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1. Male worker pushing trolley full of roses through greenhouse (towards camera) 2. Various of roses in greenhouse 3. Close-up rose in greenhouse 4. Wide of Ethiopian Magical Farm owned by Ora Bentora 5. Bentora in car hanging giving sweets to kids on side of road 6. Various of Bentora talking to female workers in carnation greenhouse 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ora Bentora, Owner and Manager of Ethiopian Magical Farm: "We think weather conditions are very good for flowers here. No lack of water, enough water. The different climate, the different climate between night and day makes the flowers look much better. The payment for the salary of the workers are reasonable and we like the place. We like the people." 8. Close-up of line of lights 9. Pan up of cables connected to lighting system 10. Line of sprayers used in irrigation system 11. Wide of meteorological tool on side of building 12. Close-up of meteorological tool 13. Various of reservoir at Ethiopian Magical Farm 14. Various of workers building canteen 15. Male workers hammering in pole 16. Daniel Kassa, plant scientist at Ethiopian Magical Farm working on computer with irrigation system 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Daniel Kassa, Ethiopian Magical Farm: "If this farm hadn''t been here, I wouldn''t learn about a lot of things. This is a great opportunity for me. Not a lot of guys, my friends who graduated with me, have this opportunity so it''s been good for me." 18. Wide female workers in greenhouse 19. Various of female farm worker crouched on ground tending flowers 20. SOUNDBITE: (Amharic) Bezawit Adamu, Flower Farm Worker: "As you can see right now we are touching the plants and we are not informed of what chemicals are being used and what consequences they might have on our health." 21. SOUNDBITE: (Amharic) Bethlehem Assefa, Flower Farm Worker "If I were paid more money I could go to school to learn more. I could also afford to improve the lives of my parents." 22. Various of Tsegaye Abebe (left) Founder and Chairman of EHPEA (Ethiopian Horticulture Producers and Exporters Association) introducing foreign farmers during EHPEA organised farm visit 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tsegaye Abebe, Founder and Chairman of EHPEA "When the foreign investment is coming, they don''t only come with their money, they come with their knowledge, they come with their technology. This is a dynamic sector, so we need the foreigners to work with us, to teach us and then to use the country potential for the development of their own companies, and also they benefit Ethiopia." 24. Various of rose packing room, where thorns and leaves being mechanically removed from rose stems 25. Various of buckets on stand full of roses 26. Close-up of roses packed with cardboard around flowers, ready for export 27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tefera Walwa, Ethiopian Minister for Capacity Building "The flowers going all over Europe and U.S. and Japan or wherever is one element that may change the perception and the other major element that has to change, that can change the perception is, Ethiopia must be able to stop taking food aid. The moment Ethiopia is not getting food aid, then Ethiopia is becoming a market to sell and buy." 28. Groups of female farm workers carrying buckets of roses on their shoulders 29. Various of hanging trolley carrying buckets of roses being pushed to packing house 30. Line of different coloured rose specimens in vases 31. Close up red rose in greenhouse 32. Pan up from rose plants to single stem and flower standing 2 metres higher than thousands of others in greenhouse SUGGESTED LEAD-IN There is a saying within Ethiopia that the country has 13 months of sunshine every year. Put the two together and you''ve got a thriving flower trade. STORYLINE: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3154f3136a85425ba1df9ba0007df241 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork