the district tried to show. taking the stand global news that matters. made for mines. i mean nothing out of the germans because sometimes i am but most and nothing with that huge i mean i think deep into the german culture of. new jersey predicts miss grammont day oh you know it's all about who they know i'm rachel join me i mean think of a funky couple holes. when people hear the word bank they usually think of money but today we want to talk about a different kind of bank one for things like being the nana's and barley hear what's being stored and saved our seeds the right cheese adapted to the changing climate

welcome to this new edition of equal africa i'm never tideway and i'm not alone sunder trying to be in uganda is with me what can you tell us about seed bank sandra it is nice to see you too near to well i know that in western uganda farmers helped him with this bank to enable them to grow healthy and nutritional crops for their communities more on that in a moment but 1st a look at what else is in the program. took a look. at other generates electricity while eliminating west and we will also hear how covered by road traffic. in kenya's capital nairobi. we started the program right here in uganda around 10 years ago jane and a few other farmers used a few bucks of beans and a bun in a seed start up capital to set up that is a community sit back and the course of tas proved fruitful yields in the region's

green harvest have risen up by 50 percent and a big fuck to need sukses is that the initiative banks all knowledge sharing anyone wanting to use the seeds has given some training to. join is explaining how to catch banana weevils. she's giving a training session to women farmers in western uganda. here she demonstrates another method put parts of a dead banana tree stump in front of the tree you're trying to protect and the weevils will be drawn to that instead. to use. because it could destroy.

the spring. so it was my organism. i was invited to. join has been trained by the organisation alliance biodiversity. the n.g.o.s supports food security projects with evidence based research especially for crops like bananas and beans some traditional bean varieties can no longer grow here the farmers say it's because of climate change the ngo has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank which now has more than 60 varieties of bean in stock in the planting season our farmers. from here they. usually farm he or she. has. to have he or she has. the national seed bank of uganda provided

the initial investment of seeds scientists made them available to the ngo. the researchers have given the farmers improved seeds of bean varieties. the cross-breeding to create these new strands can take several years as scientists gloria tino explains so to find. these maybe that. readers can access those materials and improve on them. or even so those traditional hold a lot of traits. that we need for. the national seed bank estimates that every year uganda is losing around 10 percent of its biodiversity in plants that are important for agriculture and nutrition like beans peanuts and wild rice so

if. that very year should we be killed those crops. will have. to have nothing because we won't be able to use that to mature us to engage in the challenges that you have in the production systems and a country that doesn't look after these resources is it is a country that is in trouble for the future for joining has in the meantime set up our own seed bank for 4 years she's been setting aside part of her harvest for seeds she's employed a number of women to help with the seed selection process she not only pays them but also passes on her beam growing knowledge they get the money from this community. from this community. the farm mas. the idea of starting up community seed banks is catching on join with

the show has also found interested listeners in the neighboring district of shima a total of 8 cooperatives in uganda have now joined the initiative. while small adjustments got off to bring about big changes but sometimes it really does take massive investment if you're just spent a 1000000 sitting up apostasia an odd its capital cautious dumpsite that is using the west there to generate power the garbage is incinerated to heat water and produce steam what drives a top but in the plant now supplies a quarter of the city's households with electricity sounds like 2 problems solved at once. these mounds of trash valuable the reuse to produce energy for disabled. this incineration plant called ready is the 1st of its kind in africa it produces electricity for capital city.

every day at around 2000 tons of garbage delivered here 2 thirds of that is burned . first the waste is stored at the bunker for 5 days to release moisture then it is burned at a temperature between $8850.00 degrees celsius. khamis same take who has been working here since the opening of the plant. to trust him and what innit. after that you 3 will be hit so what's up so i thought we'll create a system that this team. that i want to throw away generates electricity. the filters of the incinerators are made to e.u.

standards so that is little pollution as possible leaks into the air. that makes it more eco friendly than open burning off waste on landfills which is still common in african countries the plant was built on parts of the former question dumpsite at the outskirts of the city. the director. says that cautious for about 50 years to discard the waste of this. his administration has transformed the dump site into a manageable landfill if this keeps away fires in better order through waste treatment and guess venting there are a number of course this is never accepted by this was true analogy because they are not a valid source out of the us was just which cannot be baronets and which one of this facility will be disposed on the land. they repeat incineration plant was constructed and funded by an international consortium and the ethiopian government

it provides electricity to around 25 percent of households in a the suburb. it is. low capacity $25.00 maybe but it is contributing for. cleaning. it is contributing for. energy. so it will. use to. clean it this is. of course called fired power plants or gas facilities are more efficient in making electricity then this incineration plant. but this waste energy system is not only generating electricity it is also saving glenn space preventing the release of toxic chemicals into groundwater and reducing the release of new thing into that most fear. knife that looks pretty impressive but unfortunately

not all countries here in africa have the means to do things like that but that doesn't mean the other creative ideas for processing. indeed sandra for instance in god or one innovator is transforming plastic waste into a level like material to produce a fashionable footwear here's this week's doing your bit. fancy a pair of these slick looking sandals they're another step forward in the fight for the environment mccaffrey of who came up with an idea to transform plastic waste into a leather like material he wanted cleaner streets in ghana's capital and got going with start up help from the world bank he has a team collecting plastic and akram. residents can collect cash for bringing him the material themselves. we created as

a process around the whole thing and we wanted to engage communities and people saw we encourage home offices and individuals to separate the waste and aggregate use for a while then bring it to us we waits. the plastic is stretched it. pressed into. the new material is easy to work with to carefully cut back the pattern for sanderson takes the pieces to somebody who throws them together. for now the orders have been filled from home. but innovator is hoping to see his shoes in the shops. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we

share your stories. nigeria has a many rivers lakes and. along the coastline but. being devastated by vast amounts of plastic waste it is destroying habitats and killing animals and equipment to something urgently needs to be done and they are people who are rising to the charlot eco probably one of those it's a non-governmental in lagos that is committed to climbing plastic from the ocean and the shore. with its impressive skyline and expensive yachts. in lagos is a picture of luxury and charm but only at 1st glance a closer look reveals the darker sides the lagoon is a cesspool of plastic waste a group of environmental activists called eco probe is fighting against it they've been collecting trash here since 2019 to protect the environment and the people who

live here if you the water don't you know we are looking at how we can really look at. the end of our trip with the flooding of. the activists once a week so the lagoon it's estimated that 12000 metric tons of waste here every day. work has paid to rent the boats with their own money but the onus give them a lower rate to help out but on the boards cost about $30000.00 well because we sort of relationship with the we do is give us some discounts why the big boards with a 1000 naira because all the relationships that we have with them pro also receives help from a private waste disposal company which claims waste from bill and full free.

plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling exist here but its rhythm entry is really just like what we have pickers who go to the dump site and they then individually take out the things which have to have a lot of value i mean we were literally throwing away money. to pick them out take them they sell them off to the different people who are doing the recycling up to 100 workers help with the clean ups on a regular basis. the activists want to post a more public awareness about the environment to help change people's behavior. if only people can imbibe of culture where by drinking you putting your bag that way you can find the trots. and pearl has also started to collect gone based on beaches sometimes they're able to recruit extra spontaneously. and

just but that's what it costs on so i could. be that my fox smaller run goes much. like. an estimated $450000.00 metric tons of trash are dropped in the lagoon and on the beaches every year. the activists hope the government in lagos will step in soon to do more than it's doing now and that way the winds here will be cleared every day. albatrosses are among the largest seabirds and they are one of the most threatened families of birds on earth albatrosses feed on squids fish and krill so it's not surprising that they are tracked it's a large fishing vessels that troll the oceans and wild by yachts maybe too good to resist the boats are actually more of a curse and a blessing to these majestic creatures that it us.