in the mountain red one. and if there are, let's see plantation, socio lama says such market gardens could be a fruitful source of income for more families around here. that's the case. she worked for several years in italy. he saved up some money, came home and began farming began service in almost seeing that he started with eroni a berries 5 years ago. before branching out his venture is proving to be a success was in july, his product was certified as organic by an agency in germany. and that's something he's very proud of. the feel be good. we're going to go in the bottom of the book. i don't lose fertilizer. everything is just the same as up in the mountains, the bacteria and the soil about the human. they make the plant strong. as there's other than book cache doesn't need to do any marketing. customers come to him to

buy his produce. he's been experimenting with a number of crops and the red love apples, for example, a very recent kelty bar with red flesh resistant to disease. so please call me it has been mia and golgi berries from china base right here to cleaners actually also sells cuttings to those who want to emulate him. buffy and lama would love to see others do precisely that. he collaborates with local forest in veterinarians and agronomist. they advise small hold farmers in the mountains, for example, on how to get a bank loan purchase livestock will set up a market garden the car up, correct. nick, nature park is a lovely place to hike. but visitors are few and far between because of the pandemic loved downs and travel restrictions,

the people and flocks who live here on pretty much alone. i'm re feeder is a shepherd. he has a hard time making a living. but unlike many of his contemporaries who go abroad, he wants to stay also, and lama often comes up here to the mountain pastures to talk to the local and find out what problems they face and help work on solutions. and they say it's getting harder and harder to find places for their flocks to graze the numbers of the see be decreasing every year. and the, let's see, the frogs have taken over the bus or land the bus or area, the main problem that they are losing. seeing if you can part of the boss or it's a vicious circle. amory family spends the summer months up in the mountains.

they spend the winter down in the village. emery's mother doesn't need to worry about her son. he learn to everything he knows for her. he knows he doesn't lead a comfortable life like people in the city. but he also knows that he has a lot more than his family did a 100 years ago. the, i don't know, my leg was sort. of course i would like to have a big car a little. but you have to make the choice even if you love this kind of life up here. as i do, then you can go and live in a big city. well, your birth nicole loom kill all still it's tough tending sheep or growing crops here. and now we're waiting for the next year, is that we need to, let's say, support this activities and this families in order that they can let a profit from the, from this activity that they are doing. this is the main main thing. i'm re feed us family, seemed to be content with their lives. they recently built

a new house next to the road. one things have been improving from one generation to the next was on lama heads off to visit another family. he receives a warm welcome. the problem with the eldest son was in sweden, but he stuck at home because of a pandemic. the order was your lama says the government has to realize that more and more people will leave unless things improve. one issue is the infrastructure. the roads in the mountains are poor. government says should give health on the goal of the home. give them a tradition, is all well and good, but what should we do if we can sell what we make? just good guessing. see the nearest areas. 50 kilometers away. for there are no government guarantees, we get no government support scar,

this guy called so it's hard to maintain traditions if you're on of it. but if you're doing push of steel, it's often easier to make money abroad than have continue farming. here the area might be beautiful, but without jobs or prospect young people will continue to go away. far away. on next report is about some relatively new arrivals to the african continent. originally from the south american and is these really 4 legged creatures have managed to set to in nicely in some farms in south africa? yes. a be health crease on not only isn't. they proved to be surprisingly helpful. they perform a lot of useful task in the yard and garden on the also generously provide the owners something luxurious to keep them warm. when temperatures drop and i hear the offspring to these happy grades is willing to part of the original plan for

this property. but today it's hard to imagine the police without them eating and pooping biodiversity and promote loyal health. hello, george. hello freddy, hello l t. when paula, this theory bought this old pair from the quality of the slope was a poor. so she decided to acquire some animals to help rejuvenate the basically the alpaca along with the, the hens along with the rabbits that we now also have they are helping us heal or soil because after all of those years of performing also i was really dead that was very little insect life, very little animal life, very little other plans were able to thrive. and now we're putting all of those nutrients back in the soil from what we call our celebrity animals. i'll pack a droppings, also known as a puckered bins, i reach in nitrogen and potassium,

an ideal for eliza for the vegetable patch. then we've got our herbs. we've got about 20 varieties of, of herbs on the property. here's some, some time super pungent. and then some different edible, edible flowers that were growing this, the saves. she was inspired to preface permaculture, regenerative agriculture. during south africa's foss lockdown in 2020, her interest grew up watching documentaries and climate change and organs. farming performing requires huge amounts of herbicides and pesticides, and we didn't want to spray. so we thought how can we use the space better and we weren't sure whether we were going to have food security. so we decided to grow veggies in between the rows of perez and up the the pairs using the path as a trellis. and it grew from now. i'll pack the also part of the landscape at this firm in tone of weddington. gavin,

glean horse was the flustering port suspicious, just those last weakness from its native south america just over 2 decades ago. that then be only a few dozen packers in the country to day. the number has been to almost 1500. guido has long been seems to be a bachelor's, which they who in mittens and that can be picked up and they made into an organic compost. and when we had our tree ministry, we use that to fertilize the trees in the small bags. and they also used for guiding sheep they, the eyesight and the hearing is very good. and so a lot of farmers and these from cape using, you know, practice to that when it comes to going to farming davis. if occasion is key fuller, the theory has made a deal with the local veterans she delivers fresh, produce and also collects the open with the wall restaurants on and didn't drug in boxes. it's a win win situation. so we're happy to do that. that's

a good thing to just save all of a search that we would throw away for them on their phone. they can still use it from manage them. we can bu. beaudry prepares the ways to forms 2 and turn into complet mall. the excel. if i want a break, it's back sometimes is not necessary because i give you the exam also for the guide in look at the way the you just one end, look, you're very happy. the breeding the end result is a natural fertilizer known as one t bud receives the model can be repeated anywhere to grow organic food. and there seems to be a market for it. i think everyone during lockdown has has taken perhaps more interest in the health and the nutritional

wellbeing. and i think now is the time we have a window of opportunity with small businesses like this are becoming more sorts after. and i see that because i started with new customers and now i have nearly a 100 where they might be a little list, happy to be shown. then when the left in piece to grease, i'll talk as are also used for the award. it's still a small scale industry here in south africa, but as the popularity of the animals increases the month for the high quality, soft and silky, please, it's likely to for through that's all for the submission of echo africa. we hope you found today's stories is pirate. if you're doing something to protect the environment, let us know for now. goodbye for me, chris, the lamps in lagos, nigeria. see you next week, sandra lincoln case and it's all of you. our view is out there and do not forget

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