from uganda to stuttgart the headquarters of select to one of the twin brothers neilson pak lamb are the 3rd generation to run the family business in stuttgart the seedlings from uganda planted in the soil to take root the claims are often asked whether he wouldn't be more environmentally friendly to just do all the cultivating here. because you don't have to artificially heat in africa and basically you have an incredibly high growth per area is actually the case that production there has an ecologically lower c o 2 footprint than if the cuttings were produced here. with wife with a populist i think as women here put it the ability. to stuttgart headquarters is mainly used for developing and planning next year a new office is being opened in ethiopia according to the entrepreneurs the cost pressure in the industry is enormous making the lower wages in east africa a major boon in africa we produce in east africa because the unit costs and the wages we pay for them fit well together and we also have enough manpower available it's the only way we can still be successful in the market a