the end of a superpower, the collapse of the soviet union. russia's war in ukraine. one year stanford, should we take a look back and forth and into the future. in the new media. slowing in february, all in d, w. a . oh, a. do you know the thing and tell me what you eat? and i will tell you what you are. food is essential to our survival. the way it comes from is starting to much more than ever before. food production is

responsible for more than 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. well, welcome to a new edition of equal africa. i and sandra tween audio here in counselor, uganda. and welcome from me to chris the loans in oakland state larger area. biggest is sandra mentioned, have many sources. cows produce methane while our fields released nitrous oxide. in this week's edition of eco africa show, we look at ways to reduce the volume of greenhouse gases. and here's what else is coming up. in ghana, we visit a women's compression make and meet some students from soy in ivory coast. we'll see how organic farming is being promoted. and in kenya, we meet on my side. woman, dedicated to environmental protection. way now we know our planets resources are

finite, but what might that mean for the small communities? shoot a forest be counter for firewood or left as a harvard for biodiversity. in guinea, they have devised a fun and effective way of helping them. local leaders decide if we put people here, how we lit, affect life in the forest. this strategy, but game allows players to address issues related to their environment in an innovative unrest from way. in today's session, public officials in corner cri are standing in for villages in rural guinea. a french environmental company and a swiss organization are behind the project. what we want to and explore when playing the game is how can we as a village and community as her individual family widows only collaboration with our other and mich remembers? how can we, with our decisions,

where to shape the development of our landscape around our village, and also how do we continued to their natural resources and their, and their preservation or also their destruction. the game is part of an initiative that aims to promote more sustainable forest management in rural communities known as the water tower of west africa. because it is the source of several regional rivers. the footer gallon highlands are suffering badly as a result of human activities. when parts of the area are protected, deforestation is still a serious problem. here, as is the parting of animals like chip on these to address these and other issues. piano, kate, i shared the game with 3 communities to day ease in pillow, kura, dunker, saddler, bladder. the game board depicts the village and its surroundings is as much player

represents one family growth within the community. we have the bodies, the sows, the dallas, and the very family. hello in up, anybody? yes, it's done law for their did an addition that there's a forest with its resources and wildlife you more and we have fallow lands which are typical and found to jollin and i read that and there are also hunters that it was he would have it, it is a ship the central focus of the game is to determine ways to manage resources sustainably and in harmony with nature. each round represents one crop year. over several rounds, the families have to decide individually or jointly where to plant what to buy and how best to invest their limited resources in order to manage their land sustainably. alpha dear lord thinks the game has already had a positive influence on local thinking. i only had a,

a game has helped us to see how to improve the way we can manage our territory, african cohabitate with lot animals. then i'll protect the forest at our economy that i hate yearly living at the end of the session d'angelo and his neighbors to review their results and discuss future plans. the want to replant the forested area with fruit trees and use follow land more sustainably. they've also proposed concrete agreements between villages under local officials. car said i can, we had our man, we decided to agree on conserving the forest strategies, not to plant crocodile on the waterways and to reforest this area all the way to the hill of city. a thing under the people of pillar korea have recognized the benefits of nature conservation, and will use what they've learned to determine better, more sustainable started is going forward after the success of its initial reception. the game is now set to be introduced in many other communities to what do you want to know and that there, oh,

does really love to trail that game. it's all about, protest, rovan theory. it is best on the idea that to really understand something you need to get a handle on needs quite literally and advance exactly what an initiative in ivory coast as that old to do to give a variance of feel for the benefits of organic farming. here is being swigs, doing, give it ah, walk with organic fruits and vegetables as well as other organic products and not widely available in ivory coast. as a result, consumer awareness is also quite low. to build up interest and increase accessibility in i've orient n g o has organized an organic fair on the outskirts of other jobs here, and the dahlia flow nature reserve visitors can meet and talk to cannick producers

called rank are we want consumers to realize that this sector is already quite active, a laser, they are beekeepers, vegetable farmers, and people who grow organic cocoa, even if it's for export view. mm hm. cc 4 leaks both are so so if you have chronic methods are already being practiced and consumers are often surprised to hear that warsaw can do that. cancer visitors can also learn a few practical skills while they're here, like how to build their own mini wind turbine from scrap wood, or how to plant tomatoes or letter seedlings for their own organic garden. over the last 3 years, the host association has managed to build up a network of organic farmers and producers. and now a group of organizations is banding together to introduce the certification label pool gannet goods produced in ivory coast.

ah, and how about you? if you are also doing your bid, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweak hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. organic vegetables are great, but for balance diet, we also need protein. the most popular source for that estimate. but as recent studies, sure meet consumption and the climate crisis are closely connected. thus, right, sandra, but price can also be a factor, which is another reason why more and more people are embracing alternatives in both europe and africa. annex report comes from gonna this infant is being treated as a clinic in the northern gonna an city of tamala. often in this rural region,

the diagnosis is on deficiency anemia. the result of an unbalanced diet start in the room. felicia j done so is a nutritionist she gives pregnant women and young mothers at rice on how to give their children a financial diet on a low budget for if we want to single out and legume that to help us achieve the good i on that. so in pregnant men and should and then it's so yeah, been because it provides almost equal amounts as the eye on that analysis protests will give us. so i would say that's so yeah, been it's a golden cup that we can use one alternative, a very valuable alternative in the fight against malnutrition and one that mary r leila also champions. likewise a nutritional expert. she runs a women's initiative in tamale that produces solely based foods. this

separates in this tool from the c i, b. so we've cleaned it and then it has to. so for me be 4 to 5 minutes. then we can now grind it into pieces. the soil paste is then strained to produce soy milk, which is in turn, boiled to extract the protein. the craig related milk is then squeezed free of liquid under a heavy weight to produce toford, which mary ali la loads into deep fryer. finally, she adds a variety of slices to make the resulting about an appetizing prospect with children to my client. ha. okay, give as a ladder switch. so and then 6 months, green family members solves indigo drought. so we go house to house, selling all in group programs, me. i mean display our product in south. so people, veteran,

i marry a li law gets her soybeans from local farmers. the plant itself can still be successfully cultivated here, despite the extreme climatic conditions that often frequent northern garner. this area is part of the guinea forests of honor, a relatively dry eco region that's been fin the impact of climate change with floods during the rainy season. and extreme droughts in the dryer months. the last in the morning part of china are degraded dark, becoming marginalized in terms of fertility and productivity. so farmers unknown to rely on streaming because they're able to produce it uses, i mean, minima, resources, and also to productivity is high. and also it's helped to replenish soil for to the fact that the less positive side to saw being grown in the region, the opportunity to make a quick profit has seen a growing number of farmers focusing on the plant. while abandoning the more

traditional crops, like mays and millet. meanwhile, the major c o 2 reservoirs in the reason souls and vegetation are being lost as trees a claim to make way for solving farming. plus most of the harvest is used to feed livestock, and an increase in the counter population means an increase in methane production. newton is one of the greenhouse gases with high global warming potential. so this in nexus which in our quarter production and climate change. so you could actually help the climate if used in the right way as a widely consumed meet substitute sonata jacobo, regularly features soy in the mail she makes for her grandchildren, who are rarely served to meet on a longer dagger when it's cheap compared to animal, meet the my lovely car by beef because we can't afford it and the lawyer need helps is to cook housey meals. the gone an authority want to see

a further expansion of soybean farming in the northern region. the women's cooperative run by mary a li law, shows the promising demand for meet substitutes made from the vin. and if more people follow that example, the climate will also be grateful. and now from source to rice is a staple of africa. cues in around $20000000.00 tons of the green are cultivated in africa each year, yet that still not enough to meet demand. so many countries rely on in ports. but as global markets shift, selleger is looking to cover all its rice needs domestically. the rice harvest is in full swing and the women who work the fields around dac village in central senegal have a big goal in sight for their community locked the linea umbrella. we go if we

continue to produce this amount of rise each year, but we can do without imports. then your book right now that's our main objective is omar leave is local. rice is also healthier, more and taste better than imported rice well near him. despite the good organic growing conditions, cynical, imports around 900000 tons of rice a year from india. but last fall india band. the export of cheaper broken rice and put a 20 percent export tax on other varieties to help its domestic supply and prices. after a drought to do this, will lead you forward and 8 center goals. my self sufficiency program. he says dependence on inputs is dangerous. bully, peaky, and pot dewey every country that imports rise from india has in what is at risk, which is almost the entire world, moore buckler, lem. let's not forget that india is the biggest exporter of rice worldwide. one synagogue commonly grows enough rice to cover its domestic needs for 9 months.

beyond that, it has to rely on impulse government investments ostensibly aimed to make senegal self sufficient in rice by 2015. but many rice farmers think all sorties haven't taken the necessary action when once in a while they were all near it. they would in the senegalese authorities, only act and theories are one of them. they don't really believe in this objective and the label hung up on it is on. if they were committed now we could reach self sufficiency in 2 years. synagogue mean is i don't, but they've been selling us this dream for decades than what we have, the land and the synagogue river nearby. we have no excuse when you were just bad policy soon. if rise, farmers need access to land an extra funding to boost production anathema. the country now has what it needs on the industrial side. for a long time, there were only small scale companies whose end product was often not up to standard. the rise factory manager says that's changed

significantly. we had a new velez in the industry. there are new industrial units here that both small and medium sized comp, which you excellent rice processing, my ex, and they're now producing a quality rise. a white rise that can be sold, broken, i find broken or hold is if i will be reunited ivory coast to recently reduced its imports from india by almost 25 percent. these rice farmers here in the heart of senegal, hope to see their country do the same as soon as possible. and now for something entirely different. did you know that your hair could help save wide life? we've all seen horrible images of dead sea birds in the aftermath of an oil spill. and what does that have to do? we hair you are bought to find out. i will may run on oil,

but when it enters our rivers, lakes, or oceans, it causes ecological devastation that is very difficult to reverse. however, a movement launched in response as slowly but surely gaining traction. creating mass made from a renewable readily available and globally accessible resource human hair. show what we did the peach for we produce her math that are about 60 centimeters square for basically 3 layers, felted from one killer of hair, and also a map light that can absorb several right, liters of hydrocarbon, or oil, or dealer. it wants, right? very good for cleaning up oil related to pollution hobby or don't cover depression . human hair is hydrophobic, and by you absorbent, which means it repels water and can collect contaminants like oil. and it does so quickly. it's also

a rule material that usually goes to waste. but there are plenty of hair salons willing to donate clippings to make the mats, gasoline masika. i like a shame to see the hair just thrown away. to suck, especially now that i know it can be put to such good use. copper velvet clenches using hair to clean up contaminated water is an idea that's been around for decades . as the movement gains momentum produces set up networks with local salons. a surplus of mats means more would be available whenever and wherever they are needed . over the past, 50 years, for example, it's estimated that more than 2000000 tons of oil have entered the night at delta. the consequences of a large spill in 2018 are still being felt to day, almost all of those seafoods of gone. come find them again because of the oil on these as lead to e, a liberal party i, i will years, fine not,

not find the word to describe the ongoing cleanup effort is a desperately lengthy and costly one. it's stories like this, that motivated british hairdresser del williams to start making mat from her customers. clippings mats made from hair could also reduce reliance on absorbing it's made from synthetic materials, but likewise pollute the environment. at the moment i have a few companies trialing lance air. hopefully they will soon order the mats and stop pushing out those polypropylene madison a using at the moment. which makes sense since synthetic materials are made from oil themselves and are not biodegradable. that's just one more reason many environmentally minded people want hair to play a central role in the effort to clean up contaminated waters. all over the world.

from europe, back to africa, become timid with the world's youngest population. people here are also most likely to be affected by climate change in their life. time. that is right, crease in kenya, drought is already having a huge impact on communities. and that has many people. her son, especially young people, are next report futures. a one woman was really found at her own environmental protection organization. oh, and anita so he not is a climate warrior. she's fighting to protect to hong armed northwood weapons but would treat saplings. co county sock of nearby is suffering. it's was drought in 40 years. climate change is taking a heavy toll on the re, john. it's effects are catastrophic. we depend on posterity depend on water. we

depend on all the things that have been affected by climate change. so air over time is when what was happening before and what is happening now showed that it keeps getting worse. we keep losing animals, we keep losing almost every any know, for every we actually look at animals have our wealth. so we're actually getting portly by day because of climate change. she's witnessed 1st hand the devastation of forest in her home on the border of toms in them are the same time drought periods are getting longer. drought has become the new normal, and food and water are increasingly short supply. now you o e. i, tati, her 7 children. she's lived here all her life, and this is the was job she's ever experienced. thanks to her environmental activism, anita selina knows the deputy governor of co jadwin today. they're paying now,

jo. he of is it bringing her food so she can feed her family for the next few days . in the past, she was able to leave from her kettle, but now there's not enough vegetation for them to graze on as she has to buy animal feed. before the drought. now, you e. a tati kept 20 cows. now there are only 5 cows and a few goats left in over 30 de la yet. and the difference with the seasons is that they used to be shot and long grains. that meant people could plant mays and beans. they could feel their families, we and, but now there's not enough rainfall resulting in long droughts. and we no longer plant crops for human consumption. but we have a shortage of food. people are suffering from severe hunger and animals are immersed, seated and sold at a throw. are we praise? everything's harder than it is to be more. there were more when our feeding, i mean will flag people. you know,

you have to buy food for animals. you have to take care of them live near enough water and all that. so they've been for much, oh happening that is actually very, very painful. come to think of it live up, people who have contributed almost nothing to climate change but are on the receiving end of the impact me i me to sign a, found it and the mental protection organization called ice warriors as part of their walk. the activists have planted 5000 mostly indigenous trees. according to a canyon forest service, part of the country as far as cover increased from 6 percent in 2018, to nearly 9 percent in 2021. but before recitation remains a serious problem in case we need to trace to after problem, we need to clean our options to after problem. so just like we need something to,

to help clean what we have already released the anita sign. her also works closely with the local government to raise awareness of mental concerns among local and she even went into politics herself to ensure environmental was met me. she spent the summer campaigning in the villages as a member of the green thinking auction politic. the reason i went for elementary seat is because it's selfish. it's as if that if i go to parliament and possible, it will help or it will also speak for someone who's not in my constituents. and it's also where most critical issue then bills can be passed and that is what i tend to do. i need to find i didn't manage to secure a seat, but she remains unbeatable. she'll continue trunk and then you have a mental causes on low being politicians. and she is well aware that environmental protection isn't only a priority payment changes. norfolk to other countries is going to up to the quick

of call or a call to action, which i think that the little hope remaining. for some of us, we are waiting to see what these countries will do. and i believe these we can still do something if we can meet. so when the finance of that we are financing fossil fuels, we can transfer the financing and finance. what are we can in the know in moving from or for your 1st to fossil free? anita selina is contributing to that transition by planting trees and a shoring agreeing of future for kids. what an impressive run inspiring woman. and that brings us to the end of today's show. we hope you enjoyed it and that you join us again next week. phil day and i am chris alarms signing off from a go state nigeria. and before i think good bye here is a quick reminder that you can stay in touch with us through our social media channels. take care and fee soon. from thunder tween over you here in kampala,

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