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These laws and why farmers were so opposed to them. i think the government suggested the laws would help small farmers make more money. government said the economic arguments in favour of these three laws which were passed last year without consultation, the founder say, would actually be good for the agriculture industry. in effect, it would liberalise indias farming sector and open it up to the private sector, which would mean small farmers could sell directly to supermarkets and big businesse...

After saddam was overthrown, the marshes were partially reflooded, but they remain under threat, both from climate change and dams further upstream. remember, you can watch witness history each month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on all our films, along with more than 1,000 radio programmes in our online radio archive. head to bbc. co. uk/witnesshistory. next, in 1970, the american agricultural scientist norman borlaug was awarded the nobel peace prize for his work on disease resis...

We can control the atmosphere and the climate within here. and more produce is growing in a greenhouse just next door using the same green technology. how many cucumbers are you growing here in the other greenhouse? the other greenhouse here is 1a million cucumbers. 1a million? 22 million peppers. 22 million peppers?! i dont know how many tons of tomatoes, but a lot. its done better than wed anticipated in its first year, if im honest. yes. um, but, you know, great. so this project has proven th...

Ill explain. right. you try that, this is a zero—waste sour made by drygate brewery across the clyde there. its a concocted from unwanted fruit and veg that would otherwise end up in landfill. itjust tastes like a fruity sour beer, so fair dos. good, but dont enjoy it too much because it is just part of a campaign that is lasting for a month over cop 26. ok, so not a long—term plan then. tell me about the bread beer. this is made by a brewery called toast, which is made from the leftover end...

Is in a greenhouse for us. jen. yes, im here in the norwich greenhouse and it looks completely different than it did on my last visit. its absolutely filled with plants now. there are 378,000 tomato plants here, and that represents 5% of the uks consumption of tomatoes. last year, we saw this world—first project being built using an environmentally friendly heating system. a typical greenhouse would burn fossil fuels to create the heat that you need to go through these rails. but our greenhous...

Hes fine? he looks like a greenfly. yeah, hes just searching away, looking for something to eat. because were coming to the end of the crop, weve taken the top of the plant off. so this would have extended all the way to the top of the greenhouse? up to the top of the wire, the string here. oh, wow. so we keep a buffer over the top of the greenhouse we can control the atmosphere and the climate within here. and more produce is growing in a greenhouse just next door using the same green technolog...

Part of the problem. governments accept that agriculture must be transformed, and they are channelling £3 billion of government funds into researching things such as drought resistant and heat tolerant crops, and new ways of demolishing the soil. the uk is backing the initiative, but environmentalists say it must sort out subsidies for its own farmers. todayit out subsidies for its own farmers. today it is fantastic news that the uk government have been working with 45 other countries, has real...

Did on my last visit. its absolutely filled with plants now. there are 378,000 tomato plants here, and that represents 5% of the uks consumption of tomatoes. last year, we saw this world—first project being built using an environmentally friendly heating system. a typical greenhouse would burn fossil fuels to create the heat that you need to go through these rails. but our greenhouse takes waste heat from sewage treatment works. we use that heat instead of burning fossil fuels. the hard hats a...

I mean, the booze industry is responsible for a lot of emissions, isnt it? they grow the crops, they add the water, they package it, they heat up, they cool it down again. at least british breweries are focusing on the issue. total co2 emissions from it have almost halved over the past decade. crumbs! which this doesnt taste like, so fair enough. but i do have something else special for you to try today. pea and tonic? pardon? pea and tonic? i think illjust have the tonic, thanks. here you go, i...

So we keep a buffer over the top of the greenhouse we can control the atmosphere and the climate within here. and more produce is growing in a greenhouse just next door using the same green technology. how many cucumbers are you growing here in the other greenhouse? the other greenhouse here is 1a million cucumbers. 1a million? 22 million peppers. 22 million peppers?! i dont know how many tons of tomatoes, but a lot. its done better than wed anticipated in its first year, if im honest. yeah. um,...