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Libyan farmers ask for gov’t help to compete against foreign good

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Prices for domestic fruit in Libya have been rising. Farmers say without government support, their crops won’t be able to compete against imports. Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina reports from western Libya. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Libya #Farm #Farmers #Farming #Markets #Government

UK economic crisis: Farmers ‘struggling to cope’ after Brexit

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Nearly three years after Brexit, opinion polls suggest are showing a growing number of Britons are regretting leaving the European Union. The change of mind is being driven by the economic downturn that has resulted from exiting the EU. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports from one of the UK’s most pro-Brexit towns, Melton Mowbray, to get a sense of the mood there. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #UKEconomicCrisis #Brexit #UKfarmers #UKRecession #AljazeeraEnglish

Zimbabwe new graduates start farming due to job shortage

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Zimbabwe has a struggling economy and high unemployment, and many graduates can’t find jobs in their specialities. Now some of them are turning to farming, and are finding some success. But challenges remain, some of these farmers tell Al Jazeera, as the system is not set up to support their efforts. Al Jazeera’s @HaruMutasa reports from Goromonzi, Zimbabwe. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Zimbabwe #unemployment

India’s mango man creates 300 varieties on one tree

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‘I’ll keep working [on it] until my last breath’. Using a technique called grafting, 82-year-old Indian mango grower, Kaleem Ullah Khan, has produced hundreds of different mango varieties from the same tree, which he has been working on since 1987. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News

The Man Who Plants Baobabs: A Burkina Faso hero | Africa Direct

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El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo has nurtured thousands of baobab trees from tiny seeds to expansive forests for the past 47 years. The trees in turn help his family, his village and the Earth. Filmmaker Michel K Zongo’s uplifting film, The Man Who Plants Baobabs, meets this charismatic old man with a youthful spirit and a lifelong commitment to his trees, which are both a lifeline and a legacy for his community. Michel K Zongo is a cinematographer and director based in Burkina Faso. He has made three feature-length documentaries that have screened internationally and won several awards. He is also the artistic director of the Koudougou Doc Festival and has […]

Young Zimbabweans turn to farming to survive

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High unemployment in Zimbabwe makes it hard for young people to find work. Some are becoming farmers to earn a living. They are leasing land or using farms their parents acquired during the government’s land reforms. More than 20 years after land was seized from whites, several farms are still not being fully utilised. Young farmers like Terence Maphosa say that needs to change. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Zimbabwe

UK farmers worried over effects of Brexit on agriculture

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0 United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told farmers the sector can be more profitable and productive – now that it is free of the “shackles” of the EU’s common agricultural policy. He was addressing the annual meeting of country’s National Farmers’ Union – its first since the end of the Brexit transition period. Agricultural organisations have warned some sectors are in crisis, due to the twin challenges of Brexit and coronavirus. Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba reports on how some farmers are worried. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Brexit #UKfarmers #AljazeeraEnglish

Libya’s olive harvest: Small town continues centuries-old industry

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0 For thousands of years, the small mountain town of Msallata in Libya, 100 kilometres (62 miles) southeast of the capital Tripoli, has cultivated olives, growing and pressing the fruit by hand. It has even managed to produce oil from the olives it cultivates during the civil war of the last few years. Al Jazeera’s Malik Traina reports from Msallata, Libya. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Libya #LibyanOlive #Msallata

CRISPR: What is the future of gene editing? | Start Here

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0 CRISPR allows scientists to perform surgery on our DNA. For people with genetic diseases it has transformed lives with corrections that aren’t passed on to others. But should the technology be used in ways that permanently transform the human race? Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Al_Jazeera_English #Start_Here #Al_Jazeera_Digital_Shows

🌏 Farming underwater: 3D solutions for land and sea | Earthrise

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Food production is facing challenges that require new, more creative and sustainable solutions. Companies involved in various segments of the industry, including agriculture and fishing, are looking at revolutionising the current systems, which have left bodies of water overfished and land in terrible condition. On Long Island in New York, locals are tackling overfishing by using a new system that brings industries together. Fishermen and scientists have collaborated to realise and improve 3D farming. 3D ocean farming is a system that grows a mix of seaweed crops and shellfish – including mussels and oysters – under the water’s surface. This polyculture vertical farming system requires zero input because the sea […]