home area shows, it also significantly improves soil quality. could this be an eco friendly solution for all of india? ico, india connect on d. w. a, as you go to this is the thought they were gray, you ah, for thousands of years, we humans have made a living from what we cultivate on our fields, and what we harvest on our fruit and vegetable plantations. however intensive

agriculture in youth has negative consequences for the climate, for television of the soul, greenhouse emissions, reduced biodiversity. how can the advance of degenerate palming? that's what we're looking at toni on eco, india. hello, and welcome. and some of that we start in the district of jo, a legion in the state of modest tra, with increasingly erratic, green fall and poor soil quality. years of intensive farming and poor edition methods have also led to a steady degradation of soil, which has impacted the livelihoods of local farmers. this prompted one environmentalist to try out other regenerative farming methods adapted to the specific needs of the veteran. the me shandrika bought in

a cotton farmer from john gone district. 3 years ago. he fell sick and even after repeated trips to the hospital, his health didn't improve galani body. i started coughing a lot and would board. and especially in the night i was diagnosed with pneumonia in my blood test. mike, the at and in levels were quite high. and the doctor towards me, i have a need to be easier. why do i let someone somebody to below the bottle? is one among many young farmers in this part of the country who developed kidney problems with no prior medical history. it wasn't clear why. but doctor brush on such put a kidney specialist from mike who saw this on visits from his ancestral village. and joe gong had a pity in 2016 when i started an outpatient clinic and gentle go. and then i realized that there were so many be people from

the region coming in, chronic notices of unknown utility. and that's what made me think that there is definitely impact of the exposure of pesticides and how to besides to these patients, which is leading to or to me disease. and because candidacy joan district is it on 400 kilometers, not by and home to around 2500 villages, where the men occupation is agriculture. historically the land was full with 2 rivers got into its landscape. som of here grew may's cotton and a range of fruits and vegetables. but they now switch their primary harvest depending on what brings maximum yield. farming here has become intensive driven by cash crops. and so chemicals of had to become an important part of the mix. and this is what dr. le, finding leads to

a number of health conditions as well as environment of the duration, like the impact on soil, according to soil experts k be part of the quality of the soil has dropped, and it's losing components needed to carry out its most important functions. in delgado, the soil out again, the carbon has gone down to wind doper st. so it has to be a minimum point, right. but to say not a point in stone, but it's not minimum one percent. katie thought it was conducted by our booth who was determined to change things in his village. he had inherited his father field and saw this as an opportunity to try out the new farming method. i told him, i want this to be completely chemical. what can you do for me? you said, yes, we can produce fertilizers on the side just next to the blood. and, but i don't him, how can we do this? he says, yes, that is, i'm a 3rd together and they started working on regenerative agriculture. a method of

farming and harmony with nature that has 4 basic principles. one of them is going a 2nd crop right next to the main one. this is called a cover crop and it acts as a natural fertilizer. the roots of these crops had seed earthworms, and other soil organisms which loses an important condition for the full elevation process. ah, eventually what will happen is all we're doing seeing will eventually get be composed by what we call as a g o. chemical breakdown. and this actually provides nutrients to design your soil fertility, ambrose and your productivity actually goes up, might be false then your actual chemical for me. and what you get is this dotted sign, which is a very, very rich and carmen. this is the conversion of the electrochemical energy

into this sticky substance and decide which last 4 may be decades is a very, very strong indicator of soil fertility. this method does have criticisms, including a lack of long term studies and lower. in this case, it gives us dr. on sama an abundant yield of produce, including oranges cassette, apples, delmari, ginger and papaya. usually the custard apple. ah, non good afternoon sibling custard. ive been the usually flowers her at bow a 40 years in a traditionally grown field. but what happened to yoda was completely mind blowing the we started getting the flowers at 6 months and her victory, obviously a we wanted the blonde to grow and we didn't want the stress of fruiting. but at

the weird v. now how to bumper harvest, and that is only because of the practices which we are adopted. gabby barton also sees potential in this method beyond the fact that it is not detrimental to human heart. today this country is afford patricia and we how our 384000000 tons production of 40 grand. but this country is not new. no secular sort to mag this country as a know trish as a good country. we how to look at to the model. like why do we say it is gender, do farming? high tech, vitamin dodge is not taking his learning beyond his phone and talking to other families. and joe, go about the advantages of regenerative techniques. one of the 1st people he was able to convince was gender cons button, whose health has since improved ah,

yet all night. not sure. if we don't want to say it is important for us to move towards natural farming. and even if the preview is not as much, we are responsible for feeding the future generation. and it's important. we grow chemical freeport. when we use the specified, the vitamins and nutrients are destroyed in the plan and elated. you know, joe, that it, it is our job to keep the new generation healthy, and that's why we have to move towards natural. farmington are going to draw like i knew last, i knew sandria should be good. look on what our log dodge booth reaches out to as many farmers as again, particularly from those regions, whether it is excessive use of chemical fertilizers. everybody, once again it be, they want a financial that got it. and once we been able to show them good, this is how we do and this is profitability. many of them started realizing gay visual significantly reduce or to be in economic stability is crucial as

far must try to balance this need with the help regenerated agriculture could be one avenue that works for them. farmers in northern india still set fire to their fields every winter after how listing to burn the crop residue. this ancient practice is the easiest way to clear the fields for new crops. however, it leads to massive pollution and it's a waste of resources. we visited an entrepreneur, was found a way to reuse crop residue by processing it into sustainable products. ah, the handy girls, these women are leaving, may look ordinary. but the material they're using is the subject of much contention in india. it's crop waste that most farmers burn to get rid of the emissions contribute to dia, seasonal evolution across a wide swath of the countries. not this initiative in the city of bonnie,

but sources harvest residue from local farms. it's run by designer irish human done . she sees crops double as a resource that can be used to make decorative objects and help take the pressure off the environment. first is, you know, they're still running and running will be reduced. second, as my products are ready, us as saving but environmental cheney. so it, it, it will, i, as i said, it will buy a d, v, then composed of us. so there would be no need for dirty cycling off in the indian capital is 200 kilometers away. though vehicles and industry contribute to bad air quality. all you around that is notorious small beaks and wind up. when farmers in the nearby states of been jargon, ariana torch their fields to clear them for the next sewing season. toxic smoke from stubble, burning gets trapped in the atmosphere, threatening the health of hundreds of millions of people in the region up smoking

they got even if you don't smoke, if you're on delhi street. so to thank you like smoking a cigarette, my grandmother is also living in daily and she is always complaining about live and she gone the run go out of those. india is largely a gradient country and the would stop rice exports every year. it produces close to 500000000 tons of agricultural beast light. some types of crop residue are suitable as fargo for livestock. animals simply don't like the taste of stalks left over from rice decisions, get rid of the harvest. as a do farmers said an estimated $22000000.00 tons of buddies doubling every year. the indian agricultural research institute and delhi has been looking for ways to tackle the problem of stubble, burning a problem. it's head of microbiology says,

has mounted over the past decade as thing was done manually. so the stumble portion which was left below in the side was a very small this thing. so that could be grid itself with some time. but now because it is a machine harvesting, so stubborn size has increased. so that's why in all this trouble problem is that and because the farmers are now going for intensive groping, they do not leave. i would say, fiddle faddle, stubble, burning doesn't just cause air pollution. it also diminishes saw nutrients. heat from the fires penetrates the ground killing bacteria and fungi that are critical decided to do so now. but these research team has developed an organic spree that comes to the rescue of thought, the air and the soil. it's called the post decomposition microbial solution made up of 7 different fun day. these produce enzymes to breakdown crop leftovers directly

on the fields and on the waste into fertilizer and less than a month. available as gaps, use powder or solution, but the composer is activated when mixed with january water and flow. the amount needed to break down one ton of stubble. costs 22 piece or 23 euro since. last year the product was used by farmers across some, 200000 hector's of agricultural land. so definitely the application of post are decompose that will reduce the broadening and we have seen in the last couple of years that it is a reduction in the broadening of bagley's as you do to dan and is a farmer in commander village, a village on the outskirts of delhi, for the last 3 years, he has used the decomposition to eliminate the stubble on his field. and he has already prevented for the next sewing season. yeah, the baker,

if you look at this field, the we have plowed. you will only find straws, the smallest this tiny dog. and once we watered the fields, everything we get dissolved into the soil. yes, as proof in front of you pay you the. the stubble on the previous crop is now turned into fertilizer. always since this is the stubble from the last crop roy, nothing will be left and has been moved. everything dissolved into the soil. it puts me with, given a lack of affordable logged on it, is to dodging that feet, farmers like that and see the decomposition as a potential game changer. the delhi government is distributing the product free of charge for use on $5000.00 acres around the capitol. amid a global shorter to for the laser, some pharmacy they would now even be for dns. i'm sorry, a promising development in india's been to beats double boning and the stifling pollution it causes in farming. every thing starts with the seed. these days, the market will seeds is globalized to such an extent that just

a handful of log suppliers determine which scenes i used all over the world. this has some negative effects on the environment, new to the use of chemicals, and also results in a reduced mode i. t of crops they give life to plants, seats. they grow into the staple crops that make up much of our diet. and they also mean a lot of cashed for some the agricultural companies that sell seats and not just seats, but also the chemicals to treat them. and the make haul plates look more and more similar to protect food security, governments of building sieboldt, billionaires. i investing millions and traditional farmers a trying to preserve the varieties they inherited from the ancestors. so how did big agriculture take control of our seeds? and can we ever get them back? for thousands of years, farmers,

free bread reserved and shared seats. but then i got a culture radically changed. in the 20th century, farmers got new machines, chemicals and locked, made seats. and big companies stepped in. these major players dominate the market to be one of them had a special role in shaping modern agriculture, especially in the u. s, now, owned by german, one to national by your monsanto, was one of the giants of the business to turn seats into property and farmers into submissive customers to understand how they did it. it's important to know the history during the vietnam war once on to was one of the largest suppliers of the notorious edge, an orange for the u. s. military. $50000000.00 leader is of this deadly herbicide was sprayed to kill trees and tropical foliage that provided cover for the vehicle fighters. not only do this areas remain contaminated, millions have been poisoned by the chemical. next. monsanto turned the attention to peacetime with killing developing the blog buster hab. recite round up. it hid

shelves in the 19 seventies and became the companies keep profit driver rhonda kills a lute kill so we'd round up kills thanks to its main component. cliff, i said, but it ended up killing so well that it also killed farmers crops, so they could only sprayed before planting seas after the harvest. but what if the receipts that could tolerate round up that home and found who stepped into the sea business? in 1996, they rolled up round up ready div receipts. they were genetically modified to be immune, to gleeful st. who wouldn't buy into that? it was like magic. talked to farmers at that number. marco elmore is an environmental historian at the higher state university to spend a decade working on this book about monsanto. weeds almost immediately began developing resistance around that. and you kind of have this cycle in this

genetically engineered c system now over using a chemical, which by the way, it's very profitable for the company that's selling. and 100 did something else that changed a great culture forever. they patented technology behind the seats. this meant they could dictate the way farmers use them. on santa created a system that they controlled by 2008 months, hunter had bought 50 international seed firms. the market power of mon fonda and similar companies was growing more and more. today, 90 percent of corn copeland cotton employ being from the u. s. a. produce with patent and seat fund ordered the buyer is the big supplier. the big promise behind genetically engineered crops like those from santo, a higher yield for farmers. but in 2016, the national academy of sciences published a 600 page dozier on the effects of g cross from the us. find is found little

evidence that such crops actually lead to higher yields. what have been going on is the use of monsanto supposed to child cliff a site to move youth hair beside globally. these 2 maps of the us showed the amount of round up being sprayed on the dark of the colors, the more is being used. meanwhile, what's been going down is the variety of foods on our plates. there are over $50000.00 edible plans in the world, but we mostly rely on june 15th corn, wheat, and the rise of the major hits the modern agriculture system created. this is aisha for awful companies owning this. you get to choose what pharma girl and how and that determines what we eat, planting the same varieties also makes crops mobile neural to draw in disease. the climate crisis is only making it worse. it's a different story with traditional seats. if you want to look for something that

sort of rate hash mighty conditions, especially now that we emphasize the climate change, you can always go back to be elected. this is the medical den. she's applied. geneticists at the international crops research institute of the sammy area, tropics. the one thing they also do because they, they just absorb all sorts of over trade or land from anywhere until the every day. they're very durable. the more different seats we want, the higher the chances of finding the ones that canada up to extreme weather. for example, in just one region and south east india, find his discovered almost 400 varieties of neglected crops species. and one thing we're 6 traditional local rice varieties, the deal better with drought, faulty soil and flooding strength compared to commercial turnitin. luckily, even when traditional seats are gone from the field, they're not always gone gone. we have them in places like thief,

more than $1700.00 seed banks around the world for the untapped potential of traditional feats. probably the most famous you bank point is the coolest looking one. is this one in norway? it stores over millions did samples from across the world, and the chile permafrost conditions make sure this little fellows are preserved for centuries. the system works like a bank, the deposit their owns, the samples, the bank. in this case, the government of norway owns the facility. for example, brazil has thousands of seats and here some of the seeds were rescued only because indigenous communities and traditional farmers kept them there where we grow, our foot has drastically changed. if the large corporations will have benefited at the expense of everyone else, farmers have got hooked on chemicals and lost ownership of the seats and consumers miss out on so many flavors and new trends. so it's time to ask ourselves, how can we grow food better? this time for everyone. let's move on from feeds to

a very special snack that has a long tradition in the indian state of thumb and not what is seen a decline in popularity. we met someone who wants to do something about this and it's aiming to divide the organic individual jam as a traditional local specialty. ah dodge, it will be food sess moreland, suite dawned into a truly jam. they have long to cont days, birds in time, and not a manella, dis, jams mag brings back fond memories of childhood. have a lower that he boy, that i grew up in. co m better all around my school. there was shops selling discrete for between 2 and tender beast in less than a center. nowadays, people eat chocolates that caused 100 rupees. that one euro or more, they didn't, but nothing beats the st. and i, the life i tree told in small packets now you served by mass market suite. one small business though is trying to keep it alive. but the gum benny urges you

regina is special because it's very sweet, but unfortunately local fruits like joby are undervalued in our country. but the nutritional benefits of these local roadside ready high orlin, london, little, melissa romani 1st. gaines, the fruits pato lee and fresh water to get rid of the dirt and impurities, then they are steamed. thieves are separated from the skin, which is ground into a fine based at the end, sugar and salt are added to it. ah. introduced to madison, the fruit has been seen as a potential cure for certain ailments. ah, we're all totally medical about everyone else. every food like to cruise barry under apple comes to school nutrition benefits. similarly, the ju ju be, has its own sort of advantages such as vitamin c and a healthy m university of profile. there is still

a lack of scientific research here in india and china. there has been much more into his research on its properties, eligible of the without jane. this, i believe is all wrong. in fact, the frauds have been cultivated in china foot over a 1000 years. recent studies call them super fruits, but it's not just their nutrition values that to high they do. dubarry 3 also has important ecological properties. it supports birds, squiggles, and dia that feed on the fruits and shelter in its shade. what is it, i mean, the lion, some people now tend to look down on their cultural routes and get get either way by fancied i had water in chocolate, where they are, those who are still fond of this gem because they have enjoyed it since childhood are being lying salbert lucon, malice of the money though hopes that this will change for people and his business . what an ology bobby used to make about a 1000 rupees or 12 euros, producing almost 15 boxes at

a bag. dark st drastically. 2 days. shopkeepers are fewer than 5 boxes of jam packard, spar date. we have had to cut production accordingly and enter that sort of i will . mode of business. lovely or date of the jam treats are still sold in bite sized packages that make them badly affordable. there are hopes that they will find renewed popularity once more research is done on the benefits of due to be fruits and india. knowledge about assume for the sake of argument that research proves to have for reaching the health benefits. many companies will immediately start manufacturing and selling products with ju ju, be fruit, marketing them with all the fancy names in the world. give us the wrong and balance of the money hopes to be at out if and when that happens. as the bridge that gap, that tradition alive ah, that report brings us to the end of this episode of eco, india, a reminder that we need a new mindset when it comes to agriculture and food production. remember,

regenerative farming is a fundamental aspect of climate protection. i'll leave you with that thought and see you again next week. good bye. and thanks for watching. ah i ah, ah, with

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