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the trouble finding buyers for her organic honey. it sells for twice the price of the honey sold at street side markets be keeping sheep breeding and she's making are an important part of the economy in kosovo the youngest and smallest nation in the balkans. shallow went abroad to study organic farming methods nowadays environmental activists come to see her to learn how she applies organic methods to be keeping. the aim is to raise awareness across kossovo of eco friendly farming practices. i attended a workshop in germany i learned a lot about animal welfare which nobody here knows anything about i'm now giving courses to pass on this knowledge i hope people will come to realise we have to protect. and that includes being as they are so important for the environment.
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nature conservation can be an uphill battle. in kosovo and neighboring albania hydro power plants are still widely considered an eco friendly way to generate electricity but building more of them alongside illegal timber felling would further shrink the habitats of endangered species such as bears lynx and wolves. sheepish alice says most of the people don't realise what is going on they're just not aware of the issues but she wants to change that. we have to pay more attention to our natural environment especially in the national park this also affects my business. if forest clearance and everything that goes along with it is allowed to go on i will eventually lose my b.s. . because if they gained independence in 2008 it's only natural she
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says that it will take a while for such a young country to sort things out sheepish one remains optimistic. back to africa now to meet a man here in the large area who believes that farming should be both sustainable and profitable something or bully has declared war on the concept of soft cisterns farming we're farmers plant a small plot of land and just about make ends meet a few years ago he launched a training campaign aimed at revolutionizing small scale farming with hydroponic agriculture. samson or bullis sees agribusiness as the root of sustainable development and job creation in the head strain at farm that in a good state southwestern nigeria believes agriculture must be business minded technology driven and climate smart the 38 year old is also keen to pass on his knowledge to others. remember if you practice before practice
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i agree business you're on the on the road to wealth so what is. grandfather and. how rich was your grandpa. how rich you are no more from eyes that you know if they are not well how can they make you rich . over the past 7 years has trained over 10000 young nigerians for him agriculture is no way to make a quick buck and requires a hands on approach. a lot of people retire and i realize not everybody has the amounts to pay for training now you don't want to go to going to agriculture without being properly trained if not they would waste money time with the resources so i figure out front i am setting up more farms what if i give people the opportunity to walk. at the same time so instead of looking for money to
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pay for your lesson fee for your lengthy fee and all of that. for free and actually set up a form farmers like gloria oil lobby you hope to scale up their agribusiness using the hydroponic method this uses water rich in nutrients instead of soil this makes planting and harvesting possible regardless of season. why because it is less. and to. almost. almost. only if and i say. students filter this growing catch during a one week program they learn how to set up a soil or scare a planet from nutrient laden mist nourishes the plants which makes maximum use of
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area and fertilizer. from an opposite principle if you follow the principle you can apply to many plants you want to develop on your farm so for the trough system you where you want to set up the trial for the plan. and you always great about the way for workers to pass through for obviously. some sign of the dollar and this farm lab team are convinced solace farming could be a blueprint for sub-saharan african countries to feed themselves sustainably and profitably. with the number of students increasing daily plans to grow his training program across nigeria. whoa amazing what they're doing on that report is also about training young people 1st time not far from where you all sundra compile up what's going on there well the program is meant to show how business opportunities and jobs can be created while on the same
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time protecting our planet and its resources we've visited london cab that encourages young people to turn their visions into reality and we met some pretty inspiring entropy. our house collapsed on the bed when mother died from the injuries to suffered so i turned my pin food past into a motivation. i never knew that what i'm doing would turn this big to me until environment. i thought and i thought discriminated because of my often falling from malaria i am now part of the solution in my country to people each of the vision joy never got produces wouldn't send the parents more speeches according to the un every 2 minutes a child under the age of 5 dies of malaria. even if i'm not saving all the kids
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that are suffering right now i am saving their ones that i can join mary cover he's a founder and director of the green business apps like africa which builds houses out of recycled plastic boat was common knowledge we got our graduates of this so sure you know vision academy for short. it's located in the town of m.p.g. about 30 kilometers south of uganda's capital kampala here young people including oftens and street kids learn how to devolve their ideas into successful businesses due to the covered 1000 pandemic only a few students are currently able to attend classes on campus especially in uganda people are not prepared to work together to present a critical question. and we are learning that. and that's why often not everybody will become an entrepreneur but many of us. have
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found jobs one of the solutions latest to come paula we are plastic waste is a huge problem 350000 tons of trash accumulate in the ugandan capital every year and only half of it is disposed towards. much of the plastic lund's on these trash dump recycling isn't common here john may recover my pays young trash collectors to gather boaters that he can use to build houses. every time i come here and i do like give some money to other people for example it's locally all keeping our environment going to give me a lot of hope that even the future then that it will in the hold it holds the planet that we we have done all we have protected from plastic with. our pressed into plastic bottles to make bricks many women work for governments
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business giving them the chance to honor their own money for government say's their house is a cool inside even on whole days his business has already constructed more than 100 buildings using over 3000000 plastic bottles in the process. due to the coronavirus pandemic commissions have slowed and but there is funding coming in from abroad we are revising different solutions on the we are going to be able to survive as a company probably of all good. people who support for example. some funding from ikea. that decided to support us and especially. so another big guy was brought in a few bars of soap one of the women who supply house with never a key ingredient in our product. before the coffee $1000.00 prices none of the guard charged to our son home. but now that they are hardly any
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has expanded how business online i have a vision to make my. case i have a vision to make africa instead of running away from it to make it a better place. if my mother huppenthal see me know. i know it will be probably me. i'm sure she would it is good to be reminded that looking out to the environment you should do well that's all we had for you today thank you all for training so long for me. here in kampala until next time. but for now sun dress always a pleasure hosting the show with you to all of you also out there remember you can find out more bottom vironment of protection on sawston ability media platforms i am chris sign you know from lagos see you again next week. dumb.
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