host: welclcome to "global 3000" crocodiles are nothing to fear, according to this scieientist n belize. her mission is to protect t th. sustainable clothing and decent labor conditions -- far frfroma given in the garment industry. ghana grows tons of tomatoes, but also imports them on a growing scale.global te sense. ♪ host: in today's world, goods

and services are traded between countries and continents on an unprecedented scale, as globalization is credited with boosting economic growth. free trade is a big earner for the corporations, and benefits mimillions of people around te world. but the price for that prosperity, say y critics, is pd byby the poor. and nowhwhere is t that gulf e visible thanan in africa. 54% of t the contitinent's worke relies on the agricultural sector. but cheap and often subsidized goods brought in from asia and europe are swamping domestic markets, causing prices to plummet. over 120,000 tons of tomato products enter ghana annually. that's a 95-fold increase since imports began in 1996. and that boom is taking its toll on local producers. ♪ reporter: tomatoes. they could be ghana's red gold. the soil is ideal, and they've been cultivated in the country for decades. yet ghana's tomato factories now

stand empty, and farmers are opting to leave the country. there are many reasons -- an unstable power grid, unsuitable tomato varieties, and global trade policy. italy, china, and other countries are dumping canned and processed tomatoes on ghana. [engine whirs] reporter: benedidicta afrifa is s a tomatoto farmer in t tuobodomn the mimiddle of one e of ghans main tomatato productionon reg. the many dayaborers s looking to be hired d during thharvrvest seseason attest t to widespreaed unemplployment. even a athe busiest time of year, meme won'tind d work♪ reporterer: nearly halalf of ghs populatition lives frorom agricuculture. robust tomomato-growing inindusy wowould boost grgrowth in rurarl areas. nowhere isis this induststry e

kely to flourbelt.han here in d but now that ftotories are noo longerer buying locacally grown produce, f farmers are b becog increasingly worried. benedicta a grows tomatotoes a hehectare lanand. benedidicta: we hahave to buy r everery day when i it doesn't . a tank of f water costs s 120 c, 20 euros. and that's's not even enououghr ththe whole farmrm. we until the e rain comes. day, we have a lolot of problemems, h makes it hard sururvive ithisis untry. r reporr: croro grow in abundance here. the farmers ululd cultate e even more land, and employ more makes it hard sururvive ithisis unwoworkers. but thehey lack fu.

if they want to buy seed and r irrigationon water, theyey neeo take out loaoans. benedicta's husband has go t to aly,y, hopg to e earmoney toto d also so o they can invesest ia fhohouse and a wewell to irrige benenedicta: my huhusband can n more thehere than in g ghan. he s sends money e every monthr me andnd our two chihildren. reporterer: free tradede is the prprinciple thatat opens the a n market to exports. afr r indepeencece, afcan countries inintroduced cususts dutities in order r to protect but now ththese restrictctionse being lifteded, despite ththe t

that most african nations stll stgglele to mpete e onhe internatational market. ghana came under interernationl presessure when itit tried o increase i import tariffffs on tomatoto products toto 40%. they're now at 10%, and containers full of cut-pri tomaes c contie to a arre in the country. nonow that the facactories are closeded, farmers susuch as bebenedicta hahave to sell t r produce to the markekequeens, whwho sellt onon in e citities. there's s a surplus ofof prode during the h harvest seasosono the fafarmers have t to sell at rock-bottotom prices. nedicta: i asked for 320 cedi t they ofred d 270 d saidid others a are giving eveven le. at this pricice, i won't e earn anythingng. ♪ reporteter: tomatotoes are a fooood

staple in ghghana. they a account for 4 40% of speg on vegetables. middle-cssss ghanans l like their totoes cand.ana. gha could et at let a40% of speg portion of its demand itlf,, but the e canned tomatatoes hen the rketet a notot destic from i italy, some a are from s, some a are from the e state. >> i will bebe very happy y ie haveve a cpany h here ghanana a we pduce oururwn tomatoes, and can them. inststead of peoplple going to import it, a and bringing g it , spspending a whole lot of mony erere. when they ve t thamoney to the country, it hes s the untry y dedelop. [enne whirs reporterer: economist t kwabenao is familiaiar with the p prob, anand as academimic, he can sk morere freely thanan the ghann government, which has to take into account i internationalal investstors.

kwababa: so, this one is frorm china.a. only 3 30% tomatoes.s. about 70% % starch. we don't have the capacityoo chge t thesehings,s, bause wee have lost t control of o our po. ruanda, ababout two yearars a, banned the i iort of sececond-hd clclothing from m the u., ananh u.s. kicked them out of the afafrican owthth and opportutuy act. so at's how vicious their response can be if y try to free trade should not destroyou. n pepeople it does s make me sad,d, somets to t poioint oanger,r, bause those who profit a are very fe. the losesers are many. ♪

♪ host: on the surface, globalization ems to bee bringingng people closer togeth. but some of us are more equal than others. we visited eight countries in asia and europe to see the condk under and found differences tt al simimilaries on theociall justice front. the latest episodede in our series, "work places." ♪ reporter: 8,000 people work at this site e in central java. and she's one of the people in charge. michelle tjokrosaputro took over the textile company 10 years ago when her father died. she had no previous experience in the field. michelle: dan liris was in a bad debt situation because of the 1998 crisis.

but by the time i took over it was still in a bad debt situation. so it means that we couldndn't y the installment to the banks. so, we call it category five, it's not liquid. it was challenging, but it also set the course of my journey. reporter: at the age of just 25, the young woman suddenly found herself heading a sizeable company. and she had to implement some major changes. now there are only a few really old machines left at the factory. for example, in its dye works. tjokrosaputro took out loans and invested in modern technology. the machines have made production much more efficient. they save electricity and make life much easier on staff as well. ♪ reporter: ththe boss has also jt started using thread made from sustainable sources. ♪

reporter: and this thread is made from wood. near the city of porto in portugal, it's also used to sew products for a german start-up. co-founder timo beelow makes clothes out of a material called "tencel." the wood-based fibers breathe well, and they make a material that's quite durable. this is not throw-away fashion. timo: you can make really cool fabric out of this. it's extremely soft. that's why we decided on wood as a source. we're working with a raw materialal that grows hehere as also being processed here in europe. ♪ reporter: the wood is sourced from sustainably managed forests. the first step in turning wood into yarn is to put t it througa chipper. the shavings are then blended with an organic solvent. the resulting wet, pulpy mixture is then spun into thread. this process saves up to 1000 liters of water per t-shirt. for the team at wijld, sustainability is part of the corporate image.

raw materials, production, and transport routes are all in and from europe, not asia, like most clothing manufacturers. that further reduces its carbon footprint. ♪ reporter: michelle tjokrosaputro would also like to go down the sustainable route. she has plans to gradually increase production at dan liris with wood-based yarn every year. at the moment, just 1% to 2% of the company's clothes are made this way. but the yarn's even being used for the traditional batik clothing that's so popular in indonesia. it's usually made out ofof silkr cotton. so the change is a breakthrough, albeit on a small scale for now. michelle: tencel, it's actually showing us more shine, which actually indonesians like more. i think the motivation is to challenge ourselves, as a textile producer, how we can be more sustainable.

i think we are partly responsible for what happens with the climate changes and a l the waste that we produce. at least from my part, how can i be more sustainable? reporter: the businesswoman has also changed the way the company produces cotton. all the factory's cotton waste is now recycled and reprocessed into products like baskets or furniture. the upcycling is done by older members of the community as well asas people from the region wih disabilities. for many, the extra income is very w welcome. ♪ reporter: in europe, timo beelow and his team maintn good workrking conditions for staf. in doing so, the startup is adhering to e.u. regulations. these stipulate that, as a rule, employees shouldn't work more than eight hours a day. breaks must be guaranteed. and sick leave with pay as well. the young company is distancing

itself from the sector's conventionally cheap mentality. an item of clothing from wijld costs at least 30 euros. timo: of coursrse, it's more expensive, because we're producing in portugal, within the e.u. for sure, it's more expensive to use sustainable materials, but direct sales via our websisite mean we can offer the clothes at a reasonable rate, so people can still afford to buy them. reporter: portugal used to be the cheapest place to produce clothes in europe. then, competitors from asia and eastern europe sent the industry into a tailspin. portugal struggled to hold its own. ♪ reporter: but through investment and innovations in niche products like technical textiles that are, for example, fire-resistant, or smartphone compatible, the sector was able to recover. it now accounts for 10% of

portugal's exports and 19% of all jobs in manufacturing. ♪ reporter: employees at dan liris work a 40-hour week with paid overtime and health insurance. this is unusual in indonesia. michelle tjokrosaputro wants to motivate her staff. her new incentives are focused on further training, opportunities for promotion, and workforce wellbeing. employees who have been working here for 20 years have observed many changes in that time. 35-year-old unami has been working here for seven years. she works in quality control. unami: the comompany has suppord me. it funded d my universy y cour. the wages here at dan liris are better than those paid by similar companies.

before i started here, i worked somewhere else, and that's why i know. ♪ reporter: -- michelle: machines can change, we can add lessons. but people are still the key. it matters how we do things. ♪ host: and now our "global snack," this time from uganda. ♪ reporter: kampala, the capital of uganda. the country's rich soil produces almost everything the heart -- or the stomach -- desires. and its street food is unparalleled. among other delicacies, the roadside stands here serve up uganda's unofficial national dish, the rolex, a timeless treat.

faizo: a a rolex will fill youp longer than other meals. you can order ririce or matook, which is mashed plantain. but that won't satisfy your hunger for more than four or five hours. but a rolex will, perhaps for even longer. ♪ reporter: a rolex is basically anan omelet rorolled in chapa. chchapati was introduced to eat africa by indian immigrants in the mid-19th century. it's a kind of unleavened flatbread cooked on a skillet in oil. ♪ reporter: faizo mugerwa makes this quick snack all day long from 5:00 in the morning to 10:00 at night. but what's the best time for a rolex? >> it has no time, but any time you feel like, you have money to buy, you feel like you're hungry, you can buy. reporter: faizo's stand is an insiders' tip in the

neighborhood. ♪ reporter: at the heart of a rolex is the omelet, usually cooked with tomato, onion, cabbage, and chili peppers. one of these snacks costs 1500 ugandan shillings, around $0.40. faizo earns about 11 euros a d y with these snacks, somewhat more on the weekends. ♪ reporter: once it's browned and sizzling, the omelet is rolled between two chapatis. then it's ready to eat. ♪ >> no stand is cleaner or better than this one. it's simply the best snack shop in this entire neighborhood. ♪ reporter: and as a special treat, on valentine's day, faizo

offers his customers a heart-shaped rolex. a romantic snack to go. ♪ host: crocodiles might not seem like the most inviting creatures, but they've had a lot of bad press over the years. in fact, t they have more reasn to be afraid of us than vice versrsa. the reptilian predators are thememlves hunted in many parts t the world. they also fall victim to human-made p pollution in the rivers they inhabit, as seen in belize. our reporter katja döhne visited the area around the capipital, belmópan, and met with peoplee committed to protecting ththe animals. ♪ reporter: this small crocodile has bebeen kept as a a pet fore past three y years, and hahs clearly y grown used t to is

creaturechickeforts. reporter: keeping a a crocodilen your g garden pond is illegainn beze. . reptes thahat ve beenn confisiscated by thehe authoris rare put t intohe carare marisa tellez and her ngo crocodileainn bezrisa: this is 66.ione beenn 8. when i tetell people i i sy crcrocodiles, whwhat ces to o d are dangerous,esests, vermin, man-eatersrs, monsters.. and all l this stems f from amatatization ththat you seeee v asas well as thehe media.. reporterfofor mari telellez d her fellllow conservatationis, evevery crocodilile derves protection. wiwith t help of local v, she giveves this morelelet's crococodile chececk-upeforee king the specimen to its new hohome. masa: : my gdness.s. you are susuch a good, f fat . reporter: tetellez, origininay fromom the u.s., h has been fascinated b by largprededator

nce she was a child. her doororal thes fofocuseon crococodiles. totoday, she's e effectively belizeze's chief lobobbyist foe reptileses. maririsa: it's a n normal day, driving ththroughout thehe cou, wiwi the crocodile in the back atat. rcrocododiles are part of lifinn the versrs andagoonsns o belize, bubut most peoplple was littttle contact as s possib wh themem. not surprisising, givee largely gative news headnes.s. >> i donon't wan getet harmed y crococodiles because i love my feet and my y hands, so ththat'o dangerous fofor me. >> if you go in the war and eyey capture youou, they are g g to b bdangerous.urur feet andt theyre d deadly animalals. reporter: : but peacefulul co-existence with e e animalis possible, as mara a tellez is eager to communicate whenever

she can.n. today, s she's bringining that ssage e to a podcast. > they are pepeople that are protecting onene species that e world thinks i is dangererous,d it's crocodile marisa: ouour mission isis to at and educate e about the prproten and conservavation of crocodil. resesearch -- repoporter: anand when she's t fighting for greater awareness, she dedicates herself to indididual crocodiles in need of lplp. the coalition's smsmall team ao get outstside support.t. among theieir partners i is the nanation zoo.. the vets h here see to t those animimals that reqequire intene medicacatreatment. one ofof their more e acute cass a tragagic one. idently, someone tried to choptr some tribes in belize, a delicy. luke was able to escape with his tail half-severed.

he was fou by chancey the ocodile search coation ile out onn excursion. marisa: w luke eaped fro someportant story to tell.l.taie wrepoer: : the tail h has yet o grow back together properly. if the vets decide they have to amputate, luke will remain in the zoo, as a warning that crocodile hunting has to stop. and illegal hunting is far from the onlyanger fad by ocodiles e new rir near t town oforangee oblem inany area cotry has come tox and deed letl for threptiles marisa: ere's sothing inhe hi rate ofeaths ofcrocodes. war that h been caing a and en you cducted the neopsy, evytything inside them d d turn to mumu. these crocileses he been

slowly dying for mths. rerter: wh's killi them is probab wastewar dischaed d d turn to mumu. byhe sugarane factieseen lininghe river mari tellez d her te head out to c check on the e crocoe populationon's health atat ni, when ty're active. marisa: croc reporter: sosome baby crococse smsmall enough t to beluckededo of the water by hand. the examinations only take fee mites,s, lonenoughgh f the specimen to o have variousus measuremements and samamples t, ananits skin analyzed. going to be 6.4. skin is excecellent. porter: this young aninimal, at leleast, seems t to be in greaet

hehealth, but wiwill that remame cacase? in addition to morelets crococodiles, belizeze is alsoe leto a s second specieies, the r larger american crocodile. restriricted and pololluted hab. marisahowewever, there is no consnsvation and managemenaw tion plan. so, all this data ththat we ae collecting, itit is to helep governrnment to thenen createe most approprte a actn plan. croc. he's right here. rertrter: toght't's exditionon is not a verery fruitful o one. the team haven't spotted manycr. mamarisa: , now he went way, way ckck. reporter: ananother day, a anor tatask. marisa tellez is visiting one of the larger crocoles being

tendnded to by herer organizat. marisasa: come. reporter: : gilley also o used e kepts a a pet,nd is s notoo tame to ever be returned to th wild. maririsa: come. stst. gogo, stay, gillie. reporter: ririsa usea fefew basic commmmands for the purpoe of training,g, and gaining gigilley's respepect. maririsa: target. . there we . good, targrget. repoporter: even i if giey sees rerelatively hararmless, maria says c crocodiles bebelong ine wild. and many of the spimimens sh seeses need help t to survive t. maririsa: this is s where educn is s so important,t, because educatioprprovideshe knledge, the knowledge to be able to coxistst wh thesee animals. because we c can co-exist t wh these animals. indigenousus cultus hahave bn co-existing g with these animas fofor thousands s and thousand years.s. ♪ host: ththat's it for this wee. but do tune in next time. ifou have any thoughts about

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