these places in europe are smashing him to a bold and venture the treasure map for modern globetrotters discover some of us a record breaking on your youtube. and now also in book form. this is the w news africa on the program today, the future of farming on the continent. then bob way is reaping a bumper. leis harvest off the years of the facing route, but with predictions of more unreliable rainfall is this harvest sustainable. meanwhile, in some form is i'll get to yield of uncle harvest because on the world has been destroying their crops, will show you how a mobile phone app is helping them to be suppressed. and the story behind the abandoned farmlands in cameras, they are part of the reason. 3rd crisis have skyrocketed in the country. also on

the program, a historic acknowledgement, germany has told me that it committed genocide during its colonial era occupation of namibia. german troops killed 80000 people in the southern african country in response to an anti colonial uprising. as people in the eastern city have been seeing their homes, they are fearful of mount volcanoes on the news. hello, i'm christine wanda. it's good to have your company. climate change is increasingly posing a challenge to agriculture developments in africa. the destruction caused by floods and the devastation by droughts across the continent really demonstrates the threat posed by the fixable with a patent. now this year said bob,

where is expecting its biggest, hardest off mays in 20 years, a sign that the country could be ending its cycle of food deficit due to successive droughts. and the troubled land reform program undertaken in the early 2 thousands official data shows the country will harvest about 2700000 metric tons of the staple grain. this would be almost 200 percent higher than last year. now the diabetes africa went to set up with my son, a land west province from where dw is corresponded. privilege, or sentence. this report 44 year old jane. she is a rural farmer from a shawn island width. she is sorting part of the green. have it this year, she finally got a bumper crop. jane in her family has suffered from continuous drugs for the past 5 years. he had case similar to many families, of course, as in bob were,

who often survive on food aid, but good rains in 2021 insured enough food much for the past few years. we extremely difficult it was, we was, well, we had no food guide, food was and it was difficult to feed the family live in eating survival of things in this season because of the rain. what we would have is when they have more than we were eating normal meals, zimbabwe is it 50 to get a lot of over 820000 tons of grain flipping it's made out from last year. this is the highest you'd since the year 2000. when zimbabwe embarked on the controversial land reform, the land reforms led to the collapse of the above with agriculture. economy inspired large scale food shortage. to this day,

agencies still feed more than half of the country's population. zimbabwe has been fortunate to get a big harvest at a time when other than african countries, like and walla in my dad got a grip with a severe drought that salads now is money. the boss to have is losses like here where this bama is the harvest thing. they expected to boost the national grain reserves by delivering to the national silos. part of zimbabwe agricultural recovery plan is to invest in drought resistance funding methods. this may have played a role in the 2021 good have is coming from 2 consecutive years of trout. it's been a very rough 2 years and we've learned from our mistakes and we now know that climate change is indeed a real, real issue. and that we need to mitigate against that

james unanimous. then it is time to the family meeting. the family is optimistic that for the months i had, they will not leave one empty stomach. and to further our conversation now about the future of farming, we've invited mainland formal from some bobby onto the program. he is an agro food specialist. welcome to the w. news africa. amanda. let's begin by talking about this. he has harvest ins and bob where it's looking. very impressive, but is it sustainable? no, thanks a lot. i think that's a very good question. it is, and it isn't. it's sustainable in the sense that if you look at how we got this harvest this year, it was really as a result of a combination of things coming together to, to create the conditions possible for,

for such as this. i think 1st of all, the major conditions where near perfect if you look at the rain for map across and they realize that a big chunk of because i've got a average rainfall this year. and the rain was nicely spread across the growing season for the crops. secondly, i think government actually did a good job in ensuring that farmers got most of the input on time such as the seed and fertilize. and as a result, if you combine, you know, proper axis 3 inputs, good agricultural, gra, climatic conditions. i think you can always have a decent have is even in difficult years. but why i'm saying that it might not be sustainable is there is no guarantee that this coming rainy season is going to be as good as the previous one. and also whether men will actually be able to repeat

what they were able to do last year. okay, and that really brings me to my next question because isn't always government seems, have accepted that the rates will fail more and more often as they had in the previous years. what do you think about the plan put forward by this involving governments to invest and so chord, drought resistance, farming methods? well, i think, to be quite honest, if there's one thing that work very well this, this past is in it exactly that. this one would into our program, which is really what it would call you know, climate much agriculture, all kinds of vision funding approach with very well i was looking at this to sticks in preparation for this interview. the government was able to train over 2000000 households on how to grow. i would think unity crops using this from

a method where you, you basically have minimum path, you know better what are the change in strategies, etc. and that seem to work very well. and i think that's the way to go, because from the looks of climate change is here to stay and we need to, to adapt. and just once a month, looking at the confidence as a whole, many rural communities live with terrible poverty and often hunger. how can this, this new style for me as you've been describing, provide a pop out of poverty and for food security for, for the region? well, i think it's not a silver bullet. let's start there that this approach to, to funding with a conservation agriculture or climate money, agriculture all. what isn't bargains? copeland woods though it is not a silver bullet. i think what it does though,

is that it gives from the fighting chance to be able to grow enough food for themselves. but we do know that what we actually need to be doing is to be growing food for food markets across the continent. and if you look at the latest data from the african development bank, what's happening is that the import bill is actually increasing and not going down and used to be that 1000000000. if she has a goal, i've had, you know, numbers that are approaching close at 200. so, so what we need to do is to completely re enable africa food production capacity to meet the needs of, of africans. and i think it requires more than just basic, you know, household food security. it requires interventions on the research side. oh, and the input provisions side on the mechanization and also and how much of and okay so so mind. yeah. it's talk about how technology specifically mobile phones

can play a role in all of this? well, i think, i mean, that's something i'm personally very excited about because in the work that i do, we've seen real value in how, you know, mobile technology, digital technologies can actually be very transformative. i'm a defend view that digital is the great equalizer. if we look at what we've been able to achieve with digital technology and financial services with, you know, tools like impasse and others, i believe the next frontier has been to be how do we digitally enable agriculture? my estimate is that the bulk of small go 5 months across the continent do we have access to mobile phones? now? now we need to see that mobile phone as a source of information as their source of advisory, as a source of business transactions. so we need to build the next, you know,

chapter of african agriculture, around more about technology and try to enable, you know, agriculture from a digital perspective. i think the tools that day, what seems to be missing though is how do we to rate the tools and make them work in a way that actually deliver the change that you want to see. all right, that is management call. now talking to us they, we appreciate your time and insights that thank you. it's a pleasure and exploits shows how smart phones can be transformative for fun. this mazes a staple cup across much of eastern in southern africa. and it's not just climate change that's causing problems. now, this big chris a to that you see behind me the fall on the wood. it's actually the caterpillar often month, native to the united states, but it's not stayed there. the pace is spreading around the world, ruining harvest, like in here in southern african, 2017. but one projects in gun it is helping form is to fight back against the

hungry caterpillars with the smartphone app. like the farmer in our midst report from a shanty land. now, of course when isaac, he takes up the next story, 7 hector's of ms. on this small hoarding in gun, if assurance origin. these men are working with farm or now most of our ha son, he struggled to secure a bumper, have if, though he's been on his farm for 25 years. it is the 41 year olds, only source of livelihood where $11.00 of our major problems has been the full army worms. then we have been devastating the bundle they simply destroyed across and in one or she and we haven't been able to detect them early enough in order to tell them or, or novels in the bundle affected badly. it's be making it difficult for us to grow enough here on the farm when i 1st live on my mom,

a call from hudson fast head about an innovation called the quote for a i up in 2019 using the mobile phone. he can detect very early on which areas of the mit foods have been infested. the up compares his crops with an online d. b, and provide pharmacy with unlimited video in the local dialect, detailing steps to be taken to control the pass. call foundation is behind the tech solution led by software developer. most of the all have to be develop is meeting of hot sun when it's fun to talk more about the technology. the year old hack explains why this innovation is crucial. for farmers like our son article ology has helped in the fight against honda and monetization by driving

about 40 to 50 percent growth yield in in crops for farmers and the insane bins. them money, as well as food to keep for the rest of the year to feed your families. i'll have some half of 16 sucks of me up from just 5 the year before. he says the technology is a game changer in controlling the past one out for me, you know, ways new. i'm going to buy this technology has helped me to detect the past really quickly. and i was able to get help. one on the farm and control them wasn't is a new one. so this innovation has been significantly increasing our yields as anew in india or hack. and his team are not only thinking of pharmacy in ghana, but also want to save millions across africa. the plan is to expand lot african

countries clinical pharmacy to be able to diagnose crops early enough seem a lot of money on pesticides and intended to feed the families and contribute to the good of the african economy lodge and growth in our fields. given him more money in his pockets onto the hope of an even better harvest this season. so hard to can ru, now where the global hand in the plays the western african country experiences moderate levels of hunger. but here conflicts is the main reason for food insecurity. farming has been greatly disrupted in the countries far north region where the army is fighting against a vocal insurgency and the west way. english speaking services are trying to create a break away space. now, corresponding, blasi, on reports from cameras, anglophone west, few none girl and her husband can only plan the crops around your home for nearly 30 years. the 2 of them have depended on socialism agriculture for their livelihood

. after her husband retired from his job as from driver since 2017, when conflict broke out here in the angle for region of cameroon, they have not been able to access their fields. farmers across the region, blame separate is malicious, sometimes go back. so just of targeting them, daddy, daddy, the separatist tried to make us pay a fee so we can access our own fields that's made us afraid and forces to abandon them. there's no informing them any more. sometimes the set partitions forces down on the ground and beat us while demanding money will be more than the area where few now used to grow food crops has not been completely abandoned is b like these for thousands of thomas in the region where the fighting between the army and english speaking separate this malicious has forced me to flee funeral, and i hope i used to produce enough food for themself and some left over to sell.

but no depend on food, eat week, doesn't come regularly. the couple is having a hard time trying to, you know, not nice for the next small. you know, this farm is quite small. some compared to my previous fields. there's nothing much i can grow here because i used to farm enough to feed my children and the rest of the family, but it's too small. it doesn't help me much. it even do me. not just it is not just the family was because you must to 20 are open to comes to the market to buy food stuff several times a week. she has been doing so since she was 14. in the last few years, a family has are struggling each week to find enough money to buy food for the entire household. since the conflict began the cost of food, his sword at the market, prices have gone up to $3.00 times what they used to be. things like vegetables,

cook, i am, and plantations are among the most expensive at the market. we planted food security was already being treated by climate change. no, it seems the green conflicting west of central africa as only was in the situation . you went forecast for just the after test. 1000000 people may not have enough to eat in the coming months. the germany has for the 1st time, acknowledge that it committed genocide during its colonial rule in what is now in namibia in southern africa, german troops massacre tens of thousands of hero and nama people between 1900 fall and 19 o 8. now, more than 100 years later, it has reached a deal with the government of namibia on how to atone for the atrocities this small park in berlin's no current district remains the only visible memorial in germany, of the violence committed in namibia. now, foreign minister hi,

co mass has announced germany, we'll finally recognize the atrocities as genocide. 1.1000000000 euros will be given to support development in namibia focused on herrera nama communities. between 19041908 german imperial forces in what was then known as german south. west africa violently suppressed uprisings by the nama and herrera ethnic groups, and forced them into the, does it tens of thousands of herrera and nama was shot, stopped, and tortured to death by german troops. it is estimated that 3 quarters of the herrera and half of the nama people will wiped out herero nama groups, have consistently demanded an official apology, and financial reparations from the german government. for what historians consider the 20th century 1st genocide. now, germany in namibia has negotiated the reconciliation deal as a government level, but even before it was struck some because his descendants rejected that approach.

last year, the w news, africa has told me a logical ost one activist here when berlin, what they were asking for apology go condition any relation. our main points, 3 points, which were the money from the german government. because we cannot reconciliate. if somebody gives me apologize, the other thing is that the negotiations between the 2 governments but they are representative of their numbers and behavior was excluded from these negotiations. this makes things difficult. and the w news, africa will be bringing you more on that story as it develops the for more than a decade. backlash, chicago led h a hottest insurgency in ne nigeria, a conflict that has killed more than 40000 and displaced around 2000000 more now to

nigeria. now, excuse me, niger media reports say the prominent leader of the book or islamic militant group has been seriously wounded or possibly killed in a clash with a rival group. he's known for his antics in propaganda videos, often taunting local in western governments. now i will check who has been reported dead but not for the 1st time. in the past, the nigerian military repeatedly claimed to have killed him only for a video or audio message to emerge with a militant leader mocking the allegations. this time though, the confrontation appears to have been with a rival militant group allied to the so called islamic state. chicago was thought to be either in his forties or fifties. he gained global net ariah to after his group kidnapped more than 200 school girls in 2014. but his campaign of violence began years before in span northeast in nigeria. i'll see what i can do,

but check out death is not a victory that the nigerian military can claim. his fighters could yet rejoin their rivals to form a stronger threat against the nigerian states in a conflict that appears to have no end in sight. the, the massive candidate erection, in the east of the democratic republic of congo has brought deep fear and uncertainty to go with off to shocks hitting the city tremors added to the damage caused by the rivers of lava that flowed from the nearby mountains. it's africa's most active volcano. dozens died, 5000 were left homeless with dozens of children separated from the families as resident fled for their lives more than once. this is all that left of the sounds. it was why these home there's nothing to salvage.

everything crushed by the mass of molten rock that flowed from the volcano just outside town. did the modem on them. i told my wife the volcano erupted. the 1st task was to take the children and some clothes for the cold and get the baby dressed for and off we went. we had to take the children to put them on our backs and had out pond really is on the phone a little mountain near a gone go, has not been this active in nearly 2 decades. and there was no immediate warning of when the flood of fire would come. rivers of lava consumed land and buildings in their pass. regardless of people's efforts to save their home, the residents dreamed out of goma in search of safety. in the chaos,

some parents lost track of their children, but they cannot have been here since saturday. i have not seen my child who was separated from me when the volcano erupted. search everywhere, their organizations like the red cross that take care of missing children. but my daughter was not one of those found that one of our problem, at least most of the people are still coming to terms with the aftermath, including a water shortage forcing residents to go to the nearby lake keyboard for water. but the seismic activity has not died down its still being felt and seen, prompting the authorities to issue and evacuation warning over fears of renew. danger. ah, now take

a look at this. that's the inventory quater from barcelona at the dock. there's 2021 in salem bush, south africa, doing a front flip. that's 100 feet long. but if you pull that was from returning seen from the side here it is again from the bike is idea. now the jump goes down as the longest term to the front everlast that i want you handlebars and he is the extreme mountain bike measuring out history course. 7 any years and $38.00 centimeters to be exact. but i believe if we do the yeah, it's very so 30 meters guys. incredible, and that's it for our program today. we want to take out all other stories on d, w dot com, forward slash africa world on facebook, and on food has been good having your company see you next time by by

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