At the opening of the Green week in Berlin, development Minister Gerd Müller has called for the fight against child labour. The world’s biggest agricultural fair opened in the morning, its doors to the public.
Development Minister Müller: “Even in developing countries, it is fair to be paid” (archive image)
Development Minister Gerd Müller at the Start of the Green week in the capital words. “We build our prosperity, still much too often on the backs of the people in developing countries,” he said. Many everyday products such as coffee, cotton or metals for electronics equipment produced under unacceptable working conditions or exploitative child labour.
In the fight against Müller wants to oblige German companies from next year, if necessary, with laws on fair trade. At the same time, the Minister also sees consumer responsibility: “Each person can do his daily shopping something against Hunger and child labour.”
Demo for animal and nature protection are planned
The Federal Minister of agriculture, Julia Klöckner, said during the traditional Opening tour of the trade fair: “agriculture concerns all of us.” The Green week in urban point of view, bring together way and rural power centre. Both are dependent on each other. Berlin’s governing mayor, Michael Müller, emphasised the opportunities to work with new technologies of resource-saving, and thus claims of many consumers to comply with.
Federal agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner opened the International Green week
Up to 27. January are expected in the halls under the radio tower in Berlin, around 400,000 visitors. You can learn about food production, or new agricultural technology and specialties to try. Topics of discussion at the trade fair are also animal and environmental protection and the further digitization of agriculture.
With 1750 exhibitors from 61 countries, the participation in the Green week, according to organizer information is greater than ever in its 93-year history. On Saturday want to demonstrate in Berlin on the occasion of the exhibition, thousands of for the more animal – and nature conservation in the modern agriculture. Klöckner invites you to an international conference of agriculture Ministers.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUWho has much, gets a lot of
With an average of 267 euros per hectares of primarily industrial to be promoted large-scale enterprises, more and more small farmers give up. The larger the operation, the more money is paid, criticized the new Agricultural Atlas, published by the environmental organization BUND, the Green-affiliated Heinrich-Böll-Foundation and of the monthly newspaper Le Monde diplomatique.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUManure in drinking water
Large areas are made with a lot of fertilizer fertile. Often with liquid manure, produced in the mass rearing of animals in Abundance, and of the plants grown may not be included. The result: The ground water in Europe, the EU has set limit values for nitrate (50 milligrams per Liter) exceeds more and more frequently.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUPesticides in hair samples
The sales figures of plant protection products in the EU show that the total turnover for the last 15 years. A laboratory study in six EU countries, ordered by the group of the greens/EFA in the European Parliament, showed residues of fifteen different pesticides in the hair samples of volunteers. The results are likely to be in the other 22 EU countries are similar.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUThe Bees Are Dying
The use of plant protection products and, above all, the destruction of natural areas for the benefit of large mono-cultures, the diversity of species shrink. Also pollinators such as bees are at risk, in Germany, around 40 percent of wild bees acutely threatened.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUClimate Culprits Climate Victims
Agriculture in the EU is one of the big losers of climate change, at the same time it also contributes significantly to global warming. After energy generation and transport, the EU agriculture is the third largest producer of greenhouse gases in Europe. Mass animal farming and the massive use of fertilizers are the two main sources of climate emissions in agriculture.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUIf food makes you sick
In the European Union every second person is overweight, almost one in every six is obese. Europeans eat is to be promoted much and too unhealthy – what are the industrial mass production in agriculture. The effects of residues of fertilizers, pesticides, hormones and antibiotics on the health of the consumer, are little explored.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUCruelty to animals with the System
In an EU-country born in another fattened, in a third slaughtered. Mass animal husbandry in the European Union is anything other than humanely. The EU consumer would spend, according to a survey by Eurostat, more money for animal protection in agriculture. However, there is hardly any meat from species-appropriate husbandry, said the majority of the respondents.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUHow green will it be?
Who is for the organic seal of the EU to certify, it must produce according to the EU organic regulation. The regulation shall be considered as defective. The Swiss NGO Foundation, Pusch came to the conclusion: “The EU-Bio-regulation performs worse than other organic Standards, as it provides in the areas of irrigation, biodiversity, climate and social Affairs, only few or no requirements.”
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUExploitation with EU grant
In the Spanish province of Almeria vegetables and fruit are grown in greenhouses and harvested. The workers, often illegal immigrants, are usually paid far below minimum wage, are not covered by social security and work and live under inhumane conditions. Due to EU subsidies and the exploitation of vegetables can be produced here cheaper than it is in Africa.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUDevastating global impact
The agricultural policy of the European Union has had a devastating impact on the global environment. Soya as a feed forests in Latin America and Asia are being cleared to grow. The Export of poultry meat by 2017 fell more than 40 percent of EU-exports to countries South of the Sahara. The farmers can not compete with the subsidised EU farmers.
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Agricultural Atlas 2019: No Agriculture in the EUWhat do the next few years?
Every seven years the EU will be revised agricultural policy, currently being negotiated agrarian reform in 2021. The agricultural industry in Brussels for lobbying. Environmental, consumer and animal protection associations want to have a say, but their influence is modest. Source: Agricultural Atlas 2019 (the FEDERAL government, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Le Monde diplomatique)