically engineered product to the profit of the company. this is donna pulse from the n g o friends of the us who advocates against this practice. enrique here
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there's a lot of things that is confidential business information. we asked the company for a statement and access to their scientific data, but hadn't received an answer by the time we made this video. the us food and drug administration approved the fish as safe to eat in 2015, but the decisions so heavy backlash from civil society and environmental groups. they took the come to court. there's evidence highlighting this to be genetically engineered salmon bleed with wild sadness that within a couple generations i'll examine and not only are ecosystems at risk, the potential benefits of artificial genetic engineering can come at a price undesirable mutations and side effects. in 2020 a u. s. court ruled that the f d. a had failed to sufficiently investigate the environmental consequences of
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approving genetically engineered salmon. but what about less invasive selective breeding? that's when animals with the desired features, a cross bred with each other to boost or disable certain traits. their genes are not directly modified or this shape has won an award, or rather its creators were honored for their contribution to mitigating climate change. and where else could the sheep have been bred than in new zealand, where she pout number humans, 6 to one greatest sustainability in its meat and wool industries is key for the country's own net 0 target. we basically discovered that we can, we can breathe full unless we think this is dr. suzanne ro, for years. she has looked at how she could burp out, fewer climate damaging gases. we can change the, the bugs that are in the stomach that break down the feed. and we can change the amount of methane that's emitted. every generation of sheep bread here emits slightly less methane than the previous one. an effect that accumulates over time.
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dr. roe says that apart from burping and floating less methane, the sheep are as healthy, unproductive as their high emitting companions. and even meet the criteria for organic farming. to selectively breed the low methane shape. the scientists 1st had to find the nest, gassy ones. so they put the sheep into a special high tech chamber and let them get windy. the sheep here are only used for research purposes, been not sold. the institute is traveling the country, measuring the missing levels of sheep regardless of breed. this means farms can select the more sustainable animals themselves, the so called font chamber could potentially also be used for other graces to. currently the only genetically engineered animals approved for consumption are found in the us and canada. the u is still far from making such a step, but environmentalists and consumer rights advocates fear that could one day change . meanwhile, the u. k. government has already proposed legislation allowing for the commercial
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development of gene edited livestock. it seems to me likely that this, these could be on some of our plates and in the next few years, ah, let say within the next 5 years, genetic intervention raises questions about potential risks to the environment as well as undesirable side effects. selective breeding could be a safer and more viable alternative, but would demand more effort and time. what's also clear is that the problems that come with milken meat production won't be solved by simply altering car animals. the same type of intense hot spills that league farmers in india also wreaking havoc on crops in europe. scientists, for instance, had linked the halter conditions to a previous locust invasion on the italian island of sardinia. farmers, there have found a jewel take hooks. the best hope of combating the swans ye
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in of barren landscape. and the last stragglers of a recent locust swarm, the insects left a trail of devastation in their wake. also want farmer, anton hello, browse pastures. lou, calling to the market, there is nothing left. look at the soil and wonder they devoured everything. what luck look here, see how many locust 3rd, what like one to cover to so slurry tank is full of locusts. anton hello had to move his 800 goats to the surrounding countryside as there was nothing left for them to graze on here. the insect even ate the hay for the winter, which will mean higher costs on a job that's already hardly profitable craft. but normally it's impossible to calculate the damages they cons. 10 o'clock. we've had locust invasion since 2019
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recover, but it's never been as bad as this year. so like was to live a request on north brookfield an estimated 50000 hector's of land in sardinia have been effected. the epicenter of the plague is the tier, so river valley, so multiple is only the 5th, but this whole area has been ravaged by the locust oscillate. the gallow figure of spunk element they. they moved along the river with a flood plains below this mountain range. for ideal conditions for local seal ali, a soap talk was that got they nothing like that, a little martinez, gavin owen, fabio worked for the regional agriculture agency. part of their job is to try to gain control over the past. really cake with thought here this female is langer eggs. sweeter kids that are fe mina, but she digs a whole clear said outside of a nuclear then and go the eggs. we made the low for every female deposits up to 30 eggs 3 times each season. will take talk with stripped of them. these are the pods
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they laid their eggs in africa 3 next to each other. quote, the internal dish inside that the eggs of the locus, antony aline. their life cycle last from april to july. hello mr. lulu? they lay eggs 3 times, and then they die. that bone of both evolved if we morial. locusts will even eat other dead locusts, fabio says proper plowing of the land is an important tool for combating invasions that it would have an effect. but it may ploughing is important in order to get the eggs out of the ground, the land onto the surface. they, because only the can they be eaten by the natural predators that birds, pigs, wild boys or other on the horse from yaya to the chatham public. any marley shall neely arturo cocoa from the university of sorry, research is locusts. he explains multiple factors contribute to locust infestation, which began on sardinia in 2019 sequence man, they can be, i mean, to climate change plays a big role you mall because we now have long,
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dry periods eatable receive on top of that on the horns. moorland has been abandoned on your garden, it's no longer being cultivated or managed to luck with the what's your name? the very thought of them. the use of chemicals is only effective against young locusts. plus, there are large areas where pesticides cannot be used anyway because they're devoted to organic farming. researchers are therefore relying on natural predators . first and foremost, this beetle malebranche variable us up on that, but then also a boat that we must do whatever it takes to protect and propagates the locust natural predators soon and their la had that. but i thought the only way we could control this infestation would red linkedin see thought request they'd be questing for us. that's your garvey, no one fabio collect the beatles as they are currently the most successful weapon for preventing future locust plagues that bonnie lou over arlene, this is a delay. it's eggs in the hole where the locusts have their egg salad. when the beat love, i eat the locusts eggs, they lay,
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they were tried to capture as many beetles as possible in places where they're not needed head of oral and used to where we need their help out only over magole to national or international. the meno. in 2021 sardine as regional government made a plan to combat the locust plagues. this includes an app for reporting swarms, organic pesticides, and farmers being required to plow their land even now gabino and fabio are working hard so that next summer their native island will be spared from the insects noon. there's a different stretch to farm land over on sardine, neighboring island of sicily. farmers are selling valuable crop land to make way for solar plants and wind farms. that's good news for you to lease the renewable energy targets, but it's jeopardizing the regions. we tease the area around tra piney in western sicily is so rich in wind and sun, it smoking a wave of gold rush,
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fever architect antonini, masada says it's an el dorado for renewables to in the city. build prevent. every one's lining up is key on the french, german americans, not just italians on goal it and then hoist e. let international companies want to invest in the production of electricity generated by our wind. little sign wants this only a bow. so when the wind turbines are turning, that means business is booming for the sicilian mazata broke as licenses for wind and soda parks that includes fields where green ones screw. so the tortoise st. angelo still farms his land. here in eastern sicily, his family has been growing wheat for generations. he wouldn't dream sacrificing his land for solar park or wind farm that had been availability on it. that would be tragic in the end of a naturally grown product to gemini,
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glad they want to look at it. but right next to his field, there are markings on the road, electricity pylons will soon be built here for a solar park further down in the plane. the man who is here on site wanted to see the project stops or you know why they were going up of it. down to the lab difficult, top lay contadino egg. the investors are exploiting the farmers financial difficulty as he said he, when they receive rather to be a little money for their crops haley, but a lot of money for their land, all 80 kilometer, who would say no to that to the local stream g. but it would be the end of the tradition and identity of farming here a lot or a lot of rain theda. even the italian state is encouraging farmers to profit and the opportunity that the salvatore st. angelo is grain is his life within granted that this is all natural, untreated durham, wheat shine. you can tell by the fine flowery powder that sticks too. it gay ha
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loaner that way. back in west. and cecily antonio, my father and his son, giuseppe are looking for land. they still maps and scout around for locations suitable for photovoltaic power plants. they're looking to require at least 60 hector of land sale to renew a bono elnora and oranges on all 3 only tuning is the terrain is good and there are no legal restrictions. all the purchase price can be $25000.00 euros per hectare gilchrist. our little of in the gene gray miller, you're a dental for the owners. got a really great deal. no cause yawning. the missouri's use a drone to inspect the sight of the future. so le park, they checked the soil fe erosion which could hinder construction. if all goes well, renewable energy could soon be produced here. comparable diary. ha, what the rate that he of indian grandma you can get a $100000.00 euros for selling for hector's of land. but
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a farmer makes us 3000 years a year. but hector of burst cultivating graeme and 11 arrows over the left bay that when the warrior english saw more so how many years of work does it take to make as much money as i can get from our straight away love. we love you, the liberals will be the renewables instead of farming. many sicilians fear that due to the war in ukraine life on the island could quickly change if the russian gas needed for energy production were to stop flowing. but that creates a conflict of interest. since italy is currently unable to import supplies from the bread baskets of ukraine and russia, italians need to grow more wheat themselves because without grain, there's no bread or pastor or what been solid okay, shall be of is on your, the can't be acceptable there to hover our future energy, nance, we start carrying the greenfields of sicily into rows of windmills and solar panels lining it up into space from the landscape. gentlemen, there is not boiling debbie doyle, local nes,
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and farmers are demanding fair pay for cultivating grain. and they say so the power could just as well be produced using rooftop panels without sacrificing fertile farm land. antonini, masada doesn't understand their concerns. he wants renewables from sicily at any price, with old mill lavario diesel. okay, the current jewelry, we have to provide the capacity now because we're running out of rushing gas, a dodge, if only have clean energy away, you just have to harness it was with electricity or bread, renewable energy, or farmland. the warm in ukraine is forcing people in sicily to make tough choices to stuff choices like we just saw when only get tougher going forward. each one of us is bound to be affected by unsustainable agricultural
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practices. growing population and climate change, the time to speak out for change is now. i'll leave you with that and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching with ah, ah, with
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