we have farm programs and provide assistance to agriculture that insurers agriculture is prosperous. i think that is probably the biggest challenge it -- the biggest challenge. talking tovitably people, trying to communicate with them about your priorities, trying to get them to bind the things you want to accomplish for your state that in many cases they do not have an appreciation of or understand. like theould you people of the state to remember you by or what you best represent and what most concerns you as a person who lives in south dakota? want people to think of me as one of them, as a small-town guy who is trying to make a difference for his state and for his country. in terms of the things you want to accomplish legislatively, they revolve around what can you do or have you done to improve the standard of living and the quality of life and the opportunities for the people you represent. forany cases i think that me it is an intergenerational thing. you want to be thinking about that next generation. these kids who grew up in south dakota, that they have good educations and

agriculture association. what where find interesting about canada is i went to the web page and they had issues. they had both international trade and internal trade, which i found fascinating. if you go to any of our ag associations in the united states, you'll only see international trade. and then eugenio salinas, the director of institutional affairs for a mexican conglomerate headquartered in monterey, mexico, which does everything in mexican style from electrical cables and power transformers to processed meats and tasty snacks. which actually go well with beer. and he's also currently the coordinator for mexico's private sector advisory room for the nafta renegotiation. we'll talk a little bit about that process as well. i'm a big fan of national public radio and i would like to quote something from a telecast they once had. it said, quote, the two candidates seem to really hate nafta. they both seem to hate even more the idea that someone might get the impression that they don't hate nafta or that one

. -- agriculture is our number one industry. we have senators around the agriculture committee. called theommittee conversations and transportation committee which has a big impact on the landscape here in south dakota. of transportation, trains, planes, automobiles. it is internet, broadband, high-speed internet services delivered to rural areas of the country. just to help people understand that the way of life that we have out here -- how important it is to the national narratives. i think people who live in populated centers of the country perhaps don't have appreciation for rural areas of the country and how important they are as well and to our national success or national prosperity. my job as an elected official for this part of the country is to try and share that -- combat that message and get my colleagues and appreciation of what makes south dakota great, what our challenges and needs are and how we need to work together as a country. in regards to agriculture, can you talk about the importance of it here and how it impacts the rest of the united states? . senator jo

does very, very well and very, very efficiently is agriculture. i don't think there's anybody who buy as lot of product from us at a premium price to where they could get it from anywhere else. i think our industry is extremely competitive. we even sell a lot of agriculture products to china and places like that who would be delighted if they could fine some cheaper way to do it themselves. so i think it's a little bit of an empty threat to agriculture in that -- take soybeans. if somebody cuts off their purchases of soybeans from us, they are going to have to get them from some other marketplace. that will free up that marketplace for us. as far as i can sell, there's not a world oversupply of agricultural products. so unless countries are going to be prepared to have their people go hungry or change their diets, i think it's more of a threat to try to try to frighten the agricultural community than it is something that they could really live with. >> an upid date on softwood lumber agreement, outside of nafta but adjacent to, in the same time fr

in their coalition talks greens member robert how pick is agricultural minister and. and the negotiator for the christian democratic union is usually a clerk now she's the daughter of a wine grower so she's the party's farming expert. see the world has changed agriculture has become more professional in german and we take good care of animals and in the areas that need to prove meant we're open to suggestions but we also believe that agriculture is a vital part of the economy. like but this vital part of the economy is facing a huge problem the decline in the number of farms at the beginning of the one nine hundred seventy s. there were more than a million farms in germany three quarters of them have disappeared there were fewer and fewer pig farms too but at the same time farms are getting even larger joints is just us and for us it's important that an animal protection label is introduced kinds we don't want the government organized the voluntary system the advantage of mandatory labeling is that farmers can plan and they can rely on that system and if . but everyon

that has become the benchmark safety net for agriculture. it is the opportunity for people to ensure them selves against the risks involved with farming and ranching. there is the conservation title of the farm bill, something that we want to give farmers who want intot more of their lands conservation programs, that they are able to do that. it is good for soil health. it is an opportunity to it generate additional income. we're looking ways we can restructure those programs and make them more efficient and more effective. and the safety net programs in the farm bill, too. the disaster program is something i authored many of the programs that exist in our farm programs today. i was able to get those extended in the 2014 farm bill. those impact western south dakota where you have a lot of droughts. in 2012 and 2013, the livestock forage program, i delivered over $200 million of assistance to ranchers and southwestern south dakota. we are looking for ways to help ensure that the ag center of our economy stays strong, farmers ous, and we can p

why it's important we provide assistance to agriculture that ensures agriculture is proper's -- prosperous. i think that's the biggest challenge, that you are inevitably, in many cases, talking to people and trying to communicate with them about your priorities. trying to get them to buy into things you need to accomplish for your state that in many cases they don't have that appreciation for. >> what would you like the people of this state to remember you by, or what you best represent, and what most concerns you? think i want people to think of me as one of them, a small-town guy who is out there trying to make a difference for his state and country. in terms of the things you want to accomplish legislatively, they generally revolve around what can you do or have you done to improve the standard of living, the quality of life, the opportunities for the people you represent? in many cases, i think that's an intergenerational thing, you want to think about the next generation. these kids that grow up here, that they have good educations, they are ready to go wherever their dreams can take

why the department of agriculture? >> good question. it amazing that "vanity fair" let me write 13,000 words on the department of also culture. there is a conceit here at play. the conceit is the obama administration went to great lengths to prepare for the obama administration. they prepared talks, breeching briefings where we have this odd system of government on election day, the people who have been elect have had to get up to speed very quickly to run the government. that's what the election is about, right? who will run this government? and the obama administration expected the trump administration to be there the next day, parking spaces set aside, desks, computers with internet connections set up for them and all the rest. nobody showed. in many of the agency, nobody showed. >> dickerson: just after election day? >> just after election day. so the cramming takes place from election day until the inauguration where you learn what's going on in these various agencies. and so the briefings to a large extent never happened. and so i

energy and agricultural seemed two of skier places. agricultural seem like two obscure places.useful for me to wander in and start asking questions, and it may be the justice department. justice, it is so reported on and watched that that may not be the point of vulnerability. charlie: knowing the relationship you had with barack obama, those really interesting seminole pieces you wrote about him for "vanity fair," do you have no interest in trump himself? michael: i may get to that. charlie: ah. michael: you mean that maybe down the road. [laughter] michael: i'm kind of making it up as i go along. so, if you ask me, with obama, when i went to note obama and write about obama, there were a whole bunch of things i wanted to do to get to know him that seemed obvious, like play basketball with him, and take me to the place in the white house where he writes at night when he is alone. there were things, with trump if i compile that list i want to see, the only thing is i want to be there late at night when he tweets. what is your mode? -- what is your mode? od? what turns you on? c

energy and agricultural seemed like two places.o wander in and start asking questions, and it may be the justice department. it is so reported on and watched that that may not be the point of vulnerability. charlie: knowing the relationship you had with barack , the seminal magazine piece you wrote about him for vanity fair, do you have no interest in trump himself? michael: i may get to that. charlie: ah. michael: you mean that may be down the road. -- that maybe down the road. , with obama when i went to write about obama, there were a bunch of things i wanted to do to get to know him, like play basketball with him, take me to the place in the white house where he writes that night when he is alone. there were things, with trump if i want tothat list see, the only thing is i want to be there late at night when he tweets. what turns you on. what were you watching when you were pounding this thing in your phone. charlie: does he do it or talk to somebody who does it? michael: who knows. whoever is doing it, grammatical errors and s

and i was rivetted by the department of agriculture. in particular the caliber of the person i was dealing with, you know, ktee woteki, kevin kincanon who basically dispensed a trillion dollars worth of hunger-- . >> rose: annually. >> no, over the course of eight years but nobody knows his name, nobody knows his name, exactly why he was good at that job. why he cared so much about it. and but he did. and an he, the bigger point for me was you know t sounds simple, but the motives of a person in a job really matter. why you were doing what you are doing. why you are president of the united staights, or why you want to be the deputy secretary for the science program in the department of agriculture. it dictates in a lot of ways how you do your job. and if your motive is i was just a trump supporter and this is where they sphuffed me, you get a completely different outcome. >> rose: absolutely. i have an impression that most people who have been really successful outside of government, who because of whatever reason go into government, th

she was an agricultural scientist. had done original work in connecting the american ditote american health. she had run all kinds of interesting parts of the government. she was exquisitely prepared to oversee this thing. and the person that trump-- this is the one nominee he made, other than for the secretary-- was a guy named sam clovis who was a right wing radio talk show host from iwhat hofs cochairman of his campaign, who had no background in science, much less agricultural science at all. there's a sense either trump himself or people in their orbit actually think the government runs itself or if we neglect it maybe it will all fall apart like we want it to, or shrink like we want it to. it's not clear what. it feels like ineptitude. it feels like no plan rather than plan. >> rose: there was surprising news overseas this week. it wasn't anything that happened on the president's trip. instead it was the royal purge that took place on saturday in the kingdom of saudi arabia. david ignatius is a columnist for "the

simply, gus loved and lived agriculture. he had experience from the time he was a child that directed im toward farming and all of its array. farmers markets was in his d.n.a. he was born in massachusetts on a farm in lucksington and bridged the divide between -- lexington and bridged the divide between city and rural dwellers. this approach was the american way, the american family way. his grandfather and great grandfather farmed -- get this -- in new york city where they grew vegetables in enclosed green houses and sold what they grew at city markets. he knew agriculture from the inside, even inside a place like new york city where now with modern technology we are growing lettuce on walls as high as the ceiling of this chamber in which i speak. when gus was young, he was loaded up his brother's truck and a box of pearce fell off the truck -- pears fell off the truck and scattered. two young boys ran up and their mother and they began picking up the pears. the mother explained that she was on food stamps and unable to aff

the world will now be able to progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christophers brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at u.w. news or you can write directly to me a print off t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag of the day every member no matter what happens between now and then tomorrow is another day we'll see then everybody. entered the conflict zone confronting the powerful so far the political fallout from catalonia has independence made shows no sign of being contained my guess this week here in brussels is spain's foreign minister alphonso das they say how has the government failed to prevent but come choose the worst was arguably its most predic

agricultural products are an important german exports around three quarters of the farm machinery made here is sold abroad but not every market is open. to trump didn't invent america first protectionism is very strong in russia and in the entire eurasian economic union we're also seeing increasing protectionism is china. german company has a factory in russia this enables it to be classified in the same way a russian company would be meaning it can bypass the bureaucratic hurdles foreign companies would otherwise face when doing business they're. benefiting from support programs and that means being entitle to cheaper access to credit and funding like the locals. here. but russian pharma scenery makers are keen to look where to the european union in particular could be of interest as an export market. and that's your business update on day w. for now of course you can always find more if you follow us on facebook or on twitter . on disk or business and i'll be back with the latest news in about forty five minutes so hopefully see you then. meet young entrepreneurs eager to tackle leve

please list all membership and leadership roles you have held with any agricultural scientific, agriculturaltion or agricultural economic organizations? none, clovis replied. please describe any awards designations or academic recognition you received specifically related to agricultural science? none, clovis replied. have you ever visited the produce section of your grocery store? [ laughter ] of course, trump was probably impressed by that. "he filled out his questionnaire in like a minute. [ light laughter ] i think i picked a real winner with this guy." seriously based on that clovis' interview with trump probably went as well as this interview. >> how do you do it? what's your secret? [ light laughter ] >> seth: grimace may actually have been more qualified than clovis. at least grimace doesn't have any alleged ties to a criminal conspiracy. oh, no -- even you, grimace. but besides -- [ cheers and applause ] besides being unqualified, clovis also has some dangerous theories and political beliefs that should have been red flag even before the russian revelations came to light. for his ex

bavarian politician the agriculture minister acted more or less off his own bat. but that obviously begs the question you know does angela merkel have full control over her cabinet in times of great political uncertainty ok has to be said that glyphosate is a very emotional and important issue in here in germany right now what's behind that which not only in germany you know worldwide it's a weed killer that's widely used it's relatively cheap it's built into the infrastructure if you want all of industrial agriculture a lot of money riding on whether to say can be used yes or no the problem is that the scientific community is divided there are studies that say glue for say may cause cancer there are other studies that say there is no proof of that ok now where does this story go from here or who's move is it now who can we expect to hear from next well i think everybody will be looking at chancellor merkel for an explanation of what went on and to see how she's going to react to this ok chris first brigade thanks very much bring us up to a story we will be follow

emissionsenhouse gas in the world are from agriculture. 70% of the world's fresh water is used in agriculturenology allows farmers to be more profitable and also deal with environmental issues. .i.,: we have big data and a bringing machines that will hit laser technology, and in the process, they are using 90% less chemicals. how are you dealing with that threat? ofk: we are on the forefront this opportunity. we do not view it as a threat. we see the technologies that are able to more precisely identify where the weeds and diseases are , and the insects are, and target them as a big advantage to help the profitability of farmers and also the environmental impact. we have something called the "good growth plan" that we want with farmers around the world. we trained 20 million farmers a year. reducectices help them greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 20%, reduce water consumption by significant amounts, and reduce pesticide use by using better pesticides and more targeted approaches. it is good for the farmer, good for the environment, and good for syngenta. mark: what do you make of the

these agricultural experts from morocco share the same goals agriculture plays a fundamental role where they come from. here they can see first hand how soil improvement functions in detail. that helps them find solutions for their own environmental problems and very easy. in general our main problem is the intensification of agriculture because it also leaves us with fewer organic waste products. they want to use the charcoal rich terror in morocco as well. and bring it also into them and. once the ground is contaminated or depleted it takes many years to recover so we have to find a solution to tackle that problem. and the soil we've been shown here. is an excellent solution. these riesling vines when growing well anymore many of them were small and spindly. the ground was dry and depleted so the vintner added terror prater to the soil. this thing is we're here in an area where vineyards have existed for almost two thousand years without crop rotation in principle an extensive period of monoculture. that will definitely leave some areas a bit worn out the soil has to be reactivated we

committee, chair of the agricultural nutrition subcommittee. we are currently working on a farm bill. and the farm bill is -- has legislative policy that really has multiple purposes. one is to make sure that americans have food security and ccess to high quality and safe food. and it is just as much that we have a vibrant world economy, madam speaker. and within the farm bill, there is nutrition title. and tonight we want to spend some time talking about the nutrition title. and the importance of that nutrition title. obviously nutrition matters. we know the health benefits from getting access to nutritional food. e also -- madam speaker, there's a value i grew up with growing up in our rural community. one of the worst parts of growing up in a small rural community is quite frankly, everyone knew your business. if you did something wrong and until you got home, mom and dad probably heard about it. i have to say if that was the worst part. the best part is that everyone knew your business and when a family had a need or a crisis of any type, a

because it involved a lot of agricultural reforms. and in japan, just like here and many countries, agriculture punches way above its way politically. so that's the reason he's so locked into tpp. at the apec conference, he and the other ten announced that they had agreed to agree. whatever that means. on a new tpp without us. and they hoped to actually consummate it sometime in the early part of next year. we shall see. i think it's going to be tough for them to do that because the real bait for everybody was access to the big u.s. market. >> you don't think there's a chance the united states might enter, even to be able to renegotiate some of the terms, if they don't decide on a new deal themselves? >> well, i think once we see what the -- first of all, why do we favor bilateral versus multilateral? that's probably a good starting point. probably see with multilateral is first of all, it takes too long to do. tpp itself took something like ten years and never even came into being. now, during that kind of a period, you get a sort of

one real interest -- i was told by people inside the department of agriculture.ut people who have worked on climate change. and the same thing happened in the department of energy. the one guy who rolled in there asked for a list of anybody associated with climate change. so why and then they sent out a memo saying don't use the phrase "climate change." you've got to use other things. and now why are they, why are they so obsessed about this one thin thing? cy think it's that they were behind fossil fuel economic businesses that don't want the climate change agenda to be messing with their business. but i'm guessing about that. >> i would be derelict in my duty if i didn't ask a "moneyball" question. the houston astros, victory for analytics or instinct? >> either team that won, the dodgers or the astros were well beyond instinct versus analytics. analytics up the wazoo both sides. both general managers were in the game because of billy d. they wouldn't have been in the game if billy bean -- they were both analytics people. you could see that on the field. you sa

the provincial councillor for agriculture is a conventional apple farmer he doesn't think the attack is linked to the conflict in my house. i don't think this is because someone expressed criticism and there were several incidents of sabotage first there were four cases here in vinci against an organic orchard conventional chad and two in the process of transition are. not everyone is convinced. has been producing organic herbs for twenty six years his neighbors a conventional level farmers. they apparently don't care if their pesticides affect glitters organic crops. past six in the morning from the noise of the spraying machine you rush outside to protect our crops we've covered our entire crops with top with the invested two hundred thousand euros because they keep using these chemicals. for years looter has been collecting evidence of his neighbors actions he's asked the regional government for support so far to no avail thanks. to my resistance isn't welcome especially when it goes against the farmers lobby which we call the farming mafia their own credibly powerful and since. i

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president, for the agriculture community. the majority of farmers and ranches are set up as pass-throughs and most of the income by farmers flow through these structures. the bill includes new rules for farmer cooperatives, a very important part of production agriculture. we worked very hard to ensure that the benefits of cooperative farming are held whole in this tax reform plan. the bill also doubles the exemptions from the estate and gift taxes up to $22 million per couple. i know this sounds like a lot to some of my colleagues, but for land owning, cash-constrained farmers, they can hit this exemption amount very quickly especially in my state of kansas. and even when they do not, many farmers and ranchers spend thousands of dollars a year on lawyers and accountant fees to plan for the best way to pass their life's work on to their children, something very special in rural and small town america. while i will continue to press for a permanent repeal of the death tax, for now let's modify it so we reduce its damaging reach

of fighting for a pesticide free countryside and agriculture for yes. this health areas attack on an organic orchard which doesn't even use organic pesticides on a toll house call is inexplicable and outrageous to me. it's an absolute moral low point to. the village activists are also concerned about the results of a study indicating that two thirds of the playgrounds are contaminated with agricultural chemicals. or only traces that don't constitute a health hazard with today's scientific methods you can find the smallest traces of substance. if you apply the precautionary principle as stipulated by the constitution health concerns come first so these must have consequences we will insist on that and. the pesticide conflict also has a legal dimension can a small village use a referendum to make such a major decision. some farmers from farmers from other towns who farmland here took legal action because they felt they had suffered losses and the town wasn't responsible. as administratively court dismissed the case. despite the attack organic farmer villa

but matt barnard believes that the advances that have been made in indoor agriculture will make it a key player in feeding the world's ever-growing population. >> we've added, you know, six billion people since the tractor came around, and so we believe this is one of the core innovations that'll help us, you know, serve the next two to three billion people that we add to the planet. >> thompson: read more about the region of the united states that produces half of the mushrooms in the nation. visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> thompson: today is veterans' day, when our nation pauses to honor the service of military veterans in the united states. since 2001, almost three million americans have served in the wars in afghanistan and iraq. and a documentary called "almost sunrise," which airs on the pbs series "p.o.v." this monday, focuses on the struggles many veterans face when they return home. i recently spoke with the film's director and one of the soldiers whose story is featured in the film. the documentary "almost sunris"" begins with the story of tom voss. he joined the army in 200

the world will now be able to progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christopher's brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. to greece now at least fourteen people have died thirteen are seriously injured after flash floods hit towns west of the capital athens four days of heavy rains have turned streets into rivers forcing many residents to take refuge on rooftops and balconies original rain of this type is unusual in greece and poor infrastructure means many buildings are vulnerable to flooding. well tonight there is growing uncertainty about the situation in zimbabwe president robert mugabe is under house arrest the military appears to have seized power but it denies staging a coup of the head of the african union told a.f.p. news that he thought the crisis quot

social progress in rural areas and in agriculture let's let y'all high in. the stunted is not so nice offices all over really mean there's just a good looking good reconciling i was just was it really hasn't changed and now despite that we have to live out the fact is does and the facts are you know that we have no. fucking up season successful for a living area college in talking one day and when and that i mean that's the end of it i will not attack you from india germany president bashar oh did you know inform him over to sit on your visa he and then we will have to see how matters will progress even when he is with the miami thought the same to you and say yes you know i just say this because i'm less likely to do this not we will show you do you still continue to take responsibility for this i know you have gotten fulton's for one and continue to actress enormously enjoy it because the people of germany because the media had given just that fits as i have been in the majority with the hope we find common ground and we have been dedicated to them. and we

food supply chains of all to destabilize the agriculture sector but of course they realize that fifteen years is not possible so the five years for them it's at least a period where they can prepare for example for another week killer because they are their argument was all the time if we have an immediate ban on blood guy for side it does not mean that weed killer strokes disappear from our european fears it just mean that we take another weed killer in this could even be more dangerous for the house for the bottom line of the night's decision is really that member states afraid to destabilize the great agriculture sector in order to destabilize the agriculture sector and to say you know it's a key sector for us and we really prefer to have a five year extension of two life is that in order to prepare maybe a return to this now after what's correspondent on that breakthrough in the e.u. we get a case from brussels states that are of the bankrupt european drugstore change has been the health lightly but not as kids a fraud trial in two adults like has collapsed company has ramped up jus

agricultural products are an important german exports around three quarters of the farm machinery made here is sold abroad but not every market is open. to trump didn't invent america first protectionism is very strong in russia and in the entire eurasian economic union. german company has a factory in russia this enables it to be classified in the same way a russian company would be meaning it can bypass the bureaucratic hurdles foreign companies would otherwise face when doing business there. but russian pharma scenery makers are keen to look where to the european union in particular could be of interest as an export market. as a business update. for now feel free to follow us on twitter for more seasoned. space age technology for our streets. driverless cars still encounter real obstacles in traffic but on mars rovers have been moving autonomy for years. now and japanese automaker wants to use their technology to create self driving cars that are out of this world. tomorrow today next. he tells us storing stories. makes us laugh. and cry. trouble and smile. images and emotions and i

the world will now be able to progress on addressing a greenhouse gas emissions that come from agriculture you know things like cattle paddy fields all of those. aspects of agriculture caused a lot of emissions the world is going to now be able to make progress because in principle an agreement has been found today on that issue all right it's a corresponding christopher's brigade at those climate talks in bonn germany christopher thank you very much. at least fifteen people have been killed by flash floods in two coastal towns in greece people were reportedly woken by torrents of water raging through their homes after a night of heavy rain the prime minister has declared a period of national mourning. this is a sign very few people are used to seeing but especially greeks. to ritual rain is rare in greece and so is flooding on the scale. of. the waters trapped many residents in their homes of forced them to take refuge on their rooftops. risky services say it remains unclear how many people missing particularly in coastal regions west of athens where a number of people with swept out to s

the provincial councillor for agriculture is a conventional apple farmer he doesn't think the attack is linked to the conflict in my house. i don't think us is because someone expressed criticism and there were several incidents of sabotage first there were four cases here in binge gone out against an organic orchard a conventional shed and two in the process of transitioning. not everyone is convinced or been glued or has been producing organic herbs for twenty six years his neighbors a conventional level farmers. they apparently don't care if their pesticides affect . glitters organic crops. past six in the morning from the noise of the spraying machine the rush outside to protect our crops we've covered our entire crop to. be invested two hundred thousand euros because they keep using these chemical. for years looter has been collecting evidence of his neighbors actions he's asked the regional government for support so far to no avail thanks. to my resistance isn't welcome to especially when it goes against the farmers lobby which we call the farming on their own credibly powerful

secondly as agriculture. everybody knows afghanistan is primarily an agrarian economy. 22% of the economy and i'm not talking poppies in afghanistan this ad driven as a percentage of the 2016 gdp numbers. that's a pretty sizable percentage that afghanistan agriculture still the main driver for employment. the main driver for subsistent living. wheat is the main component of that and afghanistan is now the largest per-capita wheat consumer of the world outstripping every developed country as well and the developed countries as well. the main products and agriculture include not just wheat and opium unfortunately a big part of afghanistan still. mutton sheepskin and lambskin are counted as key potential export items. there is a lot of exporting going on with pomegranates and dates in fruits and. the third area is infrastructure development. it's been a major amount of infrastructure involvement done by the united states by the asian development bank the world bank and others as well as the afghan government. in

i'm tony in south africa to meet farm is taking to space to boost agricultural yields and to find out about an extraordinary plant that could hold the secrets to create new crops and survive droughts and i'm guillory to robbie in the mall where team of plant doctors are helping farmers fight the pest threatening to wipe out their crimes. living close to the give others who have them this is our major dam that the brought want to do cape town but also a large part of the or this is there for you guys you. know already you won't see this this is the old trees and used to be next to the never before the dam with both now they've been under water for close to thirty years now. and this is now the first on that they're really being exposed. this is really severe is the mid to be the worst drought in a one hundred years. normally we expect that the dam fill up in when they get deep bring them down to about fifty percent by the end of silence and then they can fill up again two hundred percent but it has devon for the last two years so where can you get a not filling up with a lot of the rai

in their coalition talks greens member robert how pick is agricultural minister and. and the negotiator for the christian democratic union is usually a clerk no she's the daughter of a wine grower so she's the party's farming expert. the world has changed agriculture has become more professional in german and we take good care of animals and in the areas that need to improve meant we're open to suggestions but we also believe that agriculture is a vital part of the economy. like but this vital part of the economy is facing a huge problem the decline in the number of farms at the beginning of the one nine hundred seventy s. there were more than a million farms in germany three quarters of them have disappeared there were fewer and fewer pig farms too but at the same time farms are getting even larger joints is just us and for us it's important that an animal protection label is introduced kind we don't want the government organized the voluntary system has the advantage of mandatory labeling is that farmers can plan and they can rely on that system and if. but everyone