close to ten thousand farmers probably fell from the platform. before that they were making less money now i would trade has helped them to increase their income tremendously so the farmers they love us that number back in caroming agro center agents are visiting the village they're here to teach the farmers not only how to use the check market prices but also how to maximize their output environment we give liam sees and will make sure that we take them through all the activities that they need to know get high yield or young girl who we realise that most families do a lot of trial and in production and also when they get our green. libby didn't pay much attention to it did care little about where to thought eight how to drive eight. and because of that they ran into spoilage and they don't get good market. she's the agents create profiles of interested farmers what they farm how much they produce the company was founded in two thousand and sixteen now agro center operates in fifteen communities in four different regions in the nearby town of bo

this thing in terms of ones i spoke with is they want the farmers they had. basically they want they found back of course and that's the major issue for a lot of them a lot of them allowed to go back to the land they owned before and that's obviously a major terror and a whole lot of people so when they're successful elsewhere it's highly and appealing to go back and have to start somewhere all over again farming is a long term investment type of business you have to put in a lot of capital and a lot of resources in order to get the returns you don't just you know take on a farm and get the money back within a year or two it takes a lot of work it took grammar a years to become profitable so what we lost in terms of skilled labor or the farmers are just of course one segment of the economy that lost a lot on does as many as four thousand health professionals working within britain's national health service and of course. nurses and doctors in south africa there's between a million and two million zimbabweans at least according to different estimates in south

the aqua farmers of temple over there signing in as they head out to their sea cucumber pens. it's only during a full moon or a new moon that the water is shallow enough for the farmers to go and count their stocks and harvest mature specimens. during the day the leathery a kind of germs bury themselves in the sand the farmers have to come out every two weeks because the stocks are vulnerable to disease and theft. and the ngo blue ventures helped the village set up their farms about ten years ago one of its employees weigh the sea cucumber to make sure they meet the four hundred gram threshold required to send them to market. one one two hundred seventy. the biggest. there are rules safeguarding the hatcheries we work this out with the breeders. for example it's forbidden to enter the pens of other farmers without that consent all fishing is also forbidden except for crayfish you're allowed to catch them because they feed on the sea cucumber as. these rules are designed to protect the sea. before the aqua farms were set up overfishing had depleted stocks in the bay of assassin

the digital platform has helped the farmers to increase their income by about twenty five percent. f. . if i may go to meeting the arcus promise i want to sell at fair market presence and the farmer's market prices are too good with money to be able to pick only a family of three to even reinvest a portion of our farm. joshua tangere is not worried that he now depends on a virtual broker for him the benefits of very real. there are more reasons to worry about a slowing chinese economy and that at the time of high trade tensions official figures suggest the growth rate is at its lowest in so few years industrial output is down and car sales have also plunged. car sales in china fell seventeen percent in the first two months of twenty nineteen as compared with one year ago about three million vehicles were sold in the world's biggest automobile market in january and february and china's industrial production for the same period was weaker than expected and grew at its lowest pace in seventeen years. in january and february twenty ninth teen industrial output grew by five point three

it really truly does help the farmers. the farmers are always ones to say i need help. at times they do. like we all do. i know they reach out to them. we appreciate that. the last question has to do with tomatoes. which we grow a lot of. we grow much more of in florida. i have ofmet with tomato grower up and down the east coast over time. they are still concerned a lot of tomatoes are coming in from other countries. particularly mexico. they are taking a hit. some of the florida companies also have companies or subsidiaries in new jersey. any thoughts on that? >> you have some companies that began in southern florida and go up the east coast to because they are buyers like the major retailersrm. they want a good supply all year long. we go into the grocery store and in december where it would not be normal growing season in the united states we expect nice fresh tomatoes there. that is what our consumers have come to expect. while the seasonable and perishable fruit season was not included into the usmca. as you may know the secretary of commerce and the department of

we got farmers hanging on by their fingernails. suicide rate among farmers is alarming. dairy farmers particularly all over. so please, tell us, what is it you have to do from your standpoint to get the respect and dignity that our farmers deserve and help them? >> i probably be better off just saying mn and stop. notice he you and your colleague on the same team, advocating for those disasters and you all live it, you know it. you've got constituents there. i thought congress did a wonderful job in the 2017 bill. administering the program there. you have no difference in, i think it's a sad state of affairs that we have not cared for the 2018 victims as we did earlier. i believe there is still time to do that. it april, we need sooner rather than later but we can do it before april. i know the senate has dropped a bill that does take care of that. we were frankly disappointed because it had been most versions of the appropriations bill prior to the last time. hopefully we can see that restored. i think it's the right thing to do but frankly, it's the necessary to do. yo

some local farmers alluding to implement this technique.achmed the agricultural consultant checks on their progress but some still have worries. or. care. at the moment egypt imports around sixty percent of its food but the country can't afford even more expensive imports to compensate production losses due to lack of water. as soon as ethiopia starts feeling its new reservoir there will be less water for egypt adopting new and more efficient irrigation techniques may be the only way for egypt's farmers to survive. the city of a bar down in southwest nigeria is home to the international institute of tropical i'll call it your i t a there's nonprofit institution generates agricultural innovations to meet africa's most pressing challenges including hunger monitor asian poverty and natural resource the good asian it works it partners across the sub-saharan africa so improve livelihoods and enhance food security amongst other things but just how do they go about this our next report tells us more this looks like an ordinary masefield but it's n

like most of the world realize those small scale farmers for food. farmers like william. in kenya. a former city dweller farming is now is like. the. two thousand. lupul took a good. seat could do a sequel. says a. game. who could not listen to you lima because i could. but i. need to because. we guess and. good. lisa say you were doing. and. take it to two thousand. and making. do. and. look down same would be to work with him. but it don't. maybe william can find the help he needs among the bright lights of kenya's capital city. nadir of the. it's full of life it's a miracle. i knew how to put you guys want. me to one of kenya's new breed of young software developers i want a new career keep on occasions develop a living and they will be a hell of a small startup in my friends called bt and consultants we create tools even i will go on to use more news challenges to design a mobile phone app to help william and millions of other small scale kenyan farmers . bellies it's cool and it's not a craze in nairobi aside to it's just most people don't get to the mall but. this is my favor

especially for small and medium scale farmers. he arrived to the mexican presidency with a strong mandate from the mexican people to build better foundations to establish commercial qualities by combating poverty, violence and corruption. in our sector, we recognize agriculture is very diverse with different systems, different economic conditions, diverse partners, age, gender, and culture. each of facing different challenges. so, single policy model is not enough to address all of these different needs. our task is to tailor policies, make new institutions to find a way to find responsibilities for all levels given priority to those who are much more vulnerable. we have a clear goal to combat these major gaps in development, especially in southern region of our country. 51 percent of mexico's total population lives in poverty. this is an unacceptable figure. unequal economic growth, all efforts to build new means of a real transformation so we can bring opportunities to a larger marginalized rural population. president lopez over

i'm a pig farmer here in central iowa. we're still dealing with retaliatory tariffs. >> we've seen in pork and other place. the president is aware of this. we're deeply aware of these retaliatory tariffs. we know how it impact you. >> would you comment on any kind of time frame because every day that marches on it's getting tougher and tougher. >> no. [ laughter ] i wouldn't want to predict a date or a week or how this is going to fall. i've been a part of too many negotiations. they look like you're home, you see a path forward only to find there was something buried somewhere. there's risk that that happens here as well. >> i'm a fifth generation farmer from northwest iowa. i grew a really good crop. do you have a plan b or whatever to pedal these things some place other than china that is more reliable for us? >> there's been lots of ideas floated. i don't know that there's a concrete solution to the question that you raise. i wish i could tell you yes, we have the markets identified, we know the price at which we can c

so karen when you help william become the farmer he wants to be. a filmmaker tony who helped come up with a life apps idea to new a challenge that he contra fuse is tasked to create a mobile application that can help farmers like william agreed to take seven days out of his busy schedule to crack it so you can just talk to him to just figure out problems out and see if you can develop a solution ok so down to the month you can just. look we slowly i'm. going to put a number twenty. five year old me. ok he was an awesome sonti ok. so we're good but good for the toilets ok south pole still. live. you. know you. always were such as customers means nobody in nairobi williams you gania is eight hours wakes. up. is that it given. that. you. feel you. feel you. missed but. when they claim you. know. what they have been seeing. the. legal you. knew as to work out what's starting with making better use of his two acres. then you can design an app to help you. be looked up to the sun and i don't think when johnny. not for ice a bubble to double up the teleph

the social status of farmers is relatively low.gins are tight, and selling products at local markets is hard work. helianti hilman wants to turn this around. she also runs a cafe and shop called javara in downtown djakarta. it only sells products grown by the network of smallholder farmers who number more than 50,000. at javara, therere are alslo seminars the public can attend about subjects such as traditional coffee cultivation. >> well, right now we do h hava very critical situatn,n, becau every year we are loosing about 500,000 to 1 million farmers. and probablyly about 70% of or farmers are above 55-years-old. so that's why it's very important atat our work to brig back that pride and dignity of farming profession through entrepepreneurship, , by builg the branding of f the farms, te brbranding of the farmers and creating added value products. >> the cafe serves traditional dishes, and d in the kititchen g cooks are trained by the expeperienced chefs. jajavara buys produce direct fm the network of farmers. by cutting out whole

and farmers that grow exclusively for the british market fear huge losses after practicing. the dakotas doing. this by this reply is really doing well and they have to look for the new markets and to buy displays over there all that exporters and is not easy. with just three weeks to go before bracks said it's still unclear how much extra time will be needed for deliveries or whether the produce will still be fresh when it reaches british tables and many farmers here worried that could put their future in jeopardy. and the other business news stories making headlines around the world the european central bank has lowered its do is own growth forecast for this year and twenty twenty e.c.b. presidents mario druggies said he expected just one point one percent expansion this year down sharply from the bank's december prediction of one point seven percent for the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week the labor department said that initial claims slipped by three thousand to two hundred twenty three thousand their idea cations that emplo

it's a crop that provides a livelihood to many farmers. but first we go to turkey, where hundreds of thousands of children are forced to work in the farming sector. every child is entitled to happiness, health, and an educatioion, but that's deniedo many girls andoys. instead of going to school, they are e forced to wowork to help support ththeir familieses. dedespite the fafact that chilid labor is officially banned in almost all countries, images like these are widespread. according to the united nations children's agency unicef, there are 152 million child laborers worldwide. more than 70% of them work in the agricultural sector, as well as in the service sector and industry. nearly all the world's nations have agreed to aim to end all forms of child labor by 2025. 2025. that's just six years from now. reporter: it's 10:00 in the morning in the harran plain, in southeastern turkey. nurula is 11 years old and should be in school, just like most of his nine brothers and sisters. but every year, ththey miss several weeks of school because

the extended trade war hitting farmers the hardest.year for soybeans, the second largest crop ever at 89.1 million acres of soybeans being planted in 2018, but much of it ending up in storage or even worse, rotting in piles as chinese purchases dried up over the trade dispute. chapter 12 bankruptcy filings by farmers also hitting their fastest pace in a decade despite stable farmland prices and low interest rates. amidst all the trade disputes, america's trade deficit hitting a record high of $891 billion. that's with a "b." $891 billion. reducing that deficit has been one of the major reasons that president trump has cited for waging trade wars in the first place. even worse, any deal that materializes between the u.s. and china might be too late for farmers who have pressing decisions on what to plant and grow. they can't wait for the theatrics of the trade talks. let's have more insight on the plates of the farmers. scott vanderwald, a third generation farmer, great to have you on the program. we just heard from blake burman how the

today's farmer -- is unprecedented. today's farmer feeds about 165 people and agriculture remains this country's number one export. in kansas agriculture accounts for nearly half of the state's economy and in my district that number is more than 60%. for many rural communities, farming and ranching is the sole economic driver. kansas is the natural leader in agriculture. ranking first in grain soar lum, third for cattle, and fourth in the production of sunflowers. in fact, kansas is second in the nation for total number of acres farmed. winters like the one we're currently experiencing at home have highlighted the time and dedication farmers and ranchers have to their land animals. in kansas, farmers with livestock are working around the clock to ensure the animals are healthy, warm, and well-fed. . while agriculture has become a target of environmentalists who want to discontinue life as we know it in kansas, i'm here today to testify to the great work farmers and ranchers have done to protect and improve our air, land

that's not a good scenario for me, and i second as british farmers i think we give british farmers ispected by our trade negotiators. otherwise we cannot carry on. it's not economically sensible to expect british farmers to produce two high standards that give them low costs from standards elsewhere in the world. obviously we are talking here about chicken and that's what's made the headlines, along with this tag of franking foods, and we've heard from the us ambassador to london. what other food and agricultural imports, could we possibly be including with these trade euros from the us? it's beef, because we know we know that american farmers use growth hormones in their beef production. the use a lot of gm, a technology denied to me, the british farmer. i am technology denied to me, the british farmer. iam not technology denied to me, the british farmer. i am not saying the american food is unsafe. you must ask that of a food scientist. i assume with these increased regulations and high standards, that must be respected in the trade negotiations. would you consider the idea... beca

a rubber farmer since he was a boy. is struggling but is skeptical of a subsidy program recently put in place by the military government the need to give them and try to help us but they just do it just to save face and fix the problem in the short term they don't think about the long term they subsidised fifty eight dollars to fifteen hundred square metres of course we want money to know if this program some economists see the subsidies as a quick fix as they are only a short term benefit for some of the local farmers here it does nothing to lessen their reliance on the global price of rubber and what needs to happen next they say is more of a focus on innovation advancing the industry here less on export raw rubber. as thailand heads towards its first election since the military coup five years ago some question the government's motivation behind subsidies rather than investing in the future of the industry they don't have enough dissent and they don't have. to do it at. they detest doing something that's easy. and th

like the farmers many argentinians are currently in the throes of the economic crisis. now to some other global business stories making headlines the french and dutch finance ministers have met in paris to clear the air after a surprise change in air france's air france kalen shareholders. the dutch government increased its stake in the carrier without informing france the netherlands now has a fourteen percent stake in the company in line with the french share. online retailer amazon has done away with the order button that's the plastic one that allows you to order new supplies of your favorite products the online retailer wants to focus on related digital services that includes virtual dash buttons that you can find on the amazon web site. u.s. secretary of state my phone peo is in the philippines where he repeated his warning against using chinese technology in building data networks when the law wants to modernize its telecoms infrastructure but the u.s. is telling allies chinese tech company while weight is a security risk. now speaking of wall way the canadian go

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trevor is a farmer. trevor, good morning. . tell us what you farm. caller: i am a marijuana farmer.hter] guest we have been running cattle for about three generations now, and we are about to switch our operations to medical marijuana, and i would like your guest to touch upon bacteria guest: it is easy to say legalize it. why not touch on additional commodities. is the best example of the laboratories of democracy. i think that is a louis brandeis quote. i should know that. he is an antitrust person. but how do you regulate, tax it, how do you do that? multi-ot controlled by corporations. it has a good system, it is three-tiered. i know i like about the alcohol system because of my dad. host:] guest [laughs] guest: i would be in middle school with a big miller lite, coors light towel. they sell three different things, usually. it kind of depends on the state. why am i not opposed to something like marijuana? because we saw prohibition, if you power one company, they will use through an by defusing the power, you can then kind of keep a healthy regulatory market going. host: let's g

guy smith is deputy president of the national farmers' union.d lead to lower food standards, and notjust in relation to chicken. well, it's beef, because we know that american farmers use growth hormones in their beef production. they use a lot of gm. that's a technology that's denied to me, as a british farmer. there's lots of ways that they get that advantage. i am not here to say that american food is unsafe. you must ask that of a food scientist or the regulator. i presume i'm asked to go this extra mile, with these increased regulations and these higher standards, for good reason. and if that's so, then that must be respected in the trade negotiations. would you consider the idea... because there are lots of arguments that a lot of what we're hearing are myths. us food is safe. we've heard from a number of organisations that have said this, and the eu itself has agreed that there is no real concern over the chlorine issue and hormone as well. would you like to see the ability for you to use hormones in farming orfor you, rather than to use

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this is an organic farmer. his farm s sits on a gas hot sp. he is worried about the impact on water sources in ee regioion, rticularly of chemicals usedd in these processsses leak. hehe believes other fororms of pollutioion may follow. some do except t that poland's s rereserves are economicallyy impoportant but they are opposod to the frackining process itsel. >> in this village in the grip of wininter, farmers a are alsoo concerned.d. they maintain they were given little information by the authorities or the gas companies before the drilling g began. residents here say t the gas industry has presenteded a misleadingng image of f fraggin. fracking. the film maker behind "gas land" recently pledged sololidarity with polish activists. >> there is no evidence that shale gas can be developed sustainably. there is no evidence that we can withstananwhat this would mean for ouour climate. >> the i is no way to extract shale gasasithout using hydraulic fracture stimulation. >> your tracks the claims that committees have been left in the dark. >> i ha

these tariffs, retaliatory tariffs reflected farmers. agriculture product being taxed, a lot of these products obtained from other non-us trading partners. what we are seeing is closing of certain markets. i appreciate the fact that there is an aid package. they were benefiting from that. what we have heard and you heard is not about it but trade, not about short-term bailouts but long-term business and so my question is in regards, to markets being shut off, that are being closed, what are we doing to recoup those markets in regards to your negotiations with china? >> the problem on retaliatory tariffs goes beyond china. one thing we are doing is grabbing negotiations in certain areas where the stalemate with europe right now, they won't include agriculture, we have talked with japan, the agriculture component, usmc a and the 232, looking forward to working with you on this because it is so important for california and illinois and everyone else. in terms what is retaliatory tariffs, if we get an agreement those tariffs will come off an

now many of the farmers are facing flooding. vanessa, you have been talki ii to farmers.t are they saying? >> reporter: behind me is just some of the flooded farmland here in iowa. we are standing about 6 1/2 miles from where the missouri river line should be, according to the iowa democrat partment o agriculture. 100,000 acres have been flooded. most farmers we have spoken to can't get to their farms to assess the damage. some think they won't even have a crop to plant this year. it came fast. it hasn't stopped. the missouri river flooded to record levels across midwestern states, taking with it homes, crops and livestock. leaving farmers with hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. as you stand here and you look at this flooding, what are the emotions that come to you? >> there's a lot of pain and uncertainty of your future. >> reporter: this on top of new tariffs which have lowered prices on crops and livestock, implemented by a president many farmers here support. dustin is a fifth generation soy and corn farmer in iowa. he hasn't been able to get to his 2,000 acre