How rose farms in Kenya are using AI to battle climate change | BBC News

[@Jamaa_ya_kazi]

Why are people salty on this comment section? You are used to documentaries of how African countries are suffering in poverty that you don't believe news on an African country that is prospering? Kenya is richer than most East European countries for your information, if it was a member of the EU it would not be the poorest.

[@mouricewekesamunoko2839]

I once visited Kericho and was amazed with horticulture and tea growing

[@vinucini4341]

Keep it up KENYA ❤

[@NobbySavage]

Roses are red, violets are blue, Kenya's drones dance, a remarkable crew.

[@accidentcarrot7225]

Chatgpt

[@jodecip]

Kudos Vasha. Kudos Lima Labs. Kudos Kenya. Kudos Shiona McCallum. Kudos BBC.

[@henryjeranery7351]

My Country Kenya..Am so proud 🦚

[@isaacmwangaza]

Proudly Kenyan, I really enjoyed the interview💯

[@johntezz55]

Thank you BBC. Kenya has always led in Horticulture. Without Kenya, the UK lovebirds, during valentine, might have had to use leaves as flower-replacement.

[@monetroshi]

I’m a rose addict, i spend a lot of time and money growing roses in the pacific north west. The strange thing is growing up in kenya nobody kept Roses. Roses are so commercialized that the average home doesn’t care for them. We are also blessed to have so many other flowers that are easier to grow. I do wish we could grow roses in homes as well for ourselves

[@boeingpameesha9550]

My sincere thanks for sharing it 🙏🏼

[@teresalegler2777]

Amazing & beautiful!

[@nyakarundi]

computing on the edge would make the process even faster, we would love to have a contact at Lima labs

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

The weather is being manipulated and cloud seeding is used to destroy crops.

[@hikesaroundkyoto]

Beautiful place🌹

[@willemdezeeuw5918]

those flowerfarm use so much water that local societies have a hard time with their wells.

[@AmazingMania]

They're located in areas with a lot of water...like Naivasha is even breaking it's shores lately due to increase in volumes.....stop consuming unconfirmed rumours 😂😂😂...travel

[@ulooqulg]

like avocado farms in California , or golf resort in Vegas ?

[@TheTororist]

ha no. the issue was the pesticide runoff into the lakes that most of the farms are located near. infact theres too much water

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

absolutely, draining the Aquifer...A very bad BBC report, and completely about a private company/companies. Cheap irrelevant Journalism.

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

​@AmazingMania OK, so why are they growing Roses in such a wet climate please....???

[@johntezz55]

Thank you BBC. Kenya has always led in Horticulture. Without Kenya, the UK lovebirds might have had to use leaves as flower-replacement.

[@allauddin732]

Good Industry also needs back up. Building dams in poor countries is a good idea. Specially in deserts.

[@ThatWomanIsNotMeAndImNotWhite]

Wow, thats really cool. This could come in handy

[@mokterali583]

Love it ❤

[@MAGAted]

is this kind of reporting really what we're paying our licence fee for, meanwhile the bbc cut's back on programming for ordinary people !

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet

[@EdwardLawrence-12345]

"The humane thread that binds people who are required or compelled to pay attention to people who are obliged by circumstance or prefer by disposition to let the always-cacophonous parade go by, is hope." - Andrew Mitrovica 🇨🇦

[@ReginaJune]

Would it make more sense to produce rose oil? It was $200 oz for awhile… or maybe freeze dry roses for arrangements and ship direct to consumers.

[@alexgitari6452]

Impressive 😮😮😮

[@majorskies7091]

Definelty inspriation from Pakistan that managed to build a micro forest of trees.

[@maybesusie8599]

Please grow flowers where you live and where you work, as part of a diverse landscape that will be healthy for pollinators, wildlife, people, and the planet 🙏

[@20najie]

I totally agree a lot of flowers.

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

agreed

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Scam. Too many buzzwords that don't go together

[@auro1986]

how? bbc gets free flowers

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

Why are most of the top commenters subbed to each other, smells fishy

[@Jamaa_ya_kazi]

We are Kenyans. We have one of the fastest mobile internet in the world, topping up at 5G. We are usually online 24/7. And yes, internet is faster in Nairobi than in London.

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

@@Jamaa_ya_kazi I… don’t know what to say, other than that I’m happy for you guys’ development and progress 😊

[@kevinodhiambo3758]

Nothing fishy here, just Kenyans happy to see a Kenyan company getting some recognition.

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

@@kevinodhiambo3758 I’m happy too, I was talking about the comments, not the video itself

[@crisana1233]

Just amazing

[@ACK333]

They must be trained in special solutions.

[@ExcitedOakTree-hq5cl]

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[@RuiR.]

Maybe artificial intelligence will also help us fight woke madness

[@wilsonmpesha904]

We can only hope. 🥲

[@wilsonmpesha904]

@LittleLostBaby You. Idiot.

[@markosmajor7641]

Title should've been: "Monoculture pesticide-heavy farms get bigger and proliferate water pollution by dumping pesticides all over your lovely flowers...enjoy the smell of your non-organic imported (via diesel-guzzling ships) because this story was total nonsense..." As a side note, I'd love to see what race the "owners" of that flower farm are...

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

agreed....

[@chase123456ist]

Sooo, every technology we've had for decades is now called AI?? LOL ...climate change?? Lolololol

[@alephmale3171]

Don’t you have burgers to flip?

[@DIDIpsyche1]

so artificial intelligence should control our food and flower agricultures instead of humans?

[@Kismet-1001Nights]

🇰🇪 كينيا "يجب أن يكون 2024 عاما لإعادة بناء الثقة واستعادة الأمل. يجب أن نمد جسور التلاقي فوق الانقسامات للتوصل إلى حلول مشتركة. ستواصل الأمم المتحدة حشد العالم من أجل السلام والتنمية المستدامة وحقوق الإنسان". الأمين العام يوجه رسالة مصورة بمناسبة العام الجديد 😊 🙏🏻

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Climate change in Kenya affecting the industry growing scentless roses to ship half way across the world.. artificial intelligence might tell you when to waste... common sense tells you that the problem is growing flowers on another continent and having to transport them to the market was the problem in the first place! 🤷🤦 We managed without for most of human history... it's not exactly a vital necessity to justify the pollution that's causing the climate change that's making it harder to grow the crop to ship across the world adding to the climate change that's making it harder to grow the crop,...........

[@ChristIsReal121]

Fascinating

[@12Prince04]

사기치다가 집행유예되면 집행유예기간동안 쉬고 같은팀원이 그자리 들어가 사기치고 그사람도 고소되서 집행유예받으면 지원군이 와서 그자리에서 사기치다 집행유예받은 인원이 집행유예 풀리면 그사람이 다시 사기치는 로테이션을 활용하는 대한민국 사기꾼들 솜방망이가 이들의 영업전략이 되었다

[@lhaley9873]

Coldest winter in the arctic in 21 years.

[@barneymagee3285]

One would have thought the growing of food would have priority over roses in Africa.

[@Denn254]

Who told you that we don't have food in Africa? We prioritize food. Kenyas gdp depends on agricultural food produce that we export to you wherever you are from also kenya is the 2nd largest producer of tea after China. Starbucks gets it's coffee from Kenya furthermore we export healthy food products like millet, avocados just to name a few

[@wilsonmpesha904]

Yeah because the economy runs on how full we are... 🤡

[@dante_1273]

You can't be this dumb bruh

[@Wasengenyie]

These farms are registered mostly in tax havens and basically ship all the profits out of the country. Same as packaged holidays where the packages are sold abroad and dont really add to forex...even UK , Netherlands are amongst the largest exporters of tea!

[@Jamaa_ya_kazi]

You are used to documentaries on how Africans are dying of hunger that you don't believe news on a prospering African country. Kenya is richer than some East European countries.

[@Rick-sanches1]

Since when has using ai helped with climate change isn't it electronic with emissions.

[@christophercooper6731]

The monoculture of flowers is massively damaging to the environment in itself. Not to mention (I'm going to mention) tge wastefulness of flying dead flowers around the world.

[@a.aadkanian3083]

Nice❤

[@public.public]

Exactly what fossils fuels are absolutely needed for [NOT] Maybe there would be less climate change if ruddy flowers are not flying 'first class' all over the world?

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

correct

[@supernatural_forces]

Corn fed animals are also better than grass fed ones. It seems Lab produced meat would replace the natural availability of meat coz of climate change. The innovation in technology is taking us to new heights. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@julianna5186]

In Aldi next door (a European country), you can get Kenyan white roses, I bought them twice, they are beautiful, but they have no scent. I will never buy again. What is its ecological footprint? And I think it would be better if they produced food for their own people!

[@chairman76]

What is the "ecological footprint" of British exports? Or has that been conveniently forgotten for the time being?

[@Kismet-1001Nights]

"يجب ألا يدفع المدنيون ثمن صراع لا يتحملون مسؤوليته. يتعين حماية حقوقهم الأساسية وتلبية احتياجاتهم". - مستشارة الأمم المتحدة المعنية بمنع الإبادة الجماعية تجدد الإعراب عن شعورها بالرعب بشأن الوضع في الشرق الأوسط والخسارة الهائلة في الأرواح بالمنطقة. 😊 🙏🏻

[@OMARMOHAMED-rg8fn]

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[@africanrastaman]

Mercy kitur stop lying and some jobs have been lost

[@12Prince04]

액상담배중 간접흡연으로 뇌신경을 마비시켜 기억이 잘안나거나 금방 까먹고 계속신경쓰면 기억은 가능하나 다른일과 복합적으로 유기적인활동하는데 지장을 주는 제품을 시중에 팔아서 많은 업무에 지장을 주고있다

[@အရှင်ဥပဂုတ]

BBc good night

[@notjustforhackers4252]

What's the point? Those Roses are then loaded onto boats and trucks and then shipped halfway around the world in a couple of days for sale. Defeats the object. Not to mention all the power needed to run the AI servers and their banks of GPU's.

[@double2mo382]

Money?

[@antonykamundia7802]

In 6 hours time the roses will be in the Netherlands for Auctioning, Israel's take around 4 hours and they are all auctioned at the same time.

[@sebigamer]

This video is about optimizing farming with changing weather conditions not about combating climate change itself

[@notjustforhackers4252]

@@sebigamer This video is not about its content.

[@AmazingMania]

​@@notjustforhackers4252we know you...the problem with people like you is that it's happening in an African country ....if it was happening in Europe you couldn't even comment...... anyway nobody cares the fuck about you

[@MrDrive007]

Beautiful❤

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Utter nonsense.

[@steenrasmussen2371]

This is one off biggest in world ....startet by an indian mann

[@12Prince04]

친구나 지인을 조심해라 조폭이 방해하라 시키거나 시기,질투,악의로 방해하는 자들이 조직적으로 주변에서 몰래 하고있을경우가 많다

[@rodcatnyaong]

beautiful

[@tanyacooper6252]

Beautiful

[@chairman76]

Largest flower producers and exporters: 1 🇳🇱 Netherlands $5.7B 2 🇨🇴 Colombia $1.7B 3 🇪🇨 Ecuador $927.3M 4 🇰🇪 Kenya $725.5M 5 🇪🇹 Ethiopia $254.5M 6 🇧🇪 Belgium $150.0M 7 🇮🇹 Italy $140.9M 8 🇨🇳 China$124.6M 9 🇲🇾 Malaysia $90.5M 10 🇨🇦 Canada $82.0M

[@adrianlouw2499]

Supreme Court Puts Trump Back On The Ballot. How I wish I could see the look on the faces of the smug know-it-all people laughing in the comment section when told he'd be banned from running...LOL

[@belladonnatook8851]

Wrong forum. Seek help.

[@adrianlouw2499]

@@belladonnatook8851 I'll never do as you tell me. This is the correct forum. Disappear.

[@belladonnatook8851]

@@adrianlouw2499 As I said before: Seek help.

[@adrianlouw2499]

@@belladonnatook8851 As I said before: I won't do as you tell me. Besides you're just projecting ;)

[@MrThejoshman]

yea ok climate change... drought so plant roses huh? oh heavy rains killing the roses huh?

[@harrisonj0679]

The climate is always changing ffs Bed wetters

[@johnnm3207]

what is up with these African beats, like c'mon it's 2024

[@mrico523]

Is this one of the farms moved out of the EU because of regulations & cost? Does AI offset the environmental impact of having to transport products half way around the world? 🤔 Oh, wait... it's the bbc.

[@TheTororist]

no. kenya has been the number 1 supplier of flowers to europe for decades. these farms have been here for over 30 years

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

I have seen some poor reporting on BBC podcasts, but this must be on of the worse....

[@Jamaa_ya_kazi]

Kenya has always been top producer of cut flowers in the world since the 60's. Roses were never grown in Europe, you don't have the altitude or latitude location necessary to grow roses. Must be 2500m above sea level near the equator. Europe doesn't have that. It must be done

[@Kismet-1001Nights]

لبنان 🇱🇧 - قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان (يونيفيل) : جهود حثيثة لمنع اتساع الصراع في ظل تبادل يومي لإطلاق النار. حوار مع المتحدث باسم اليونيفيل عن دور بعثة حفظ السلام في وقت تتصاعد فيه التوترات على الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية 😊 🙏🏻

[@habib8982]

Amazing

[@aaabaaab3945]

Artificial intelligence to fight an Artificial crisis😂😂

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

absolutely right, the worse BBCreport ever, and yes guess what the date is BBC....

[@elenadunn15]

Again, "climate change"?! Enough of this bull.

[@Kismet-1001Nights]

السودان 🇸🇩 - "الأمان ضاع. الأمل يتلاشى. عواقب الـ 300 يوم الماضية تعني أن أكثر من 700,000 طفل من المرجح أن يعانوا من أخطر أشكال سوء التغذية هذا العام. هادية (20 عاما) كانت تحلم بدراسة العلوم الطبية ولكنها الآن لا تحلم وأصبح الحزن صديقها". - اليونيسف عن السودان 😊 🙏🏻

[@wildandbarefoot]

So. Buying these adds to Carbon burden. Kenya is suffering from climate change .. ?

[@tjohnson034]

More climate change bullshit 😂

[@tjohnson034]

@LittleLostBaby idiot

[@shaf60]

So how much wild life and their habitats were lost for the building of all these fields ?

[@AmazingMania]

You can use your phone and find out how many national parks and game reserves are in Kenya.........stop being a fence sitter just Google how many conservancies are in Kenya....and ask yourself why UNEP has it's headquarters in Kenya

[@shaf60]

​@@AmazingManiayeah if you had any brains you'd be dangerous. So go on and git .

[@johntezz55]

Kenya has always been a floriculture of the UK market

[@shaf60]

@@johntezz55 always is not the right word, you might as well say its been like that forever . Another person that is CLUELESS .

[@johntezz55]

@@shaf60 thank you. And it is good to know that English not being the first language of someone means the 'someone' is clueless

[@Jeff-vs3oc]

Just Awesome

[@AmirHussain-rn7vy]

Allah created all thing example flower, river

[@M.F.V01]

Anyone wanna tell Kenya romance is dead in the west, or nah?

[@SherienElBehery]

😃👏

[@Kismet-1001Nights]

جمهورية مصر العربية 🇪🇬 - أكدت المنسقة الأممية المقيمة في مصر أن المنظمة تعمل مع الحكومة المصرية والهلال الأحمر المصري لدعم جهود تنسيق وتوصيل الإغاثة إلى غزة. وقالت وزيرة التضامن الاجتماعي المصرية إن الهلال الأحمر كان على أهبة الاستعداد لتعزيز جهوده منذ اليوم الأول للتصعيد. 😊 🙏🏻

[@owahidujjamanHimel]

Nice way

[@belladonnatook8851]

Because, of course, we *must* buy flowers - It's Valentine's Day, after all! The world is starving, but *we* are buying roses. Thank you, Hallmark! How sweet. 🙄

[@wilsonmpesha904]

The world is starving and you buy electronics. Shame on you. 🙄

[@belladonnatook8851]

@LittleLostBaby Continue to be lost little baby.

[@شهرزاد_نور_محمدي]

🥀I believe this is the greatest gift we can give each other as human beings, this sacred field of unconditional friendship where we allow each other to be imperfect. It is the space in which we give up trying to fix each other and instead listen with our entire being. It is the space in which true relaxation can happen, where the frazzled nervous system can breathe a sigh of relief… -Matt Licata❤️

[@12Prince04]

강간범죄저500만명초과 강간범 조력자1000만명초과 강간관련범죄자1500만명초과인 시대 피해자 1000만명초과 전체여성40프로 초과한시대에 사는 대한민국인들

[@TheHelper-l9m]

OT: Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations --WOR and WLVI!

[@MACHOMANRANDYSAVAGE2211]

But not WPIX with the scooter

[@vicmbugua9854]

😁

[@paddy654]

All that effort and energy to grow roses 😂😂😢😢 in a world where people are starving to death😮 😢

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

Send the roses to Gaza.

[@wilsonmpesha904]

The roses create jobs which feed people. Use your head.

[@plagiarismchecker456]

Who are dying of hunger, hopefully you are not referring to Kenyans

[@jonerlandson1956]

i would like to ask you people a question... do you believe?... freedom is in choice?...

[@henryprzepiorka]

Black people being virtuous. The BBC loves nothing better🤣🤣

[@gman6055]

Russian zombie

[@henryprzepiorka]

@@gman6055 I'm from Yorkshire, you knob

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

they do, wonder why paid the reporters and camera man's flights and accommodation, just asking...

[@wilsonmpesha904]

There are no black people in Africa. Only Africans.

[@12Prince04]

웃긴게 뭐냐면 조폭들은 매번 경찰한테 이번엔 진짜 아니라니까요 증거있어요 하다가 여기 하면 사실은 이게 어떻게 된거냐면요 하면서 사실을 이야기하는데 증거가 있을때만 그렇다는거

[@marialauracordoba2981]

👍

[@nikakiskainourgios2227]

The starving to death Brits will love this story!

[@mosarrofhosain1734]

গরিব দেশে ফুল চাষ বোকামি ছাড়া কিছু না,এটার চেয়ে ফসল উৎপাদন করা বেশি জরুরি আমি মনে করি।

[@samuelirungu2085]

Diversity is good ,over reliance on agriculture is not recommended,but you would know that just that you are a bit ignorant and jumping into unresearched conclusions.

[@samuelkihanya14]

That 'stupidity' like you call it brings in 1 billion Euros annual revenue, not to mention indirect jobs that come with it. With that said, I guess we can agree who's the stupid one here.

[@johntezz55]

What is with the hate. Kenya has always been selling flower. Maybe you should google the biggest flower sellers to the uk. Stupidity is wishing developing countries will remain poor.

[@JJ-zv1hp]

Industrialization like the Henry Ford assembly line….. human capital, especially in farming, is the most expensive overhead… also coupled with a more conscious buyer, end consumer thru export distribution routes, will see shrinkage as long as the “consumerism” deconstruction facade continues By the law of natural market conditions & supply chain disruption Kenyan women 1st 🫢

[@cheataview]

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[@rebekahlittle2131]

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