the people here in southwestern togo live from agriculture farming grain kosova rice coffee and cocoa. but the ground has been depleted of nutrients and many farmers now use pesticides and chemical fertilizers on their crops. we use pesticides on all our crops like here with a young because of. otherwise the insects will destroy the leaves i need to use the pesticide at least three times for it to grow. the plants might grow faster but the pesticides pollute the ground water and the river say now luka remembers how much cleaner the environment used to be that's what motivated him to become an activist well you know you see how this field reaches all the way to the river water so the river doesn't breathe anymore it can't grow bigger and can't play its natural role of climate regulator and the sediments don't nourish the ecosystem here because it will just their music. but it's not just about chemicals contaminating the water deforestation is another major environmental problem here. because. every day i see what's going on as i observed as a lation illegal logging. some trees that are