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it relasz places the agricultural commissioner. the agricultural commissioner is not a building or facility or land management person. it doesn't have the resources to operate and manage the facility in the markets. the real estate division has been managing and operating the land for over a decade. it transfers responsibilities from the agricultural commissioner to the director of property to approve applications for permits to sell products at the city operated farmer's market. it allows the director of permits or suspensions there of. it allow it is director property to impose fees and to appoint and form an advisory committee for the alamani farmer's market and guidelines to rule the market. the heart of it is to increase the fees that an individual farmer and/or flea market vendor would pay. currently it's $50 a day, just during the summer, we would like to raise it to $50 a day all year round. it wouldn't go down $10 during the winter months. if a farmer went everyday that the farmer's market is open and it's open every singl
it relasz places the agricultural commissioner. the agricultural commissioner is not a building or facility or land management person. it doesn't have the resources to operate and manage the facility in the markets. the real estate division has been managing and operating the land for over a decade. it transfers responsibilities from the agricultural commissioner to the director of property to approve applications for permits to sell products at the city operated farmer's market. it allows the...
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we are dealing with the agricultural sector, so there's many things that need to happen as a next step. the climate emergency statement was our first step in the process. >> it's interesting you raise the use of fossil fuels or agriculture. within the european union, nobody dares touch agriculture and the fossil fuels and coal mining are huge here in germany. that's going to be a very bitter pill to swallow. >> yes, it will, and it's nonot only germany.. you also have countries like poland and the czech republic who also have substantial amounts of coal, so they are going to expect some kind of compensation, so i think one of the things we are likely to see in the december meeting of the heads of state is discscussions ababout how compensation mechanisms canan be introduced o help thohose regioions and those countries that are heaeavily dependent on fossil fuels make a transition away from them. that will bring in the sort of social justice e element to this whole question, but there are a lot of areas under pressure, and agriculture is one of them. the sulfur dioxide emissions that th
we are dealing with the agricultural sector, so there's many things that need to happen as a next step. the climate emergency statement was our first step in the process. >> it's interesting you raise the use of fossil fuels or agriculture. within the european union, nobody dares touch agriculture and the fossil fuels and coal mining are huge here in germany. that's going to be a very bitter pill to swallow. >> yes, it will, and it's nonot only germany.. you also have countries like...
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how badly affected has agriculture in the u.s. been? how much are they benefiting honks inf the lack of china -- hogs in china? sara: the relationship between the u.s. and china in agriculture is significantly driven by soybean and soybean demand. this year, you have to things going on. you have a trade war and you also have less demand from china simply because there's less hegs. for feeding hogs.when you look at shipments, it is running quite low. still 5 million tons plus this season behind the normal. so it has significantly impacted u.s. farmers in terms of income. however, as you pointed out, there's also the payments that have been facilitated both due to climate impacts and floods in the u.s.. there are also payments facilitated for this trade war. net-net, depending on what state you are in, the payments are not equalized. but farmers in the u.s. net-net this year are actually getting regardless of what markets are doing. is the industry to be able to respond to shortfalls or over capacities? what does your data tell you about
how badly affected has agriculture in the u.s. been? how much are they benefiting honks inf the lack of china -- hogs in china? sara: the relationship between the u.s. and china in agriculture is significantly driven by soybean and soybean demand. this year, you have to things going on. you have a trade war and you also have less demand from china simply because there's less hegs. for feeding hogs.when you look at shipments, it is running quite low. still 5 million tons plus this season behind...
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so we have a lot of experience in southeast asia with this in fact the burning of agriculture land for preparation of agricultural land is one of the main sources of the large scale trans boundary haze we have in southeast asia that affects more than 6 or 7 countries and sometimes the smoke cloud cover several 1000000 square kilometers so it is a major economic environment and health impact in this region and the government has been trying to address it on a range of fronts and making some success they've identified which are the most critical areas of burning or what type of land create the largest amount of smoke contribution and that is burning and degradation of people and system their weapon system which has a very high amount of organic material and when the fires there create. massive smoke clouds and so basically the government has moved to ban the further development in these areas working with the farmers small holders large scale companies private sector to introduce best management practices era burning practice has been practiced for the last 1520 years by large scale plan
so we have a lot of experience in southeast asia with this in fact the burning of agriculture land for preparation of agricultural land is one of the main sources of the large scale trans boundary haze we have in southeast asia that affects more than 6 or 7 countries and sometimes the smoke cloud cover several 1000000 square kilometers so it is a major economic environment and health impact in this region and the government has been trying to address it on a range of fronts and making some...
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it's also hard to not talk about agriculture and the way we farm. is it sustainable the current system we have right now, and how are donald trump's policies affecting it? >> sure. well, you know, agriculture contributes to something on the order of 20 or 25% of our global emissions. and it's a sector that's very difficult for us to reduce emissions from because of the way in which we eat. and -- but agriculture is also, as a result, a huge opportunity. and there are plenty of methods. you know, you talk about trump's trade war in the last segment. and instead of pumping billions of dollars into subsidies that are meant to replace the losses created by the trade war, the trump administration could be investing and paying farmers, frankly, to manage their crops, their soil, their agricultural techniques in a way that could actually create carbon sequestration opportunities and more resilient farms. in the last drought in california, california farmers lost $3 billion worth of productivity. and this last season in the midwest farmers in iowa and neigh
it's also hard to not talk about agriculture and the way we farm. is it sustainable the current system we have right now, and how are donald trump's policies affecting it? >> sure. well, you know, agriculture contributes to something on the order of 20 or 25% of our global emissions. and it's a sector that's very difficult for us to reduce emissions from because of the way in which we eat. and -- but agriculture is also, as a result, a huge opportunity. and there are plenty of methods....
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so we have a lot of experience in southeast asia with this in fact the burning of agriculture land for preparation of agricultural land is one of the main sources of the large scale transponder haze we have in southeast asia that affects more than 6 or 7 countries and sometimes the smoke cloud cover some of the development in these areas working with a farm a small holders large scale companies private sector to introduce best management practice 0 burning practice has been practiced for the last 1520 years by large scale plantations and governments are really working to bring that down through initiatives and incentives to small holders by giving incentives all financial and other incentives for 5 days 3 villages that they call let me just take the take the debate back to laurie millipedes in helsinki because kartik in new delhi was talking about the government initiative of car rationing and driving cars with odd and even played some different days in other countries like mexico have used similar car rusting schemes and we know that china brought in a scheme for the olympics back in
so we have a lot of experience in southeast asia with this in fact the burning of agriculture land for preparation of agricultural land is one of the main sources of the large scale transponder haze we have in southeast asia that affects more than 6 or 7 countries and sometimes the smoke cloud cover some of the development in these areas working with a farm a small holders large scale companies private sector to introduce best management practice 0 burning practice has been practiced for the...
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within the european union nobody dad is touch agriculture and the fossil fuels coal mining huge here in germany so that's that's going to be a very very bitter pill to swallow. yes it will and it's not only germany of course you have a lot of people in germany but you also have countries like poland the czech republic that also have substantial sites substantial amounts of coal and they are going to expect some kind of compensation so i think one of the things we're likely to see in the december meeting of the heads of state is discussions about halil. compensation mechanisms can be introduced to help those regions and those countries that are heavily dependent on fossil fuels make the transition away from them that's going to bring in the sort of social justice element of this whole question but there are of course other areas that are under a lot of pressure in agriculture is one of them aquaculture has been pressured both because of what's happening with the over use of. maneuver and the sulfur dioxide emissions that that's putting into the waterways and the problem that is causin
within the european union nobody dad is touch agriculture and the fossil fuels coal mining huge here in germany so that's that's going to be a very very bitter pill to swallow. yes it will and it's not only germany of course you have a lot of people in germany but you also have countries like poland the czech republic that also have substantial sites substantial amounts of coal and they are going to expect some kind of compensation so i think one of the things we're likely to see in the...
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, there would be an 8% tariff, but on some agricultural goods, particularly dairy products, the tariffs are well over a0%. in animal product, it is about 18%. forfarmers there is real concern that if we didn't up with no deal, there would need to be a lot of political activity to avoid those tariffs on goods going that way. manufacturing, cars, tariffs of 10% and indeed beverages and tobacco, things like whiskey, 20%. that would be very significant. there are tariffs the other way, that is where the british government would have some control as t it will try to protect manufacturing in this country. and we'll have much more from bishop auckland with christian fraser from 2 o'clock. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn condemns the government's response to the flooding in england as "woeful", and the lib dems say ministers haven't done enough. labour says it's been hit by a ‘sophisticated and large—scale cyber attack‘ on its digital platforms, but that no data breach occurred. there's more violence on the streets of hong kong — with clashes between pro—democracy activists a
, there would be an 8% tariff, but on some agricultural goods, particularly dairy products, the tariffs are well over a0%. in animal product, it is about 18%. forfarmers there is real concern that if we didn't up with no deal, there would need to be a lot of political activity to avoid those tariffs on goods going that way. manufacturing, cars, tariffs of 10% and indeed beverages and tobacco, things like whiskey, 20%. that would be very significant. there are tariffs the other way, that is...
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style, the agricultural slavery we are most familiar with when thinking about that period of time. conflicts that erected in 1859 after the raid on harpers ferry created a lot of tensions, and we see a lot of local governments starting to talk about secession. however, when the civil war broke out, canal county itself voted overwhelmingly against secession, but we do find pockets of individuals and we whereace back to see southern sympathy was most prevalent. we see there was a large cluster of individuals in charleston profiting off of the slave injures three that were keeping the salt industry afloat. came torge patton charleston, west virginia, one of the first things he did was establish the canal minutemen, later named the canal riflemen, and that was a local militia .nit that he became captain of it was sons of the upper crust, doctors, merchants and lawyers themselves -- these people related to a particular cast of society. they were also nicknamed the kid glove unit because of their .ancy uniforms shortly after the cannons fired on fort sumter in april 1861, the canal rifle
style, the agricultural slavery we are most familiar with when thinking about that period of time. conflicts that erected in 1859 after the raid on harpers ferry created a lot of tensions, and we see a lot of local governments starting to talk about secession. however, when the civil war broke out, canal county itself voted overwhelmingly against secession, but we do find pockets of individuals and we whereace back to see southern sympathy was most prevalent. we see there was a large cluster of...
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minister and members of his cabinet face questions about syria, climate change, agricultural change, and press freedom. of skys courtesy freedom. edition ofto another question time. alarm across the globe, including here in australia. australians in refugee camps in the north of syria. my question is to the minister of foreign affairs. syria we already think it is further destabilized in the region and risks undermining progress. what action the government has taken. you, fast evolving and a dangerous situation. both the prime minister and i have made it clear in her statement that the turkish military action has grave consequences for regional security, among it would certainly cause additional civilian suffering. it will lead to greater population displacement and it will further inhibit the exit of international organizations to those are in need of international humanitarian support. but mr. president, the minister also asked in relation to australia's engagement, before the incursion commenced in a response to the announce was -- announcement made by turkey, i issued a statement
minister and members of his cabinet face questions about syria, climate change, agricultural change, and press freedom. of skys courtesy freedom. edition ofto another question time. alarm across the globe, including here in australia. australians in refugee camps in the north of syria. my question is to the minister of foreign affairs. syria we already think it is further destabilized in the region and risks undermining progress. what action the government has taken. you, fast evolving and a...
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future the farmers fear for their livelihoods already only 1.4 percent of all jobs in germany are in agriculture and demonstrators fear that number could window even further. u.n. secretary general antonio which are as has been holding talks here in berlin where german chancellor americal all the pair are tackling a host of pressing issues including the conflicts in syria and libya terrorism and climate change all before meeting chance america over terrorists attended the un internet governance form the conference aimster ensure that the internet is accessible affordable and safe and you don't use michela governor a caught up with terrorists just before his meeting with the german chancellor she asked him if world leaders were failing to cooperate adequately to address global problems here in berlin you also meeting german chancellor angela merkel how concerned are both of you about the state of multi. well it is clear that the problems of today are global it is clear that no country alone can solve them it is clear that we needs. the multilateral governance we need international cooperation to
future the farmers fear for their livelihoods already only 1.4 percent of all jobs in germany are in agriculture and demonstrators fear that number could window even further. u.n. secretary general antonio which are as has been holding talks here in berlin where german chancellor americal all the pair are tackling a host of pressing issues including the conflicts in syria and libya terrorism and climate change all before meeting chance america over terrorists attended the un internet governance...
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its the thg that wbuilt up over 10,0 years agriculture. now in aindf f hundred years of industrialization, we have managed to get rid of most of it. amy: that is bill mckibben in "the pollinators." peter nelson, are also beekeeper. you're talking about pesticides and how they're used in this country. also, the whole issue of the climate crisis? >> bees are an indicator species. we need to pay attention to what is going on because our agricultural system is dependent upon these commercial bees. agriculture is got much more simplified, kimmel goodie dependent so it is required just chemically-dependent, so it is required to bring in these because the traditional bees are not able to live there anymore. it is become essential to bring these bees almost as an insurance policy for much of the agricultural system. amy: and agricultural uses bees? >> it is the most are trisha's and nourishing things that we eat. fruits and nuts and vegetables. foods that we have are mostly pollinated by bees. amy: thank you for being with us, peter nelson, direct
its the thg that wbuilt up over 10,0 years agriculture. now in aindf f hundred years of industrialization, we have managed to get rid of most of it. amy: that is bill mckibben in "the pollinators." peter nelson, are also beekeeper. you're talking about pesticides and how they're used in this country. also, the whole issue of the climate crisis? >> bees are an indicator species. we need to pay attention to what is going on because our agricultural system is dependent upon these...
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and uk agriculture. what we have called for isa agriculture. what we have called for is a veto on any free trade deals for all of the parliaments. the four constituent parts of the uk should be able to have a say in what happens, in other countries, in belgium and germany, these kind of agreements are agreed by the different regions, provinces and nations, it should happen here as well. the best way is remaining in the eu. we are also worried about the eu. we are also worried about the welsh labour government plans, which are echoed by the conservative party in england, to get rid of direct farm payments, absolutely essential in terms of the kind of economic base... tell us about your farm. we are a hill farm here in bala in north wales and we produce hill lamb, the destination for it is the european market. i can't sustain tariffs of up to 46% on my lan being exported —— my lamb. it's not going to be viable to produce lamb on these hills if we are going to be adhering to those kind of tariffs. we pr
and uk agriculture. what we have called for isa agriculture. what we have called for is a veto on any free trade deals for all of the parliaments. the four constituent parts of the uk should be able to have a say in what happens, in other countries, in belgium and germany, these kind of agreements are agreed by the different regions, provinces and nations, it should happen here as well. the best way is remaining in the eu. we are also worried about the eu. we are also worried about the welsh...
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this is the last number that the agricultural department has. we buy in the united states $300 million in 2014, but we buy in other countries $1.8 billion. you know how much we have to pay for transportation? can you imagine? it is not money that we don't have. it is money that we spend because the blockade, the embargo, the sanctions are there. you can see that since the united states authorized the sales of agricultural produce to we have december 2001, to buy $6 billion. imagine without the sanctions. imagine if we can have credit. again, try to explain to a farmer in pennsylvania, arkansas, he has the market, but it is almost there. oh, because it is a communist country. what about china? so another opportunity. again, the biotech industry. you probably did not see this in the news but governor cuomo in new york announced last year that for the first time, we are going to create an enterprise between cuba and the united states between roswell park institute and a biotech center in cuba to produce cancer vaccines for the lung cancer. these ar
this is the last number that the agricultural department has. we buy in the united states $300 million in 2014, but we buy in other countries $1.8 billion. you know how much we have to pay for transportation? can you imagine? it is not money that we don't have. it is money that we spend because the blockade, the embargo, the sanctions are there. you can see that since the united states authorized the sales of agricultural produce to we have december 2001, to buy $6 billion. imagine without the...
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penney, the man, the store and the agriculture. i think growing up in world north dakota and eastern montana you have to go out of town to do your shopping or in our case go from country into town. my mother took us to a tiny town called headache or that had a j. c. penney store main street. at three years old i couldn't read or write. i was ill literate but i was amazed at the atmosphere that was in that building. i was fastened by the stores themselves but as a beacon to study the stores i then began to know more and more about the man behind them, j. c. penney himself for rural america was always a part of my childhood and my formative years. i did realize the degree to which it was also a part of his, and the stores themselves. the deeper i dig into this, as this gradually became an academic interest of mine, the more i discovered of this rule connection that i had not known before and most people had not known about either. that's really what made that will come about the way it did. his business model was similar to what the
penney, the man, the store and the agriculture. i think growing up in world north dakota and eastern montana you have to go out of town to do your shopping or in our case go from country into town. my mother took us to a tiny town called headache or that had a j. c. penney store main street. at three years old i couldn't read or write. i was ill literate but i was amazed at the atmosphere that was in that building. i was fastened by the stores themselves but as a beacon to study the stores i...
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and with that agricultural production and $49 billion of exports each contributed someone may get by those security breaches to cost australia $1 billion per year or that which could devastate the livestock industry for those that care about the national economy it is absolutely paramount not just protecting the $6 trillion worth of environmental assets and then to be related through trade and that security system protects that reputation it is iconic and unique looks at the value that we take to keep the border safe and then from last year and the things that i did not know 140 days ago and that full incursion last year to the outbreak that we watch across europe and southeast asia and then not to take that back. >> can you update the senate of the coalition government has a plan with australia against african swine fever quick. >> thank you senator. when you have a strong economic plan you can do those things like to reach to the economy which would be incurred with african swine fever taking out 2000 producers and 36000 that work in the pork industry. in this that kills 80 percent
and with that agricultural production and $49 billion of exports each contributed someone may get by those security breaches to cost australia $1 billion per year or that which could devastate the livestock industry for those that care about the national economy it is absolutely paramount not just protecting the $6 trillion worth of environmental assets and then to be related through trade and that security system protects that reputation it is iconic and unique looks at the value that we take...
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some experts say there's no way around a large scale agriculture. language of the here between farming operations have to expand because the economy forces them to the industry has faced endless pricing pressure in recent decades and farmers can only a scape this pressure by producing more getting bigger expanding and even then they only just make ends meet. i mean i wasn't a trucker you wouldn't want to. it's estimated that to keep up with population growth we'll need to produce 50 percent more food by 2050 than we do now could that be done without industrial farming. not a very densely populated countries like china but by enormous quantities of agricultural products on the world market. and this is only possible with correspondingly large structures including trading companies shipping logistics. the farming operations themselves since what in one touch of between a few knuckles and a lot of these sprawling fields aren't even used to grow food for humans but for animal feed 80 percent of the available land is used in the production of meat eggs a
some experts say there's no way around a large scale agriculture. language of the here between farming operations have to expand because the economy forces them to the industry has faced endless pricing pressure in recent decades and farmers can only a scape this pressure by producing more getting bigger expanding and even then they only just make ends meet. i mean i wasn't a trucker you wouldn't want to. it's estimated that to keep up with population growth we'll need to produce 50 percent...
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he is the chairman of the senate agriculture committee. he agreed to include in the farm bill something called the siren act. the siren act provides funding to support rural fire and e.m.s. agencies with training an recruiting staff and purchasing equipment. everything from naloxone to power stretchers. i recently visited a county in illinois, navue illinois, which is where a man named mr. kennedy came forward, and told me about the need for new modern equipment in this area of hancock county. because of what he told me, the bill passed and we will make this available for the emergency analysts to have the right training and equipment when needed. this is important for rural health care, but we also have to maintain the structure of our key health programs. thankfully illinois has expanded the medicaid program through the affordable care act, which has provided a funding lifeline to keeple many of our rural hospitals from the brink of closure. it also expanded health insurance to one million people in illinois. ten years ago, when we passe
he is the chairman of the senate agriculture committee. he agreed to include in the farm bill something called the siren act. the siren act provides funding to support rural fire and e.m.s. agencies with training an recruiting staff and purchasing equipment. everything from naloxone to power stretchers. i recently visited a county in illinois, navue illinois, which is where a man named mr. kennedy came forward, and told me about the need for new modern equipment in this area of hancock county....
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there is a set of land-use solutions relating to agricultural and forest lands. and we need to remember that oftentimes, some of the best solutions kind of sequester carbon. there is a lot that we can do on mitigation and adaptation. is to think ae little bit about not only looking at stand-alone bills that look at adaptation, but how do you we've -- weave building resilience into the bills likely to go forward? details, but ie suspect you do. the transportation infrastructure act -- one of the things that we try to make clear in this report is that good adaptation is just about doing growth or development differently. we need to look at how to actually reframe the narrative from one that might be polarized around climate action to one that also can be about building resilience every day. >> i would like to hold on to the hope that resilience and climate preparedness, we can do both. i think frontline communities and cities, because we are facing climate change today, it will take action to prepare. they are doing great things in miami. one of the examples we hig
there is a set of land-use solutions relating to agricultural and forest lands. and we need to remember that oftentimes, some of the best solutions kind of sequester carbon. there is a lot that we can do on mitigation and adaptation. is to think ae little bit about not only looking at stand-alone bills that look at adaptation, but how do you we've -- weave building resilience into the bills likely to go forward? details, but ie suspect you do. the transportation infrastructure act -- one of the...
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agriculture -- animal agriculture right now is driving so much of the problems with climate change. the number one reason for deforestation, rain forest deforestation, is grazing lands for the larger and larger consumption of meat. scientists and we would need four planet earths's of the rest of the planet ate the standard american diet. by the way, china is moving toward the standard american diet. more people are eating like we are eating. we have to start talking about a free market, not to subsidization of corporations whether it is oil companies or folks that are doing it. now, if i have more sway over od, we're going to be in's advising cover crops and no till farming, things that pull carbon out of the air. we will incentivize reforestation. of a plan to plant 100 million trees in urban areas, which will cool them down, pull more carbon out of the air. we need to start usising our incentives, are tax dollars to incentivize the right behavior and stop the human suffering that is going on as a result of a lot of the things we are doing with subsidized -- subsidizing with our ta
agriculture -- animal agriculture right now is driving so much of the problems with climate change. the number one reason for deforestation, rain forest deforestation, is grazing lands for the larger and larger consumption of meat. scientists and we would need four planet earths's of the rest of the planet ate the standard american diet. by the way, china is moving toward the standard american diet. more people are eating like we are eating. we have to start talking about a free market, not to...
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now to another big agriculture story about a quarter of the global pig population is expected to die as a result of an epidemic of african swine fever that's according to the world organization for animal health the epidemic has been spreading for over a year now and hardest hit is china where pork is a regular part of the diet and prices are soaring. pork is a staple in chinese diets but for many chinese it's becoming a luxury the price has at times tripled within the past year i see that you are eating less pork now i've definitely been affected by that now we eat it once a week before we were eating it 2 or 3 times a week earlier experiences you know they make you better. behind the soaring prices is an outbreak of african swine fever the virus is harmless to humans but it's decimated china's livestock herds some $200000000.00 pigs have already been killed due to the disease about 40 percent of all stocks and to diminish stuck means rising prices but it's not just consumers who are suffering. and you heard the price of pork has increased and definitely there are less people buying
now to another big agriculture story about a quarter of the global pig population is expected to die as a result of an epidemic of african swine fever that's according to the world organization for animal health the epidemic has been spreading for over a year now and hardest hit is china where pork is a regular part of the diet and prices are soaring. pork is a staple in chinese diets but for many chinese it's becoming a luxury the price has at times tripled within the past year i see that you...
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department of agriculture website and check it out. guest: can ask a question? zero is zero, so how is it opening markets? zero is zero. guest: i don't think that is accurate. if you look at dairy alone, some products are tariffed up to 300%. look at the egg market in canada. guest: there is potential market tariffshere there are left over. $48 billion in the american ag trade, so a very small margins. . outside of that we have been , duty-free since nafta for 50 years. guest: yeah, we are going to agree to disagree. guest: you can look at the tariff schedules. host: we will take a call. this is from indiana. bill, hello. you are on. go ahead. caller: yes, my question -- i was on that committee back in 1981 when we were trying to get a trade deal through. our position was, the democratic position and the labor position, was -- it was to change the trading deal to reciprocal. if you had had reciprocal, you would not be in the shape you are in now. it is funny to me that the runaround talk about tariffs -- if i am not mistaken, i am 96 years old and i believe i he
department of agriculture website and check it out. guest: can ask a question? zero is zero, so how is it opening markets? zero is zero. guest: i don't think that is accurate. if you look at dairy alone, some products are tariffed up to 300%. look at the egg market in canada. guest: there is potential market tariffshere there are left over. $48 billion in the american ag trade, so a very small margins. . outside of that we have been , duty-free since nafta for 50 years. guest: yeah, we are...
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agriculture exports the 2 sides hope to sign off on phase one of the deal when the 2 leaders meet again that's because over to our financial correspondent in new york yes korda doubts surely remain but the chinese claim on the other side they're close to deal which side is wall street leaning to hear. well in general we've heard this song before but if you look at the market in general we are clearly at elevated levels actually the s. and p. 500 and the nasdaq cope with it reached new all time highs year on friday still most markets have been. obviously believe that the deal will come otherwise it's hard to imagine it to see both record levels here on wall street what will be in this deal remains to be seen for example the protection of intellectual probably properties is probably not part of the phase one agreement that we might see this i think thing in a couple of weeks and the stocks have also been ball search by strong figures on the u.s. job market tell us more on that. you know we got 128000 new jobs for the month of october and that was actually the 109th consecutive months was
agriculture exports the 2 sides hope to sign off on phase one of the deal when the 2 leaders meet again that's because over to our financial correspondent in new york yes korda doubts surely remain but the chinese claim on the other side they're close to deal which side is wall street leaning to hear. well in general we've heard this song before but if you look at the market in general we are clearly at elevated levels actually the s. and p. 500 and the nasdaq cope with it reached new all time...
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one of colombia's most respected agricultural experts and was a leading advisor to the government on the peace negotiations. when you ask whether it was appropriate in the peace negotiations to agree on land reform it must be said that it was not only right but urgently necessary to see the foundations had to be laid for a genuine economic and social modernization of the country. this is a country with a truly feudal system. it's about what looking at and it doesn't even use most of the learned. give it to the farmers to cultivate. compass he looks put up a seat at. the far north of columbia's home to the sierra nevada mountain range and to around $50000.00. are people who have lost many of their ancestral lands over the course of time. during the war paramilitaries occupied the region terrorized the villages and forced the auto accolon to relocate. the peace treaty gave the auto aka the hope of regaining their stolen property as part of the land reform. one of the warring parties did not permit the indigenous peoples to participate in the negotiations. despite the fact that we are 1
one of colombia's most respected agricultural experts and was a leading advisor to the government on the peace negotiations. when you ask whether it was appropriate in the peace negotiations to agree on land reform it must be said that it was not only right but urgently necessary to see the foundations had to be laid for a genuine economic and social modernization of the country. this is a country with a truly feudal system. it's about what looking at and it doesn't even use most of the...
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many people know about the energy sector, but most do not understand agriculture is also critical. recently, in january, we had an -- come outper, out and they showed a really sustainable diet within the planetary boundaries. there was a big focus on the prevention of diabetes city -- obesity and other diseases. if the world shifted to that particular diet, we would have millions of people not dying from his chronic diseases. what was missing in the paper was looking into what it meant in the context of the whole world. at jon hopkins, we did research nine diets in different countries, and the results were really remarkable. vonnie: what kind of solutions have you managed to come up with? is the answer to ask certain countries to do less when it comes diets in different countries, and the results were really remarkable. to agriculture or protein production, so that developing countries can have more than their allocation? is there some kind of balanced approach globally, do we need to work together as a globe for this? >> that is absolutely the case. you look at the impact -- at in
many people know about the energy sector, but most do not understand agriculture is also critical. recently, in january, we had an -- come outper, out and they showed a really sustainable diet within the planetary boundaries. there was a big focus on the prevention of diabetes city -- obesity and other diseases. if the world shifted to that particular diet, we would have millions of people not dying from his chronic diseases. what was missing in the paper was looking into what it meant in the...
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french firms are supposed to come away with deals covering agriculture, tourism, and health. boosthopes the trip will the growing s share of french exports to china. we get a c closer -- a closer lk at business ties to the country. luxury brands, sportswear, retail, tourism. of french businesses have attempted to crack the chinese markets. unlevel facing an playing field. >> in recent years, the french grocery chchain has had to sell around 80% of it chinese stores. it is far from an isolated case. peugeot has seen its sales drop drastically. >> they are not that competitive compared to chinese brands. i drive a chinese cacar. it i is cheaper. are lookingmpanieies to cover the chinese markets. often required to share knowledge and technonolog. losinge is a risk of your technology. sometimes it is a requirement. france retains a competitive advancement in some sectors. with european constructor airbus having opening a factory, china has begun to build its own air raft. the continued unrest could be hurting the economy. clients reportedly asked bankers and wealth managers to mo
french firms are supposed to come away with deals covering agriculture, tourism, and health. boosthopes the trip will the growing s share of french exports to china. we get a c closer -- a closer lk at business ties to the country. luxury brands, sportswear, retail, tourism. of french businesses have attempted to crack the chinese markets. unlevel facing an playing field. >> in recent years, the french grocery chchain has had to sell around 80% of it chinese stores. it is far from an...
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meat production is a key industry in germany could that be why there's so little public debate about agriculture is role in generating particulate matter. madeon victim and feel big agree with fell's assessment. that beard if i start if we want to tackle the problem of particulates matter we need to see fewer wood burning stoves less livestock farming or cut in emissions from livestock farming less ammonia that would be ideas that would reduce so-called secondary particulate matter and would really bring relief to a large part of the population and we could meet the stricter threshold values. that would significantly reduce particulate matter pollution across germany and not just in large cities. as the gun is no doubt and this is not just about guaranteeing every person's right to clean air it's also about making clean air economically viable people call in sick to work they have chronic diseases none of that is factored into. equations instead short term economic interests are given precedence without a real evaluation of the health liabilities and their related costs see and the problem of am
meat production is a key industry in germany could that be why there's so little public debate about agriculture is role in generating particulate matter. madeon victim and feel big agree with fell's assessment. that beard if i start if we want to tackle the problem of particulates matter we need to see fewer wood burning stoves less livestock farming or cut in emissions from livestock farming less ammonia that would be ideas that would reduce so-called secondary particulate matter and would...
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but it will not be a solution to your agriculture right i hear you loud and can i wish we had bought time but that is all we can do for today thank you very much for coming on to africa so pleasant it's great to be and that is the fun not that as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook makes 5 it's 5. point strong opinions clear positions international perspectives put country witnessing often violent protests in countless countries around the world people talking about a new global political awakening the world to the process is happening common where will the angry uprisings meet us going down to the point shortly. in 60 minutes on the d w. this you know i mean in your minute is. what i'm going to miss you know but i'm with whatever work and i'm sure i'm not going to sit there and. quote i've only said that i caught going on with her being funded. the u.s. china trade talks stall on agricultural imports but donald trump claims an agreement is just around the corner china makes a 1st step to lifting a ban on u.s. poultry products. also on the shoulder a germ
but it will not be a solution to your agriculture right i hear you loud and can i wish we had bought time but that is all we can do for today thank you very much for coming on to africa so pleasant it's great to be and that is the fun not that as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook makes 5 it's 5. point strong opinions clear positions international perspectives put country witnessing often violent protests in countless countries around the world people talking about...
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the problem of ambient particulate matter misses by wood stoves and agriculture is compounded in cities by traffic. particulate matter and nitrogen oxides accumulated hot spots on heavily trafficked roads in so-called street canyons or at railway stations and this is especially true in the winter months when temperature inversion traps polluted any of the ground. barbara hoffman is an environmental at the genealogist who's evaluated studies on air pollution involving tens of thousands of parties. appends. their findings a surprising. there out of 5 miles it's not really tricky of course it's the drivers who are sitting in a cabin that are exposed to the highest levels foghorn is all of that and when riding a bicycle even if you can only distance yourself from heavy traffic by a few meters or take a road parallel to the main road the exposure is already significantly lower beutler new thing up. 65 cities in germany regularly exceed limits cannot treat an upside emissions produced by diesel vehicles the values are particularly high in munich stuttgart and cologne. a you environment commis
the problem of ambient particulate matter misses by wood stoves and agriculture is compounded in cities by traffic. particulate matter and nitrogen oxides accumulated hot spots on heavily trafficked roads in so-called street canyons or at railway stations and this is especially true in the winter months when temperature inversion traps polluted any of the ground. barbara hoffman is an environmental at the genealogist who's evaluated studies on air pollution involving tens of thousands of...
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led the first and only report congress ever asked for on adaptation which included water coast and agriculture. in the second on right was the wetland in the forest in the parks. that was requested by three committees science -based technology environment and public worse and one - - works in transportation so it's interesting 27 years ago congress was is already thinking adaptation may be important. the un commission on sustainable development issued a report 2007 and the world bank commission the world development report focusing for the first time on climate change and both concluded then we knew enough to say in 1992 that passed does not prologue and it alters the baselines that planning that we have done over the last 100 years will not work in most impacts will be negative and coastal ecosystems will be challenged in every region of the globe to develop in developed countries prickle that enhance preparedness response strategy should be a global priority. the mitigation and adaptation that becomes less effective the faster the pace and total change of climate change. so it's fitting two
led the first and only report congress ever asked for on adaptation which included water coast and agriculture. in the second on right was the wetland in the forest in the parks. that was requested by three committees science -based technology environment and public worse and one - - works in transportation so it's interesting 27 years ago congress was is already thinking adaptation may be important. the un commission on sustainable development issued a report 2007 and the world bank commission...
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these things are coming into being. agriculture, renewable energy. these things are coming into beinglj agriculture, renewable energy. these things are coming into being. i know you travel the country, i travel the country. they are not working, are they? for example, right now, your electricity system is very dependent on the power, the hydropower coming from the dam, the lake is very low, 13% of capacity. there are power outages all over this country all of the time. most people do not have electricity most days of the week. also, the water supply. your water supply is failing the people of this country. millions have no running water in their taps. you are not coping. 0k. this is at the height of the effects of the drought last year. yes, indeed, the majority of the power, most of our power is hydro, coming from the dam, and because of that, water levels have gone down and this is just what we experienced in the last few months. so how can you tell your people you are coping? 0k, are coping? ok, ijust want to give you a clear explanation. we have
these things are coming into being. agriculture, renewable energy. these things are coming into beinglj agriculture, renewable energy. these things are coming into being. i know you travel the country, i travel the country. they are not working, are they? for example, right now, your electricity system is very dependent on the power, the hydropower coming from the dam, the lake is very low, 13% of capacity. there are power outages all over this country all of the time. most people do not have...
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agricultural exports. and level of manufacturing they might be able to take care of themselves but they might not be able to sustain the exports the rest of us depend on and stabilization and the reduction in employment population is going to have huge benefits for climate change and also other problems the happiness balance of things like water. or to the homes and places of something for water loss and can we now. human health issues societal issues in general we're now going to try to reduce the population level of 7 and a half 1000000000 it is incredibly hard to do that it certainly cannot be done voluntarily it would involve compulsion like china is now defunct one child per family policy possibly even more draconian than that so it's feasible to talk about it but implementing it will take the politics we don't currently have it may well take military dictatorships in howard namely education and also tools that are now going to crest themselves in something that's moving beyond what with the tradition
agricultural exports. and level of manufacturing they might be able to take care of themselves but they might not be able to sustain the exports the rest of us depend on and stabilization and the reduction in employment population is going to have huge benefits for climate change and also other problems the happiness balance of things like water. or to the homes and places of something for water loss and can we now. human health issues societal issues in general we're now going to try to reduce...
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conservative agriculture minister i was here a few moments ago and she talked to farmers so one. of them and on the occasion of the main reasons why the farmers were here today is that they have no feeling that they are not listened to down not heard by the government so a strong sign from the government officials to actually come in here and talk to them you. do different situation but that the measures taken by the government. to get towards a more environmentally friendly culture would still go forward she owes so. folk and seumas to have more understanding that if they want to do more there we also have to pay more for their products. i understand that the environment minister also spoke to protest earlier protestors earlier and she got a quite a frosty reception tell us about that. yes i was here earlier and indeed she was booed watch she was addressing the crowd maybe she wasn't very conciliatory in her as speech as she she conceded that she understood the 1st again she said out of god and then we go forward she states that i. had to stop using pesticides so perhaps not the
conservative agriculture minister i was here a few moments ago and she talked to farmers so one. of them and on the occasion of the main reasons why the farmers were here today is that they have no feeling that they are not listened to down not heard by the government so a strong sign from the government officials to actually come in here and talk to them you. do different situation but that the measures taken by the government. to get towards a more environmentally friendly culture would still...
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we know that we are going to have to change agriculture. and we want to protect farmers as much as possible in that a change that we are going to make. what we are being very, very clear. there would be an increase, an improvement in the quality of meat, for example, but there would be an increase in the price of meat. a cheeseburger is 99p now. what would it be? we don't know exactly how much those costs would be absorbed by the supermarkets, for example, so it's very hard. we are talking p rather than pounds. a big mac might go to 1.20 else something? i can't tell you. it depends how much the supermarkets can absorb in terms of price. we want to make sure farmers are protected so they can transition and their livelihoods are protected. they can move to organic farming. we want to have more small holding revolution in terms of farming, more support for local farmers who are doing organic methods in their farming. farmers who are doing organic methods in theirfarming. and get away from the big industrial model offarming. away from the big i
we know that we are going to have to change agriculture. and we want to protect farmers as much as possible in that a change that we are going to make. what we are being very, very clear. there would be an increase, an improvement in the quality of meat, for example, but there would be an increase in the price of meat. a cheeseburger is 99p now. what would it be? we don't know exactly how much those costs would be absorbed by the supermarkets, for example, so it's very hard. we are talking p...