we want. you to. make the making a. good job. on the back. the digital revolution is transforming our lives from smartphones and apps to new ways of working but what about the environment can digitize ation help that you know also look at the impact of a copy of 19 pandemic as it shuts down the march of the world welcome to our new edition of the who africa i know it's a way from lagos nigeria. and hello for me to sundra to nobody here in the

ugandan capito kampala well uganda like the rest of the world is still buckling the corner virus and while the looked on is slowly being lifted from sector to sector we're still registering squad a number of new cases still the show must go on and we've put together an interesting set of stories for you. we visit a man in ethiopia who help to bring clean water to his community. we also look at ways that dicta lives are good and also bad for the environment. and looking and farmers who discovered a local to slide group raising silkworms. coverage in $1800.00 caused us to change the way we do many things like shopping for instance many wonder if it is still safe to do shopping on busy outdoor markets or

even on crowded streets that is partly why online shopping is common nowadays whether for clothes or groceries it is becoming boring these days also here in africa one company in zimbabwe for example delivers fresh produce and other items directly to your home now but helps the spread of the virus as well as reduce the amount of food wist. zimbabwe may be in lockdown but there isn't much social distancing it had oldest market. and it to our cut to business hours means a large portion of the produce can't be sold and it's going to waste. any of the working here we are risk of catching and spreading the virus but we have few options we need the money. without business. in order to bring fresh

produce directly to the customer mussa c were founded the startup fresh in a box customers can order fruit and vegetables boxes online and have no need to be at the crowded markets before the pinout make a team filled about $120.00 orders a day now it's more than $1000.00. and 15 u.s. dollars for a standard vegetable box it's still a bit of a luxury people having access to the internet now means that they can interact directly with us as farmers don't agree with us and vigilance and they can get the full direct to the homes and we can assist in getting rid of the vast amount of projects that we have on all forms. ready packed boxes delivered each day in and around have a 12 hour delivery shift guarantee fresh products for many customers online

shopping is not only convenience but also offers a sense of security. a was an easy easy way to get your vegetables especially when you're unlocked and. it means you don't have to go and fight with the shops. and all the social distancing in the queuing and the hassles. it feels safe. to freshen a book startup works with 100 in 1000 families in zimbabwe. their farm produce is harvested as part order and can be delivered just in time. one of the ethos of our company is to make sure that we have a very low carbon footprint in the everything that we do our packaging for example

are really boxes form repurposed boxes from other industries so it's been a great way of us keeping costs down keeping our box cost price down and also keeping the environment clean. shopping online for fresh produce is not only convenient during the phenomenon but the sustainable way of managing the supply chain helps also to minimize food waste and food nice. the story from zimbabwe is an example of one way addicted contribute to environmentalists and good health but growing reliance on powerful computers and data states is also having some negative impact on our ecosystems with a growing number of internet users expecting any think any time anywhere. ecological footprint will place a grettir pressure on a natural systems let's take

a look at a few funds. online activity is soaring and gigantic server farms are using more and more electricity digitalization is leaving a huge environmental footprint. today it's already responsible for 3 to 4 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. that's more than all the e.u.'s waste industry produces each year. together cloud computing and digital payment systems and online streaming require huge amounts of electricity. during the covered 19 pandemic millions of children and young people were affected by school closures many of them had to take classes as well as socialize online. now over 50 percent of the world's population has access to the internet and 29000

a loan the number of internet users group by 7 percent. if this trend continues digitalization will account for almost 8 percent of c o 2 emissions by 2025. on the cusp of the 4th industrial revolution an ever increasing number of processes are being automated in sectors like many factoring and health care all of that will require even more internet traffic in. the energy transition to renewables is also a digital transition green tech startups are working on energy efficient digital infrastructure to make production processes and energy consumption more sustainable . digital data helps us better understand climate change and other environmental impacts on our ecosystems. intelligent traffic management not only reduces the

amount of harmful pollutants on the streets but can help to prevent gridlock digital technology could. reduce global c o 2 emissions by 20 percent. digitalization can be green but we need to get more of our power from sustainable sources to prevent digital technology from further increasing harmful emissions. and not to another day get a solution in this era of mass produced goods you don't or is know exactly what you are buying a lot of course medics for example contain micro plastics but what can you do to avoid them. well doing your bit looks at. the content of the products before they buy them. it can provide detailed information on about her to 1000000 different products maybe your sample is on

badly. the shelves of shops and supermarkets are lined with products packaged in plastic but there are micro plastics hidden inside some products too especially cosmetics so how can consumers stay clear of products containing the tiny bits of plastic help is now at hand with an. a barcode scanner and reveals a complete list of our products contents as well as an overall rating of its eco friendly. rating in the course based on experts like greenpeace w w f our friends of the earth also we have our own scientific team who are its products based on latest scientific research available since 2016

this will start up develops the earth in cooperation with the environmental group friends of the year. and in addition to cosmetics they can also be used to examining gradients in processed food and cleaning products giving health conscious shoppers more confidence in their purchasing choices. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. and doing your bit. we share your stories. more on digital technology can be very useful in improving farming methods. you are young are grown almost in cote d'ivoire has developed words are deployed wrong to make farming more efficient and also more environmentally 1 friendly his company has specialized in what it calls 1st station agriculture let's go see that. these tomato plantation

is morny todd not by far one cause but they are drawn over an area the size of a small peach east of the bornean point c.t. visually. the drone idea was launched via a local startup set up by of a bucket cutting he wants to use the new surveillance technology to make traditional farming more productive and more sustainable. unfasten example let's say a plot of land has an irrigation problem on one of its 5 cactus that's something you can't make out with your own eyes but a drone can identify the area in question and that makes it easier to resolve the problem and at the same time increase your year that. you know that you're and i mean really. after sitting off the draw news is it's come around to digital aerial marks these are entangling to

a computer don't know the ground to take to. other issues on plantations it's part of a new i.t. assisted form of farming called position agree culture. this. means that we can use the technology to determine exactly where plants have been afflicted by a disease and instead of treating an entire possible front we can focus on the specific area actually affected. has shown so far surpassing seem to me. that's also good for the environment fewer pesticides mean healthier soil on less pollution on plantations. from a fan base and what began working together with the startup about a year ago in addition to the environmental aspect he also sees another crucial advantage for his country's agricultural industry which i won't.

pass on africa we have a lot of land and a lot of options for expanding off our land but it's physically demanding market and very tricky to implement which has put a lot of people off farming but this technology is extremely efficient and it can also tend to young people back to farming as pollution the way they provide. much of the deforestation is done to provide space for huge new plantations ivory cost is the biggest cocoa producer in africa according to figures from the wild bank over the last half a century ivory coast has lost around 80 percent of its forests. by zone quarter we are fighting deforestation a lot of farmers think they need to 20 i thought in order to ensure because of esther but we showed them how they can get similar yields with one hectare or just $5000.00 square metres. a little later the 2nd drone is ready to take to the skies

it has almost 10 liters of liquid best to say the involved and we should be applied exactly where it is needed. deploying drones also prevents damage to the plant's roots from the heavy farming machines normally used. i think on the wind dies off with one drawn you can spray 2 hecht as in under 12 minutes with conventional means you'd need an entire day to cover one or 2 hectares. he now has a dozen strong team of permanent stuff out on 40 customers already using the farms legal solution although attracting a plentiful wasn't easy at fast. enough you know if you're going to hear the farming sector has been around for a long time i wonder when new technologies are introduced its decks are wide for people to be convinced of the benefits with a cost of being

a major fatah money timing from seed to harvest cost between food and $8000.00 euros which for many farmers initially seems a big bow to the startups lentil now extending $2000000.00 send a gun that drones will be touching down father a food too. how much do you know about so warm yes they are caterpillars of them are native to china and i used to produce so for centuries most silk was produced in asia but over time the practice spread now and as a climate crisis is forcing farmers to final time it is to put crops so farming is giving popularity in countries like kenya. cyclones they're not the leaves of marbury trees and they are giving hope to farmers in kenya due to the extreme weather patterns of recent years you don't know we know has turned to farming and this is the 26th the day and you can see the.

already spinning. they are making. another what they have already reached this stage that. stage yes so. as they spin we have asked. the former senior research of the international center for insecure and ecology talk of the city venture and 2015 what is left for us. in form of corns we shall subject it to post harvesting processes that includes the flow shown of the coke and you know removing their peel by inside so that we use very many part of it for producing that thread today you don't know we know owns our own 500000 margaret trees planted

over 5 because. many of the farmers in the region are following his example. to find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihood there ditching traditional cash crops such as coffee maize or sugar cane we have been working. to develop technologies for this ilk. so that we can give seeds and appropriate under english and for. groups. of villages where they cannot. send for the calls and we are linking farmers markets. on your soup production amounts to approximately 2 metric tons of dried cochran's but the potential is far greater the amount of buried trees whose leaves the warms it

tyrant and resistant to the current morcha souness's pairing off sick ones for production of raw silk or sorry culture is becoming increasingly popular as a result we have. in the country and in kunduz where it is. done isn't getting the production is in. china. and in india it is. so even led kenya and continued. in 96 is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and who have an organic products the national sorry culture research center is country offering from a subsidy plants and mary berry cuttings are very subsidized rates and with the help of international investors they are also working to try and farm of and help

them identify markets. they may think you know 100 he has a goal tom had to being just to see it because puerto ended after that. we study that lot of say culture and. to so now we have high technology and. take culture but the we can't use it because. it's too developed and also the crime it the crime it's in the kenya is much better than japan to take culture and by adopting to the changing climatic conditions small scale firmest like you to know we know how phone the way of sustaining their livelihoods. according to the world health organization about

2200000000 people around the world don't have access to safe drinking water one region particularly hard hit of africa where many people can only dream of having one award or anywhere near their home and it is for that very reason that after many years abroad in geneva fick do return to his native ethiopia to stillwater talks in the rural communities in recognition of his own standing saugus he was awarded an international prize on the of this year. like many people in rural ethiopia this mother of 7 doesn't have a water tap in her home until recently she and her family had to fetch their water from far away but now a water tap has been installed on a field just one minute away from where they live. and in the morning be fashed

water and then we were going to get in the evening and last year we started using the water guy it's cleaner and it's improved our overall hygiene. in this region 250 kilometers west of ethiopia's capital addis ababa 1000 new water points have been installed. they provide locals with access to a reliable supply of clean water. the project was initiated by mechanical engineer for a car to a lake. he spent 16 years in germany as a political refugee but returned to ethiopia to contribute to his country's development and nature conservation efforts. i was awarded in the political activities of the 1970s i had a problem with that region and then i leave the country and i came to germany as if you just as i was about to finish it and. it was

a regime change in ethiopia and i thought is it time to go home and to rid of the people because you created people i mean. outside the country and nobody would help the country there are now fewer cases of worms and bacterial infections thanks to the new system it benefits not only humans but cattle too. we used to fetch water in the night and we had many problems now water is accessible close to our home and we have regained our health and the health of our children to. meet the burden of fetching water is often carried by children and particularly girls this girl does it about 3 times every day reducing the walking distances to water points improves the lives of children in many ways if she did going to a distant place to teach whatever they don't have much time to do their homework is and would not be in the school we sent or to get list would start the place. and it

would be we have used by men and when it will fire forms at home another problem is locking trees a file for firewood or to make way for new fields the deforestation is a cause for concern you see. on the mountains there was a forest before the youth. with no trees to secure the soil it washes away with the seasonal rains this phenomenon called erosion stops the water from being kept in the ground. to tackle the threat of the russian the government has the villages dig trenches in the fields look at it but not much but about a. the water from the fields above will flow into trenches this will prevent silent motion and also produce drought. on mount and total close to address the

terracing technique has already borne fruit and i can remember this natural spring was 1st discovered by clergymen working for emperor mentally in the late 19th century it was rehabilitated by fatah to a lakers team and now provides more water than ever. we still have to stand in line but the amount of water has increased a lot before the water wasn't clean and wild animals cattle and humans are all using up together. these young indigenous trees were also planted by the community during the last rainy season in part to counter the adverse effects of the eucalyptus tree which flourishes here. you can produce a fast growing through from arthur idea there are globs pre about 3 can up the street is draining much whatever from the ground whatever we have submitted an application to remove this one and replace it by indigenous trees so we kind of more with that. even if drought and deforestation continue to hamper access to

water in rural areas. has managed to improve the water supply for more than 55000 people in ethiopia. i'm afraid we've run out of time for to there we hold given you some useful information on how odd it does have some positive benefits for both people and their environment will see a good healthy difficult times then take care i'm going by for now for me now in lagos nigeria. for me sundry to no deal here in kampala please do join us once again next week for another edition of africa in the meantime you can visit our website on to social media channels all the best to you and try to stay safe get by . da. da da. da.

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