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UN presents awards to five 'model farmers'Reporter: Martin Lowe 丨 CCTV.com
10-16-2014 12:32 BJT
A startling figure - one-in-nine people - is still classed as 'chronically hungry'. Two-thirds of them in the Asia-Pacific region. The United Nations says it's essential to produce more food. To mark World Food Day, the UN has presented awards to five 'model farmers' - from China, Thailand, Myanmar, India and New Zealand. They’ve been chosen for their success in growing more crops - whilst taking positive steps to care for the environment.
Farmer Pathphong Mongkholkanchanakhun breeds plant-eating fish; so he can feed them from leaves growing naturally on his farm. Self-sufficiency is important to Patphong; but it’s also profitable. Income has more than tripled from 3,000 US dollars a year to 10,000, at his farm 200 kilometers north of the Thai capital Bangkok.
Before, Pathphong grew a single crop and corn; requiring large amounts of expensive chemical fertilizer, which damaged the soil. But six years ago he diversified. Now he now grows a range of organic crops, like these bananas, which he wraps in plastic sheeting to keep off birds.
10-16-2014 12:32 BJT
A startling figure - one-in-nine people - is still classed as 'chronically hungry'. Two-thirds of them in the Asia-Pacific region. The United Nations says it's essential to produce more food. To mark World Food Day, the UN has presented awards to five 'model farmers' - from China, Thailand, Myanmar, India and New Zealand. They’ve been chosen for their success in growing more crops - whilst taking positive steps to care for the environment.
Farmer Pathphong Mongkholkanchanakhun breeds plant-eating fish; so he can feed them from leaves growing naturally on his farm. Self-sufficiency is important to Patphong; but it’s also profitable. Income has more than tripled from 3,000 US dollars a year to 10,000, at his farm 200 kilometers north of the Thai capital Bangkok.
Before, Pathphong grew a single crop and corn; requiring large amounts of expensive chemical fertilizer, which damaged the soil. But six years ago he diversified. Now he now grows a range of organic crops, like these bananas, which he wraps in plastic sheeting to keep off birds.