Worldwide, more than a third of the earth's land is used for agriculture. Valuable natural areas are being lost to monocultures, fertilisers and pesticides. However, there are people all over the world who are trying to reconcile nature and agriculture.
In Malaysia, a nature conservation initiative is persuading palm oil companies to protect the rainforest instead of destroying it, thus preserving one of the last refuges for orangutans.
In California's Napa Valley, an organic winegrower is successfully using barn owls instead of pesticides to control pests.
In the Netherlands, a dedicated fruit grower is doing away with environmentally harmful plastic film to protect his raspberries. . He uses solar panels and is even supporting the energy transition by producing solar power.
The "Cotton Made in Africa" programme, is committed to fair wages and more sustainable cotton cultivation for over one million small farmers in eleven African countries.