food and agriculture organization to head that. and it could already be decide it's been decided this month but the interesting thing is the race for it it's basically between a guy from china to run the world food organize the un's food and agriculture organization and this french woman and this french woman what she's doing to win the spot she's trying to get the u.s. to back her the u.s. backs a candidate from georgia really but what she's what she had to do to get the u.s. to back her candidate to run global food body will not defend e.u. stance on g.m. which is genetically modified organisms catherine just lane tells the u.s. she would be more open to its interests in her u.n. role if she got it europe's candidate to run the un's food and agriculture organization which guides policymakers around the world has promised the u.s. she will not defend the e.u. position in resisting the global spread of genetically modified organisms and a bid for u.s. support catherine just plain lenell told senior u.s. officials that a meeting in w

the goal in 6 years time to end all choice of labor and 71 percent of all child labor is in agriculture that's why the food and agricultural organization is partnering closely with the ilo and others to really address the situation in the agricultural in particular so the f a o has been looking at this for quite some time this is also been the ilo is agenda for a long time to cut down on child labor how is it concretely being tackled and has that been effective. well there are indeed like we just heard from india. there's often a focus on drawing child labor children from child labor while addressing the root causes is really what we need in the long run in particular when we think about smallholder farmers for example making use of child labor they need to have the means to to address child labor so poverty reduction approaches like social protection and others are being used but are not sufficiently used we don't reach the scale that we need and also we need to better move the stakeholder approach tauriel approach because it's not only a question of labor law enforcement but also about sustainable agricultural production techniques t

now from juba in south sudan pierre voted who's the deputy representative of the un's food and agricultural organization in south sudan from nairobi we're joined by alan boswell who's a senior analyst at the international crisis group and from syracuse in upstate new york joke joke who's the co-founder of the institute which is a think tank focusing on south sudan gentlemen welcome to you all pierre let's start with you the u.n. has stopped short of declaring a famine in south sudan how far away from that the way could it become a famine. then you're a father mandatory but we have to see with the recent analysis we provided. yesterday after it's we had the impression of the situation is more they were known it was one year ago. this is due to the fire about to despite the fact that these mortgage board according to the a.b.c. the analysis has been done recently there is less people who are needing humanitarian assistance so we have the impression that the situation is getting better of course we are in wait with conditions for the months there is it's due mainly according to the united states again is h

and work for food security. let's look at some of the challenges organizations will face with one of the contenders for the job. he's a former georgia minister for agriculturegive so much for joining us. there is a degree of campaign rhetoric in what you are about to say. you have been quite critical of the human approach to food security. what is your argument? number one is most important. the numbers. hungerlion people facing worldwide. facing poverty. this is the number one argument when we say we are to slow. decisions must be made quickly and executed quickly. this is the only way we can go forward. kathleen: what is it that is not happening? something food as that takes place over a long time. what is an emergency? how is the u.n. not doing what it could be doing? david: there are two sides of this. naturaly, drought, calamity and conflict that your droids -- destroys livelihoods. [inaudible] that is for a while. for the long run, as soon as conditions are back to go, we need to start rp their livelihoods. this is very important. you have to do it quickly. this is the role of fao. to have the right policies to back people to their lives. as soon as i

now from juba in south sudan pierre voted who's the deputy representative of the un's food and agricultural organization in south sudan from nairobi we're joined by alan boswell who's a senior analyst at the international crisis group and from syracuse in upstate new york joke joke who's the co-founder of the institute which is a think tank focusing on south sudan gentlemen welcome to you all pierre let's start with you the u.n. has stopped short of declaring a famine in south sudan how far away from that the way could it become a famine. then you're a father mandatory but we have to see with the recent analysis we provided. yesterday after it's we had the impression of the situation is more they were known it was one year ago. this is due to the fact that despite the fact that these mortgage board according to the a.b.c. the analysis has been done recently there is less people who are needy assistance so we have the impression that the situation is getting better of course we are in wait with conditions for the month there is it's due mainly according to the analysis again if you manage the fact that t

now from juba in south sudan pia voted who's the deputy representative of the un's food and agricultural organization in south sudan from nairobi we're joined by alan boswell who's a senior analyst at the international crisis group and from sarah hughes in upstate new york joke joke who's the co-founder of the institute which is a think tank focusing on south sudan gentlemen welcome to you all pierre let's start with you the u.n. has stopped short of declaring a famine in south sudan how far away from that the way could it become a famine. then you're a father mandatory but we have to see with the recent analysis we provided. yesterday after it's we had the impression of the situation is more they were known it was one year ago. this is due to the fight about it despite the fact that these mortgage board according to the a.b.c. the analysis has been done recently there is less people who are needy assistance so we have the impression that the situation is getting better of course we are in wait with conditions for the months there is it's due mainly according to the united states again if you manage

and for our environment. this bill supports growing markets, including organic and locally grown food by increasing the funding for the national organic program to $18 billion and $24.4 million for the local agricultural market program. the bill also boosts usda efforts to reduce food waste by including $1 million for a new composting and food reduction pilot program as well as $400,000 to establish the first food loss and waste reduction liaison at the usda. this is important because 30% to 40% of the food in this country is wasted. if food waste was a country, it would be number three in admitting global greenhouse gases. additionally, the bill acknowledges that farmers are an integral part of playing a positive role in climate change solutions. there's report language urging the usda to look at carbon markets for agriculture, supporting the usda's regional climate hubs and encouraging the usda to look at other opportunities to support farmers dealing with the effects of climate change. lastly, the bill includes language preventing the usda from relocating -- mr. mcgovern: i yield the gentlelady another one minute. ms. pingree: thank you so much. appreciate that, mr. chair. lastly, the bill includes

and goods here is via the amazon river and its many tributaries once a month the regional universities agricultural sciences department organizes an organic food market smallholders sell locally grown organic produce some of the things on offer here only grow in the amazon basin. for good but i'm about. to resell the extract of roots and herbes products that are indigenous medicine that means to me the university hopes that the market will. boost green farming in the rain forest simple good stuff you get we want to show that small scale organic farming is the sustainable future of farming for the for the indigenous peoples of the amazon how to preserve these products and this form of agriculture as a cultural treasure. but that's also how they protect the rainforest operatives. christer olivera cells that are he and his farmers association believe that it's important to cultivate the berries which contain caffeine according to indigenous traditions. you can buy what are now pits or a dried paste or quote on a powder. resell products from our producers association from rio apache and we come to this market because we can get a fair price for ou

the american statistical association, the national coalition of food and agriculture research, 104 agriculture and science related organization, 24 departments of agriculture and economics. 37 deans, provosts of university ag departments and more than 1,500 individual scientists from 47 states. the bill also rejects the proposed elimination of the foods for peace and mcgovern-dole programs and provides increases for both of these programs. these programs send american commodities all over the world to address global hunger and are an essential tool for diplomacy. the bill fully funds the snap nd w.i.c. programs to expected participation in 2020. the bill provides $10 million for school breakfast expansion grant the first time the program has been funded since 2012. and it funds the summer e.b.t. program at $50 million, a $22 million increase. the food and drug administration, the bill provides $3.26 billion in discretionary funding which is $185 million bf f.y. 2019. increased funding is dedicated to fighting rare cancers, laying the foundation for more efficient generic drug revureks improving our response to food borne illn

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agricultural commodities have been developed to feed animals and -- which is fine, but there's a shift and we're trying to bring that value shift, whether it be organic or regeneratively grown crops to foodt, you're building a sustainable system that not only the scale is needed, the scale can be done because it works for all stakeholders in the supply chain. >> yeah. all right. tyler, puris food ceo, thanks 'vr joining us today wee got more "squawk alley" in just a few moments feel that? that's the beat of global markets, the rhythm of the world. but to us, it's the pace of tomorrow. with ingenuity, technologies, and markets expertise we create the possible. and when you do that, you don't chase the pace of tomorrow. you set it. nasdaq. rewrite tomorrow. but we're also a company that controls hiv, fights cancer, repairs shattered bones, relieves depression, restores heart rhythms, helps you back from strokes, and keeps you healthy your whole life. from the day you're born we never stop taking care of you. >>> keep your eye on chewy today, obviously big ipo here at the nyse, opened around $36.30, got to $41.30 around 11:30 this morning, east coast time, now back below $35, actually hit $