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solutions and to shape tomorrow and join us and register now for the dw global media for in 2020, for the farmers are curious across your firm is i've been rented and non stop protest, and yes, the newer, it was long. but what news that pulls the present piece, the you as decided to listen only to the very big farmers and to agribusiness on them got to go home because they say they're struggling to make ends meet and blame those at the top for it. that's not necessarily new, but something's different this time. so emotional, i think that's new. it's fairly little things. i think that are sort of the straws that are breaking the camel's back. these little things that seem to be symptoms of the bigger of more complex problems that have been brewing for decades. so what are

the real issues at stake and how can we fix them? the 1st, let's take a closer look at the prototype. farmers have been demonstrating all over the content from portugal to live via to romania to from the bed. most fits, it fits specific, you have them all to fulfill the whole on say people do you about people who don't think this? what shows was could say, i'll meet you kenneth bus routes and normal. somebody shoes are more localized in france and germany. the dentist have focused on the reduction of diesel subsidies. p. c. how can i add these look? i don't, i don't want to extend just put the different ones to move from 120000 oil. start to tip smoke. that's. he's a fence. you want me to switching band domestic types. i just wish maybe some farmers in greece are still reeling from floods in 2023 and are also demanding foster compensation for damage from natural disasters in hungary and poland. farmers complain about imports of cheap grain from ukraine, since russia's invasion use waved terrace on a ukrainian grain and produced as

a measure of support after russia block to major ukraine ports in the black sea. yes, that is on the new phones, the image is the service of the book. i bet you i posted the new cock but whether it's diesel subsidies for damages or green imports. there's a common thread running through all the protests. farmers feel left alone and overlooked by their government. and if you look at the cold hard numbers, this might well be true. it's just a fact that over time agriculture tends to shrink relative to other sectors of the economy. stuff on some common top it out as an economist whose research analyzes agricultural policies. he's been a consultant to the world bank and several national governments. and this is true almost everywhere in the world. i can't think of any real exceptions. this is because g d, p growth becomes more and more concentrated on industrial goods and especially services. overtime european farms are dying out, decreasing by roughly a 3rd since 2005. still a point, 7000000 people worked in european agriculture in 2020 and that doesn't include

seasonal workers who often labor under precarious conditions. farmers across the globe are experiencing disproportionate amounts of mental health problems compared to the general public and europe in the us. the funding population has shown elevated suicide rates. being a farmer is not only having the job as a file, but really are giving, giving all in my to you from my a is an agricultural economist who researches the social side of the sample for it systems. it's a way of life and the flight it so motion a farmer, suicide rates in india, the world's most populous nation, are dire. in 2022, at least 30 farmers took their own lives every day. and we can look again to the shrinking roles. agriculture here and then because the test spring significant, you know, reducing one leader on the importing 15 percent of the the country is due process jobs and agricultural economists to india as institute for economic growth. but 50 buttons, people of direct hearing derrick independent on it. and this creates

a situation the best interest of the purchasers gathering in the bread basket northern instead of punjab, once a governmental guarantee, a minimum price for all of their costs. here i am the gifts, the vision, the images for almost or adopt technology by india loving lovers. even if i use it, practice and productivity, just because i'm in frank structure like so, whether it's india or europe farmer you're struggling or losing relevance in our economic system. and it shows the ways in which the system is stacked against on the well across the value chain is not distributed enough. fairly men of even even off is the political secretary of a federation. the advocates for european farmers and farm workers a 30 day notice and the thoughts manufacturers a good thing like the biggest share of the volume, which is produced in the marketing for some sector and bottom of some sort of on

what goods which are like in the bottom of the, of these valuable chain drain, supermarket chains have massive negotiating power over prices. european commission survey found that 96 percent of suppliers and you food chain reported that they experienced at least one form of unfair trade practice. the a student, a list of going to these are not biased with me to move in on event on the candidacy i'm getting, this is voice you could send him on the new often price of trade deals often down to their plight. international agreements like the propose you marcus sergio with increased agricultural and parts from loudon, merican countries, farmers, complainants, cheaper and produce that far lower standards. when you have the the don't me, i'd be more 50. so before we continue in english, i saw small show new please go to the neighbors or something. so federal uh they are going to give you. so it is either vs request club. yeah. book or the one for 2 sets for these up like when they get a full copy of the contract. even off says the agricultural sector often takes

a backseat and negotiations, leaving social and environmental factors unaddressed. the i could go to the food sector is often used as a bargaining chip to create some 33 of you know, other sectors. more than those 31 more luxury goods in europe. there's a pretty easy target for all that pent up in newer that you commission and brussels . that's because the commission controls the other huge thing. farmers present the common agriculture or policy, or c, p for short launched in 1962. it's the overarching framework that was initially founded to deal with posts for food scarcity, almost 3 quarters of the c a p budget goes to direct payments for farmers sizes. the only thing that matters their payments are calculated based solely on how big of the farm is the link itself, subsidies to the phone. the land is one of the biggest problems because it gives the favor to the ways of production that we want to change. this means the policy

of rewards industrial farms which tend to be mon, or cultural corporations. for example, one of your biggest airable funds is arbor cost, romanian, serial producer, u e. investors bought it for a report of the between 20300000000 euros. but the firm still gets over 10000000 annually and he use subsidies for many exports. a large majority of it screen, meaning the yield from these massive farms is not benefiting the local economy. most european funds are small, however, 2 thirds of less than 5 actors. and almost all of those are family firms with an aging population you're going to that's what have you up on guns. seeing them on screen, we have a help looking job, speed of and us out of so i'm good, that's good. he's influence us. as of all that weren't complex enough already, under climate goals, your, it has lofty plans to become the 1st climate neutral con, by 2050 agriculture is responsible for more than 10 percent of total e greenhouse gas emissions. a relative of the size or the overall economic

importance of the sector, it produces disproportionately a large share of greenhouse gases. so what are the european commission to make a green deal along with the firm to forks, strategy within a? this policy tries to make fruit systems more sustainable. we can't afford kind of to think about the ext uh, issues like environmental protects them like bio diversity like ethical issues. and this is where we start running into tensions. farmers of revolted against greendale policies, like phasing of diesel subsidies, reducing fertilizer in pesticide use, and setting aside land for bio diversity. they say the rules don't compensate them for the income loss, and that farmers are taken to bigger share of the responsibility. so it, was there something about all of this the just isn't working a lot. but the problem with the policy is that it is a bit gets a frantic. i'm, if it's meant to be income support, then you think, you know,

we should be targeting smaller firms with low income, more and not the big farms. the question is whether it's really designed to be income support in the 1st place because of the purpose of the policy is for environmental welfare. well then, big firm should be getting more payments because a big farm is affecting in the environment on a much larger number of factors. so the main problem, at least from my perspective as, as a policy analysis, is that, that the policy is not certainly clear what the main priority is. you're trying to pursue to different goals with one policy and with one tool. and that's not really effective. so far the european commission has back peddled on some of its policies because of the protests for instruct its fuel subsidy cost and the scrap the plan to reduce pesticides. as for ukraine, the european commission will extend its transport deal until 2025, but other than measure to prevent too many you training and products being sold in the states. but all of this might just be popping painkillers for long term

solutions. a bigger shift in policy would be needed to help farmers and address climate change. one solution could be to focus the policies around the environmental aspects of the food system, not subsidies. income supporters in the european union, a national policy priority, the social policies or national priorities that shouldn't be coming from brussels. it would then be up to the individual member states to support their farmers. they would have more flexibility in shaping their subsidies, which could support smaller farms and create incentives and financial support for more ecological practices. changing the food system, of course, implicates me. you, the consumer breakdown the, you, the environmental costs simply isn't priced enough into our purchases. raising those prices would be necessary. and in turn, change or consumption habits. it's not going to affect me with my professor salary, but it's going to affect, you know, a single mother with kids to feed and who's got a lower salaries and policy makers are going to have to find ways of buffering that

and distributing the load. but the load has to increase. don't expect anything to happen in brussels before europe. why the elections in june 2024 though. in the meantime, some worry that the farmers move in has already been co opted by writing parties, taking political again and getting back to that anger small funds and their workers also need a bigger seat at the table. some of the best on just a not to say no to the best you this ok, keep keep polls. so just hold a visual key. so if you don't have people, you can just put them on the bus. so excited that through we have probably minutes goes into the side of presented its actors or model is um have you put us in the model? is it that the school it okay, the by differential ones. what made a much shaping quote, the political agenda for farmers and india, price controls look necessary given that roughly 50 percent of the country's workforce is in agriculture, in the long run. differently develop,

uh the most of the deep from government zooming out maybe a healthy dose of reality is needed and thinking about climate change and the struggles of agriculture. agriculture is a sector that's probably never going to be completely climate neutral. that's the, you know, but the nature of things that said, we're talking about food, which is a necessity. there's other sectors, the economy that produce things that are perhaps quite as necessary. at the end of the day, farmers are the ones providing our food, their anger's understandable. they're being squeezed and a huge system that stockpiles well for the biggest players. and they're facing more more rules without any fundamental change of that system. either from us purchasing were us. and how do you think about from security? tell us and the comments below and don't forget to hit like and subscribe to you next time. the

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