the world's leading agricultural fair international green week is more international than ever this year more than sixteen hundred exhibitors from sixty six countries are presenting their products and ideas at the agricultural and food industry trade fair as in recent years ecological farming and healthy eating are two major focal points international green week at tracks nearly four hundred thousand visitors every year. ten years issues or ban or delayed singer song writer david bowie with a memorial concert in the german capital they included british pop stars sting's son joe sumner. the musicians all shared the distinction of having once performed on stage with david bowie. the focus was on songs from bowie. early career with enduring popular hits like golden years. always spend several years in the nineteen seventies in west berlin he died on january tenth two thousand and sixteen. he was one of the world's most famous haves and known as the father of novel christian paul the book he died at the age of ninety one this week and mr paul was france the pope of call me as has left tweete

green week i reporter steven beardsley is there i asked him what people there say about the threat of the virus reaching the e.u.'s biggest pork producing nation germany. well then i think that there's been resignation to the fact that this disease has been out there for awhile that it's been slowly making its way across and that like many things with farming or livestock production it's sort of this act of god that there isn't a whole lot of. sort of methods or manners to fight right now at the same time there is a lot of concern about what they can do what should be done what measures should be taken and so i talked with one farmer today who was talking about this he has maybe a sort of a regional smaller size. operation he was saying that's what he wants to see is more work on the transportation sector in terms of those people who are coming over from the lands where there is swine fever already they want to see more instructions over you know being careful about spreading the pathogen how to limit its spread including farming machinery all that kind of stuff that sort of spread be

the eighty third burley international green week has opens to the public the focus this time is a plant protection and animal welfare its timing couldn't be versed with african swine fever spreading through wild boar populations in europe. there's a lot to see and even more to taste berlin's. green week brings together more than sixteen hundred exhibitors from sixty six countries one big topic the recent spread of african swine fever across large parts of eastern europe the disease is no threat for humans but farmers are worried if their stock gets infected all animals would have to be killed what i heard is a genuine worry that this is ridge germany i would say the farmers are in germany that we are doing everything we possibly can but we have to be vigilant at all times and we have to implement the actions that we have promised to do. the last for ten days galleria is this year's official partner country four hundred thousand visitors are expected. following three years of very low rainfall k.-tel faces a huge challenge now to south african cities authorities are tightening restrictio

where the international green week is kicking off my colleague stephen be asleep is at the fair for us and he's joining us now stephen if you can hear me here you are what do people there say about the strengths of the virus reaching germany. monika i think what you're going to see if you take a look around is that it's not very visible on the outside of the green week here but behind the scenes there are a lot of farmers who do have concerns i actually spoke with a small regional farmer here in bronze of bird that's the state around berlin and he said that is definitely in the back of his mind or maybe even coming to the forefront of his mind that he's a smaller operation he says the bigger concern is really going to be with the larger operations to have more animals kept over larger distances he can be somewhat more careful or he can be a little bit less concerned but at same time he said that there were concerns he was even concerned that the republish farmer organizations here at the green wheat and the. which could be spread through humans could actually be spread through them

there is so much fantastic food on offer at the international green week and by then at the moment it's the world's biggest. food and agriculture industry trade fair in general more and more people care about their food and by a fair trade products for example the restaurant into know in the german capital has also a special concept it follows the feel of fee off region and seasonal ingredients in a radical way the chef even doesn't use lemons and pepper. edible works of art these experimental dishes made look exotic but the ingredients are sourced from the countryside around berlin. so there's no chocolate no lemons no exotic fruits no spices not even pepper and diners will look in vain for luxury delicacies they're simply not part of the approach at einstein or north. and i've worked in high end restaurants are for. lobster and caviar but i've grown and matured in that food makes no sense for me today that's for me. instead the food served up here focuses on flavor simplicity and the craft of cooking. to ensure some types of fruits and vegetables are available out of season and the re

the eighty third birthday an international green week has opened to the public the focus on plant protection and animal welfare the timing couldn't be worse with african swine fever spreading through wild boar populations in europe culling is underway in many countries to stop livestock getting infected germany is the e.u.'s biggest pork producing nation. there's a lot to see and even more to taste burlington's killing of walker will green week brings together more than sixteen hundred exhibitors from sixty six countries one big topic the recent spread of african swine fever across large parts of eastern europe the disease is no threat for humans but farmers are worried if their stock gets infected all animals would have to be killed and what i have is a genuine worry that this is will reach germany i would say to farmers or in germany that we are doing everything we possibly can but we have to be vigilant at all times and we have to implement the actions that we have promised to do. last for ten days galleria is this year's official partner country four hundred thousand visitors are expecte

green week kicks off and my colleague stephen beardsley is keeping an eye for us he's on site there for us and joins us now from the green week stephen germany of course is a major european big producer how much of a topic is african swine fever where you are. monica it's a huge topic this was in the opening address from the german federal agriculture minister yesterday this was a topic he talked about efforts so far to address african swine fever to make truckers for example who are coming from eastern states travelers who are crossing the border aware by creating a pamphlet that they too can carry the pathogen so he's obviously addressing something that is a very serious topic here he also met yesterday a cultural minister that is met with his peers across the german states they're obviously concerned about it pork production is not just a big part of german agriculture it is an enormous part of german agriculture the e.u. is the top exporter of pork in the world and germany is traditionally the top producer of pork in the use of there you can see what the consequences would be if

green week our reporter steven beardsley is there i asked him what people there are saying about the threat of the virus reaching the e.u.'s biggest polke producing nation germany. well then i think that there's been resignation to the fact that this disease has been out there for awhile that it's been slowly making its way across and that like many things with farming or livestock production it's sort of this act of god that there isn't a whole lot of. sort of methods or manners to fight right now at the same time there is a lot of concern about what they can do what should be done what measures should be taken and so i talked with one farmer today who was talking about this he has maybe sort of a regional smaller size. operation and he was saying that what he wants to see is more work on the transportation sector in terms of those people who are coming over from the lands where there is swine fever already they want to see more instructions over you know be careful about spreading the pathogen how to limit it spread putting farming machinery all that kind of stuff that sort of spre

happen regardless whether they got the green light or not it is now certainly well underway pictures coming out of the heavy bombardment in around efi right as you say stephanie very interesting that there appears to be some sort of understanding with the russians though probably no such agreement with the u.s. this is likely to cause more tensions with them of course given that the white b.g. has been strongly backed by the united states how does turkey plan to proceed in in its offensive against the white peachy. well this is the irony of the of the syrian war is now you have a nato ally now bombing what is the americans best ally to have executed a very efficient fight against eisel on the ground so that is just one of the that the contradictions of this war you have heard from the politicians here in ankara saying that the next target will be members and then even going all the way to the border with iraq now members the town still west of the euphrates this is something that turkey for the last year or so has said they want the y.p. g. to move further east the last time there wa