titled robots, little farmers into in this huge ecological experiment with africa. next on d, w, please places in europe are smashing all the records. step into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of europe's record break insights on google maps to and now also in book form ah, it may not affect all our lives in the same way, but there is no doubt about it. we are living in the digital age. while some of

force might find that overwhelming at times, the fact is new technology as also enabled science on industry to come up with some truly amazing innovations. welcome to this new edition of eco africa. i am crease lamps, and i am sondra, twin of the you. you make a very good point crease and of course, here on the shore, we take special interest in those and development, the make a world cleaner onto greener. we've got a few good examples of that on today's program. so here's a quick look at what is coming up shortly. hightail that ease helping forests recover in ivory coast biodegradable packaging made from c, wheat and, and run does next generation of environmentalists. but climate crisis is forcing us to rethink how we do just about every think. even traditional

practices like forming as was seemingly abundant resources. dwindle. there is an urgent need to grow crops more efficiently and sustainably. of us report comes from right here in uganda. ah, around tioga carefully inspects the fruits of his label for decades. he or his family have been green coffee in central uganda's. you weird district. it hasn't made him rich, or he's been able to support his family. now climate change is making business even more difficult. said the missouri gardener, that is the knuckle because in the past. so grand. yeah. coffee you see you would help pests a long dry spell zante r t. we got re i did speak to ty, longing, collateral, young savvy, are you these days?

so at, during the some predictable serve, you know, it could be and one is strongly agree. i mean, often face longer dry spells out away the co items on the walk. i knew the coffee industry is one of uganda's most important economic sectors. the african country exports over 250000 toms annually, making one of the world's top st. coffee produces 99 percent of it is group on small farms like aaron key august, some 5000000 uganda as depend on the coffee harvest either directly or indirectly. but changes in the climate are making things harder for iran. kiara researchers and government officials are also alarmed because rise in temperatures are increasing the amount of pests and diseases that destroy crops. an insect which is not very serious at some point, can become detrimental just because one or 2 degrees of a celsius increased as or by cutting dress or due to the climate change. that means if let's say that from egg to egg hedging, if it is taken 7 days,

the normal temperature, with one degrees centigrade is my take for base. that miss the light, the life cycle of those insect that insect that are affecting you will increase by 2 or 3 phones with his coffee crop under threat one solution aaron, cal guys train is planted more cheese it bunker ged in wine in the open, in a day the coffee is exposed to excess heat, give you honest quality is not as good as when it has grown under a tree shape. it's about noon. you had a suggestion. planting trees were better harvests is a concept known as our grew forestry. it's agriculture that harnesses the symbiotic relationship between trees, crops, and animals around keel guys taking part in the robust program. it is being tested on 50 plots of land to determine how the coffee harvest can be protected from climate change. the

e u has wandered the project with 4500000 euros to the because african way of farming system, wherever you go in african soil farmers use diversified cropping system. you see 3, you see chicken, you see that a very diverse. so now we're bringing that sam traditional farming system with a designed approach so that the farmers are benefiting more from each. according to the french development organization, c rad 50000 coffee farmers will benefit from the robust program by 2025. in addition to their work in the field, robust provide scientific support, while co operating with each research and development programs, as well as various uganda institutions. on our hulu, palm world got all the portion we wanted to promote the scientific training of many students within the framework of the project. you said girl novel could, which is why we recruited many thesis, your ph,

d and m s. c. students will help us implement the project on the feel. i met on our report, i sort of and these students together with scientists from institutions will organize and run a whole network. with his older daughter uses a symbiotic relationship between trees and coffee plans to improve soil quality and strengthening resistance is one. another is ensuring that the plans are better suited to future climates by breeding new springs of the rubric. happy right. at uganda's national coffee research institute, cuttings of these new streams are being given to farmers for cultivation. when the breeding section does that improvement improvement to differentiates resistance to diseases yield them so on. those materials have to have enough numbers so that you have failed them to find much. specifically for that robust project,

they are trying to develop that drug tracy stant varieties. the robust program is still in its infancy, if it proves effective over the next 4 years. so i braced enough hopes that he can set a new president for sustainable coffee, farming around the world. the basset for this day, the potential is enormous and it's not meant to stay within the borders of uganda. and it's meant to be known, and it will be very, i would say, ducks an open access for everybody. so this means that initially it will concern all the countries or for example, in africa label that grow robust coffee, fuller. and it's quite vast because it's starting uganda and ends in west africa resort. include dubois and the coast on afterwards too. so this program will be open to every one package. so there are 2 more. it'll be some time before the project releases scientific results. but some farmers already reporting the positive impact that 3 sheet has on their crops,

the animal's own by arrow key august, 1 with the also reaping the benefits. they seem to enjoy the trees just as much as the coffee plants i'll grow forestry may be making gains, but he can't be practised without healthy woodlands. unfortunately, millions of hector has a forest are still being destroyed. every single year. ivory coast is one country that has been devastated by deforestation, but all is not lost. digital technology could very well self the day i'll tell ya, coffee was hoping to become a lawyer. but after completing his studies, he decided to become a farmer instead of them. were in 2016, he launched his company shown before against the advice of his parents, and devoted his time to growing fees to live design. digital technology has always

been at the full front of his work with us buckle. he uses apps to get advice on optimal farming methods. new service right now, he's getting some tips for his rice field and a good. this is april said speaker lateral. these tools have played a key role in his career choice live. often he sees himself is more of an agricultural entrepreneur or agree printer than a farmer. or this is up to gus or advocacy in edison with these apps and with the internet. we're able to find solutions to the problems we encounter and that has been a huge plus for us. so the new generation of our group procures sojourn as you never saw, a dog group winner. agriculture is a leading sector in ivory coast representing nearly a 3rd of g d. p. but global warming and deforestation are weighing on the environment. good digital technology revolutionized the sector, flew, saw the company invest eve is convinced it can and is trying to preserve the countries remaining forests with precision agriculture even when they want to make

a clear distinction between protected forests and farm land with the help of drones . fara bit it could have fallen our heads by accident camera. the photos taken by the drone, show the farmers, exactly what belongs to them, and what belongs to the forest. whether not allowed to fell trees. b. u last he has, his man knows he owns one, hector, if he won't go beyond that and encroach on the forest to back in the village. the footage is analyzed and clearly shows the boundaries between the forest and the fields. river ways you can work anywhere in this area, but you can't enter here. you're gonna see the of what this is a small revolution. previously he would have had to walk around his field with gps to obtain this data, barley, clerical, and grab her work that would normally take us 2 or 3 hours. yeah. now only takes us

one hour, so that's really good. you know, don't check rebel so far, few people in ivory coast have access to such data. while almost everyone has a cellphone today, less than half the population has internet access. is often too expensive, especially for farmers felter. ja coffee is trying to popularize the use of apps among farmers. what did you mean longer difficult because he explains the wide scope of opportunities that the internet presents flu for very markers of it. but he knows a lot has to change to achieve real success, to data jack l content fall. hey, christy electability reassured, were what is unfortunate that it would be good if we could have free internet zones in the villages where people could get wireless access and get on line. that would

be really good said there was, this is so little single. digitalization is hope to solve another big problem for farmers access to new markets in the cities. marilla kinda runs a juice bar in up at john. she buys her free to the market, but there are always problems with deliveries. the new online platform that brings producers and buyers together could save her from these constant disruptions. was locked on order for the suppliers give us dates when the items will be available and then due to logistics problems, they're not available in abidjan. the up could also help farmers to sell their produce more effectively by consolidating information about crop yields from across the country. you go up renewable. there could be a shortage of bananas in the north of i re coast for example, and over production in the south. so our idea is to allow farmers in the south

where there's an over production to be able to sell their products in the north, you yup. community it will take time for the virtual market to function. well, nationwide was off with a great cultural entrepreneur val tell ya, coffee doesn't want to wait that long while he organizes training for young people . no, we want to help the country move forward with digital agriculture before above last or seen on young people on social media. see others like them who went oh, we now like to bring you a press conference by the u. s. president joe biden, who is speaking in camp after making announce visit. let's listen to. i asked you next. i asked to, what is there, mr. president? what can i do for you? how can i be of help? and i know they remember what you said to me, but you said, and i quote,

gather the leaders of the world, ask them to support ukraine, gather the leaders of the world, and asked them to support ukraine. and you said that you didn't know when we'd be able to speak again. that dark night. one year ago, the world was lonely at the time. bracing for the fall cave. seems like a lot longer ago than a year. but think back that year. perhaps even the end of ukraine, you know, one year later, keith stanley's and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the american stands with you, and the world stands with you. key has captured a part of my heart. i must say. i've come here 6 times as vice president. once as

president and in 2009 and his voice president, when i 1st came here them back in 2014, i came 3 time in the aftermath of the revolution and dignity. and i again came in 2015 to address the rob about the work of building a strong democracy. and i came in 2017 just before i left office, vice president i knew i'd be back, but i wanted to be sure. even though the election were over rock and i were out of office, i decided to make one more trip before the next president sworn in to key. so president zalinski, you deeply honor me here in key with you today

to meet with your military, your intelligence folks are diplomatic teams, community leaders who have stepped up and help their country in their our need is astounding. who stood up, everybody, everybody, women, young children, trying to do some fish trying to do something. pulling people out of apartments have been shelven. little, i think is a war crimes. sounding in the whole world. the whole world sees it looks sad. this is the largest lan war in europe and 3 quarters of a century. and you succeed against all and every expectation except your own. we have every confidence that you're going to continue

prevail. you know, from the moment i 1st received, it tells me support in the fall. but a year ago we were focused on determining how do we rally in the western world. how do i help you with the promise you asked me to make to rally the world? well, how do you succeed? i'd ever get a world to respond to a prosperous economy, confidence, democracy, secure and independent stake. when united americans, vol political backgrounds, decided that they would step up barrack and people know it matters unchecked. aggression is a threat to all of us. we build

a coalition of measures from the landing to the pacific nato, to the and the atlantic, japan and the pacific. i mean, across across the world. the number of nations that of over 50 help ukraine defend itself of unprecedented military economic and managerial support. we are 9 in the leading economies of the world will impose unprecedented cost or squeezy russia's economic life mines together. we've committed nearly $700.00 tanks and thousands of armored vehicles. 1000 artillery systems more than 2000000 rounds of artillery ammunition. more than 50 advanced launch rocket systems and i ship an air defense systems all defend you to defend ukraine and that doesn't count the

other half a $1000000.00. we're going to be announcing with you today and tomorrow. that's going to be coming your way. and that's just the united states in this piece. and just to day, that announcement includes artillery ammunition for hi mars and howard servers, more javelins and the armor systems. their surveillance radar is dealt protect ukrainian people from aero bombardments. later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elite and companies that are trying to evade sanctions and backfill russia's war machine. and thanks to my partner support in congress this week, we're delivering billions in direct budgetary sport, billions, indirect budgetary support, which the government can put to use immediately, and help provide for basic services of citizens. cost that ukraine has had to bear,

has been extraordinarily high. the sacrifices have been far too great in method to mon far too great. we mourn alongside the families of those who belong to the brutal an unjust war. we know that there be very difficult days and weeks and years ahead. but russia's aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. pooh! war conquest is failing. rushes military is lost, half its territory. it once occupied. young town and russians are flee, a tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to russia. not from not this lean from the military fleet, from russia itself, because they see no future in their country. russia's economy is now or

backwater isolated, struggling food and thought ukraine was weak. and the west was divide that as you know, mister president said in the beginning he's counting on us. not sticking together. he was counting on the inability to keep nato united is counting us not to be able to bring in others on the side ukraine. he thought he could outlast us. i don't think he's thinking that right now. god knows what he's thinking. i don't think he's thinking then the system plain wrong. plain wrong. and one year later, the evidence is right here in this room. we stand here together. mister president,

i'm delighted to be able to repay your visit to our country in washington. no long ago you told us you told the congress, quote, we have no fear, nor should any in the world have end of quote you and all ukrainians. mister president, remind the world every single day with the media. the word courage is all sectors here con, all walks. life is astounding. a stem reminders that freedom is priceless. it's worth fighting for as long as it takes. and that's how long we're going to be with you, mister president, for as long a who've been

listening to friends with you as president joe biden, who has made a surprise visit to key of the cranium capital in his remarks together with the ukranian president zalinski biden. reiterated his ongoing support for ukraine and outlined some of the additional military and financial support the united states would be providing to ukraine, including further military hardware, as well as introducing additional sanctions against individuals and entities that have been avoiding already existing sanctions on russia to prevent further financing of russia's war against ukraine. the u. s. president also spoke about the unity that is ongoing and steadfast for ukraine, despite russia's expectation that there would not be this kind of unity among western countries and among nato. one year later, our correspondent in care of abraham is standing by for us,

and she joins us with some more about this unannounced visits by you as president biden to key. if a are, what more can you tell us about biden's visit today? well, there was a, you know, a huge reaffirmation for the united states as commitment to ukraine's war effort for it's for its effort to defend its land and its territory. president biden has promised new hi maurice. these, these rocket launchers that are very, that have really helped ukraine, maintained the position that it has more javelins. but in addition to the weapons there's, they're also problems of a new sanctions package that would further target an elite. and what he said is that the united states is, is with ukraine for the long haul. and this is

a message, of course, for the ukranian people. i imagine that it would be a huge morale boost for the citizens of this country. and the city to have the united states, the president of the united states, visit them as the country is under attack. and to come here and to reaffirm this commitment. but also it's a message for the american people that they are also in this commitment for the long haul, as the president said, for as long as it takes. and of course, before prior to that speech that he had given, there had been a visit to a memorial of sold ukrainian soldiers that i believe had died, you know, 9 years ago when the war 1st started in the east, in 2014. so that was also hugely symbolic for president biden to go pay his respects. and for him, this kind of an implicit recognition that this aggression started not just a year ago, but in fact, in 2014,

9 years ago. and we were hearing earlier that as president biden was walking through the streets of tea, there were even area sirens under way. what kind of security measures could ukraine officials implement ahead of the visit by the leader of the united states? as you may imagine, marianna, because of how sensitive this visit is and because of how sensitive the security arrangement around it. officials have been tight lipped. i mean, we didn't really have any confirmation of president biden, even being in the country until we saw him in videos and recordings on social media visiting them. memorial with, with president zalinski. so we do know very, very, very little oftentimes, official confirmations of such visits, even after the world has seen them on screen, won't come until the visit is over. but it's totally a normal part of this visit. but since yesterday,

as rumors started that some high ranking officials will be visiting the ukrainian capital streets here in the center have been blocked. much to the frustrations of some residents in the morning actually because traffic was quite difficult. we also know that, you know, cellphone networks have been disabled in certain parts of the city to make sure that the situation is secure enough, but it is very, very risky. as you mentioned, we're actually right now still in an active air area to look at what that means is that actually everybody right now should be in a shelter because there is a danger of russian strikes, but ukrainian air defense system have been effective. and so far, there have not been any hits in the capital today. that was the deli is abraham on the ground for us in the training capital, key of and thank you so much for your porting. we'll, we can now bring in d, w as chief international editor, richard walker. richard the timing of this visit by the u. s. president to key it

is, of course, very significant. can you tell us about that? yeah, marianna, i mean, this is a week where really you've got an awful lot of movement around the ukraine war around russia's invasion as we approach the 1st anniversary of that invasion coming up on friday. we've just had here in germany, the munich security conference. so this major gathering of political and military leaders from all over the world to talk about international security, obviously the, the war in ukraine absolutely dominated the agenda there. there were interesting interjections, important, important speech is by, for instance, china's top diplomat taking place there also the vice president commonly, harris, was there, a pledging american support. the kinds of things that we just heard from from joe biden. there were also heard from europe, ian leaders, so there was an effort among transatlantic need is to to give

a real strong message of unity there. but the chinese talk diplomat speech made it very clear that china has a very different view on what's going on. then today, it's not just joe biden in here today. also we're expecting when you china's talk to from that to be in moscow today. so talk to going on there between the chinese and the russians is an expectation of the chinese are going to be bringing out a piece proposal where he was floating that in munich. we don't know the details of that, but that is going to be certainly a very important thing for everybody to look at. and a lot of uncertainty about how china will position that given its implicit support for russia. so far through urge through this war. then later this week we have the anniversary itself on friday, they'll be meetings at the united nations around that possibly for the votes to try and test international support for ukraine on friday. then also germany, chancellor will have shots heading to india next week and we just had that confirmed from the indian side. the germ side hasn't confirmed that yet,

but we are very much expecting that trip to happen. and sholtes will certainly be trying to get the indians to move close into the western position on this war. so, so much diplomatic activity around this very important sort of milestone really quite awful milestone. of course, if you think about it, this war has dragged on for a whole year. um, but yet the message coming from any that it could drag on for much longer. we just heard from joe biden. there, i'm saying that the u. s. is in this for the long haul. richard, let's talk about this visit by china's tub. diplomat to moscow that you mentioned. this visit is coming on the heels of warnings by the u. s. secretary of state and in the blink. and that china could be considering sending a lethal assistance to russia for it's war against ukraine. how real of a concern is this, and is this topic likely to come up in the talks.