Ai will experts be able to agree on ethical guidelines or will this Technology Create a deadly new autonomous system. Robot collapse starts aug 14th on t. W. European agriculture has been an environmental disaster in many parts of the continent its ruined the landscape of climate and biodiversity but the e. U. Continues to pour money into a system thats obviously broken. We should be funding organic farming not the over exploitation of nature. The e. U. Appears to have no interest in environmentally friendly Farm Policies is that due
to the influence of powerful interest groups. Calling me a lobbyist is a mean spirited allegation look. The e. U. Is now negotiating a new multiyear budget will it include Farm Policies that do more to protect the environment. The. Farm fields as far as the eye can see this land all 2600 hectares of it belongs to one of germanys largest Farming Businesses agro berdych. Weve come here to talk to the companys Managing Director or bun unit which. Its a successful enterprise optimized for efficiency and production but unix doesnt seem to be truly happy in his work. So this one with
a lot of it its not farming in the traditional sense we use the latest technology and our productivity is extremely high but theres always pressure to do more. Good a good one produces 10000 tons of potatoes a year for a company in payment that makes french fries they grow only one kind of potato here and they have to be as large as possible. Like most farms burdock only uses fertilizers and pesticides to keep healed by they also receive 700000. 00 euros a year in e. U. Subsidies that helps to keep them competitive in world markets. 11 from 6 with 65 percent of a potatoes and up is finished Food Products. But were also competing with Frozen French Fries from the us it really is a Global Markets global market. The e. U. Actually promotes the development of these agro giants because the amount of the
subsidy is determined by the size of the farm and veyron mental concerns are often ignored. Thats not the case with this small family owned farm located near munich they follow the principles put forward by the by a Land Organization which promotes Organic Agriculture practices the farm grows 20 different kinds of potatoes and they dont use artificial fertilisers or chemical pesticides. Up this year my beautiful but learned traditional Farming Methods then when ive driven my spraying vehicle through the fields for the 10th time i know that ive made the right choice. Since in my good event talk of you have missed this but its a good thing was the mention of clues its even i wanted to avoid using chemical pesticides and thats what got me excited about this kind of farming. Country as hot zone gets a 55000 Euro Annual Subsidy from the e. U. And another 50000 from the state of bavaria because he uses organic Farming Methods. Hartsell invests the funds in his farm polls indicate that most germans approve of this kind of agriculture because it helps to preserve the Landscape Soil and climate. There are only 2 viable Business Models in e. U. Funded agriculture huge conventional farms like bird a coin and organic farms like cats and. The Common Agricultural policy dates back to 1957 its original goals included increasing productivity and providing a stable income for farmers today the e. U. Provides massive subsidies to help agricultural products. Compete effectively in world markets. About 38 percent of the e. U. s entire budget 58000000000. 00 euros per year is spent onFinancial Support for farmers. 6300000000. 00 euros of that total goes to germany. Most of that money 5000000000 euros goes directly to farmers based on how much land they own. 1300000000. 00 is spent on Financial Support for rural areas only a small amount goes to promote the development of environmentally friendly Farming Methods. The 8 years Agricultural Policy rewards big farms like braddock owned which is run by or buy in your niche most farms dont turn a profit today one half of europes total farm land is owned by just under 3 percent of all farm businesses. The e. U. s top priority is to provide maximum crop yields so that farmers can compete with cheaper produce on the world market theres not much money left to promote organic farming. The e. U. s Agricultural Policy has led to the creation of large tracts of farmland that often lie empty. The use of chemical herbicides like life is a has turned fields into reddish brown deserts. The e. U. s Common Agricultural policy may be responsible for killing off large numbers of birds and useful insects. Weve come to North Western germany to meet some environmentalists who are waiting for lap wings to return from their Winter Migration the birds come here to breed since the 1990 s. The left wing population has declined by nearly 90 percent in this area. Environmentalists are concerned about that. Its clear to me that the fate of the human race is more closely connected to the fate of that last point
than wed like it to be just by its important. To. Our ecosystems are becoming more and more unstable and the reduction in the lap when population is an obvious symptom of that problem with any of the others waiting out that. My point is like to breed in fields but about 3 quarters of their nests are destroyed every year by intensive Farming Methods the environmentalists mark the birds nests so that they wont be run over by tractors or other machines but the real problem is that there arent enough insects and larva anymore for the birds to feed on. Friendly go up if the e. U. Doesnt make fundamental changes in its common Farming Policy will lose more and more insects and the left wings will disappear. And then the farmers will be hit with quarterly loss more of elations and other punitive measures limits because its a tie in with
a board that will make their lives even more difficult than 50 Lanfear Toughed and in the end well have a catastrophe on the hearns vote for farmers and for the environment figured out for chuffed. Intensive agriculture also contributes to Climate Change for example by converting large areas of forest to farmland germanys federal Environment Agency says the e. U. Should do more to promote green agricultural methods. Up to fix. Michelle striking wounds are currently your policies are not sufficiently promote environmentally friendly practices. Believe that farmers who adopt green methods should get a larger subsidy and big farms that dont get less mostly get the most inflation. That would be a major turnaround for the e. U. But recent polls indicate that more and more europeans are becoming concerned about protecting the environment it would seem that the German Farmers association would
also be interested In Promoting Green Agricultural policies 90 percent of all German Farmers belong to the organization. In june 28th Hundreds Of Farmers and Policy Experts gathered in Venice Budden for their annual convention one important Discussion Topic was the future of e. U. Subsidies. But there was hardly any mention of environmentally friendly agricultural practices. The focus was on preserving the subsidies as they are now. The federal Agriculture Minister declined our request for an interview but in a speech she defended the Farming Industry against its critics. I their clout does but if no one believes that agriculture is exclusively responsible for damaging the climate and the environment the land itself should and allans i guess
is. That i want to make it clear. That a number of different sects contribute to this problem is that those who claim famine are intellectually lazy and are not doing their part to help us move forward i think Agriculture Minister is supposed to represent the interests of all the people but she seems to be particularly close to the agricultural establishment. Its camp of im fighting feel i know how you feel and i know you. Took no speech went over well she didnt want to rock the boat at a conference like this but why is the Farming Industry dead set against the proposed restructuring of the e. U. Subsidy system. This event was sponsored by a number of corporations thats the 1st clue. What do these companies have to do with German Agriculture a new study by the institute for labor and the economy at the university of payment
has come up with some answers. Researchers found a number of connections between the German FarmersAssociation Politicians the Agriculture Industry the Food Production sector the Financial Companies and the chemical industry. So since there is a big players here b. S. F. By a crop science and saying get into the institutes experts have documented a total of 560. 00 connections skip gave them and they all talk to each other. The study names 75. 00 Companies Associations and Political Parties theres one group at the center is of the German Farmers association and. The study indicates that Top Association officials represent a range of interests besides farming in the mall. For example association
president Joachim Rick Reed is linked to 18 different companies. It will be this graphic shows all of you what he feeds connections. For example he says on the Advisory Boards of the Olivia And Surance company the london shuffler can renton bank germanys Development Agency for agribusiness and rural areas into the terms of audits of argue. Hes also one of the Supervisory Board of buying a corporation that sells various products to farmers like fertilizers and pesticides. Feed wears a number of different hats so youre not really sure whose interest is actually representing. His interests of the fact that. Several other top officials of the Farmers Association have ties to big corporations the companies
that these people represent make good money selling products and services to farmers the associations General Secretary ban talk chris can sees no Conflict Of Interest here. Its important to note that all of the companies you just mentioned are owned by farmers. And if they didnt have these kinds of Business Connections theyd be in real trouble. For the wanton in b. C. Its a traditional cooperative effort even if some of these organizations have now become corporations. Or the another form if you knew it. But most of these corporations generate billions in sales and have other Business Interests besides those of farmers. The Farmers Association executives benefit substantially from their ties to corporations that sell farmers the products and services they need and the farmers pay for all that with the money they get from
e. U. Subsidies. So the association has a vested interest in keeping this Subsidy System just the way it is. Over several decades the Farmers Association has built up a sophisticated lobbying network that allows them to influence the political Decision Making process earnings Public Opinion as well in my experience than it has actual time for something. It seems as though the association will not be supporting subsidy reform any time soon can the e. U. Do anything to help weve come to the European Parliament in brussels to attend a session of the Agriculture Committee the members are due to vote on a proposal to cut some of the Farm Subsidies. Perhaps some of the money would be better spent to promote Farming Methods that help to protect the environment a majority of the Committee Members belong to the conservative Peoples Party group. Germanys alba dest has been the Party Spokesman on the committee for 10 years desk is not only a powerful politician hes also Chairman Of The Board of one of the various Largest Dairy cooperatives buy on mt we asked him whether hes using his political influence to keep down the prices that the coop pays to farmers. As only shows will boost calling me a lobbyist is a mean spirited allegation for you can we can my constituents have known me since i was a young man help me i had the best Election Results in all of bavaria in 2004 when i 1st ran for the European Parliament when there were more than 30 parties on the ballot i won with just over 70 percent of the vote of the people of my district know me and they would reject such allegations or that sort of question. Tess has also been active in the Farmers Association for more than 40 years and hes
a member of the Parliament Committee that certifies the use of pesticides plus he serves on the buy Advisory Board by voss sells products and services to farmers including pesticides dest doesnt seem too concerned about the deadly effects that these chemicals have on useful insects. Well Farming Methods in my part of the country havent changed in 40 years ago so why Blame Farmers now for the decline in Insect Populations lots of pesticides are responsible for this woman the mother for 40 years ago 70 percent of the past a size that we used were highly toxic we dont use those anymore but back then they didnt bother the useful insects so this discussion is hypocritical to me for global. But numerous studies indicate that the use of highly effective pesticides is indeed responsible for much of the decline in Insect Populations. A few minutes later dissent his Party Colleagues voted against the proposal to reduce the subsidies so the payments will continue for the time being. And there will be no reforms of the ied use Common Agricultural policy before the next European Parliament elections. If. Id rather have this position on the committee than serve as a National Agriculture minister because i have more influence here than a minister does if you will if youre not in full swap it was real not so and by saying that im not being disrespectful of the ministers only because it is obvious they have a difficult and complicated job to do that is it always your weak but here i can talk to colleagues from all over europe from all over the world. I can meet with Agriculture Ministers from britain the us brazil new Zealand Australia and african
countries. All the while mostly. Those countries and others will continue to buy subsidized european Farm Products maria north shore also serves on the Agriculture Committee and has called for radical policy reforms. To distrust of it theres no law that says we have to focus on International Markets and im not opposed to trade or exports but our 1st priority should be europe yes we should take a regional approach. Its absurd for us to export milk to australia and then have australia export milk to us on this that milk is being dumped on the World Market Ideas