head, using tech, as our documentary series of founders, valley foliage, africa. to meet the founders. empowering their continent through digital innovation, transforming work and health, and living conditions in their country. and inspiring the world with their ideas. founded valley africa watch now, on the w documentary. ah, it may not affect all our lives in the same way, but there is no doubt about it. we are living in the digital age. while some of

force might find that overwhelming at times. the fact is new technology as also enabled science and industry to come up with some truly amazing innovations. welcome to this new edition of eco africa. i am crease lamps, and i am sondra, twin of the you. you make a very good point, crease and of course, here on the shore, we take a special interest in those development the make a world cleaner onto greener. we've got a few good examples of that on today's program. so here's a quick look at what is coming up shortly. hightail that ease helping forests recover in ivory coast biodegradable packaging, made from seaweeds and reminders and next generation of environmentalists. the climate crisis is forcing us to rethink how we do

just about every think. even traditional practices like forming as was seemingly abundant resources dwindle. the reason i gen need to grow crops more efficiently and sustainably. our foss report comes from right here in uganda. ah, aaron, kia gar carefully inspects the fruits of his label for decades. he and his family have been green, coffee incent, while you grandeur you were a district. it hasn't made him rich or he's been able to support his family. now climate change is making business even more difficult said dim, wiser by long or got dizzy, knuckle because in the past. so greg, coffee, you see you would help pests a long dry spell zante r t. we got re addicted to tie, longing, collateral, young savvy, are you these days?

so at, during the some predictable serve, you know, it could be and one is strongly agree. i mean, often face longer dry spells out away the co items on the walk. i knew the coffee industry is one of uganda's most important economic sectors. the african country exports over 250000 toms annually, making one of the world's top st. coffee produces 99 percent of it is group on small farms like arrow key august. some 5000000 uganda is depend on the coffee harvest either directly or indirectly, but changes in the climate are making things harder for iran. kiara researchers and government officials are also alarmed because rise in temperatures are increasing the amount of pests and diseases that destroy crops. an insect which was not very serious at some point, can become detrimental just because one or 2 degrees of as celsius increased as or by cutting thrace or due to the climate change. that means if,

let's say that it from egg to egg hedging. if it is taken 7 days, the normal temperature was one degrees centigrade is my take for base that miss the light, the life cycle of those insect that insect that are affecting you will increase by 2 or 3 phones with his coffee crop under threat. one solution aaron, cal guys training, is plan to more treat it bunger ged in wine in the open area. they, the coffee is exposed to excess heat, gave you an a scope. quality is not as good as when it has grown under a tree shape. if i know you had a suggestion planting trees for better harvests is a concept known as are grew forestry. it's agriculture that harnesses the symbiotic relationship between trees, crops, and animals around kia guys, taking part in the robust program, it is being tested on 50 plots of land to determine how the coffee harvest can be

protected from climate change. the e u has wandered the project with 4500000 euros to that because african way or farming system, wherever you go. in african soil farmers use diversified cropping system. you see 3 c c chicken, you see very, very diverse. so now we are bringing that sam traditional farming system with a designed approach so that the farmers are benefiting more from each. according to the french development organization, c rad 50000 coffee farmers will benefit from the robust program by 2025. in addition to their work in the field, robust provide scientific support, while co operating with you research and development programs as well, various uganda institutions on our hulu world and got all the portion we wanted to provide the scientific training of many students within the framework of the project level,

which is why we recruited many thesis ph. d and m a c. students who will help us implement the project on the field. i met on a report i saw. ready and the students together with scientists from the institutions will organize and run a whole network with his older daughter uses a symbiotic relationship between trees and coffee plans to improve soil quality. and strengthening resistance is one. another is ensuring that the plans are better suited to future climates by breeding new springs of the group of healthy right. at uganda, national coffee research institute. cuttings of these new streams are being given to farmers for cultivation. when the breeding section does that improvement improvement to differentiates resistance to disease is yield and so on. those materials have to have enough numbers so that you have a with them to find mass. specifically for that robust project,

they are trying to develop that drug tracy stant varieties. the robust program is still in its infancy, if it proves effective over the next 4 years. so i braced enough hopes that he can set a new president for sustainable coffee farming around the world deposit for this day . the potential is enormous and it's not meant to stay within the borders of uganda . and it's meant to be known, and it will be very, i would say, ducks an open access for everybody. so this means that initially will concern all the countries or for example, in africa label that grow robust coffee, fuller, and is quite vast because it's starting uganda and ends in west africa. escrows'll include the walls and the clothes on afterwards too. so this program will be open to every one package, so there are 2 more. it will be some time before the project reduce the scientific results. but some farmers already reporting the positive impact that 3 she has all

the crops the animals own by arrow key august, 1 with the also reaping the benefits. they seem to enjoy the trees just as much as the coffee plant on growth forestry may be making gains, but it can be practised without healthy wood lines. unfortunately, millions of hector has a forest are still being destroyed. every single year. ivory coast is one country that has been devastated by deforestation, but all is not lost. digital technology could very well self the day i'll tell ya, coffee was hoping to become a lawyer. but after completing his studies, he decided to become a farmer instead. well, in 2016, he launched his company shown if war against the advice of his parents and devoted his time to growing food business. digital technology has always been at the

forefront of his work with buckle. he uses apps to get advice on optimal farming methods. new service right now, he's getting some tips for his rice field and a good. this is april said speaker lateral. these tools have played a key role in his career choice live. often he sees himself is more of an agricultural entrepreneur or agree printer than a farmer. or this is up to gus or e advocacy nicholson. with these apps and with the internet, you were able to find solutions to the problems we encounter and that has been a huge plus for us. so the new generation of our group procures sojourn as you never saw a dagger printer. agriculture is a leading sector in ivory coast representing nearly a 3rd of g d. p. but global warming and deforestation are weighing on the environment. good digital technology revolutionized the sector, flew, saw the company invest eve is convinced at cam and is trying to preserve the

countries remaining forests with precision agriculture even when they want to make a clear distinction between protected forest and farm land with the help of drones . fara bit it could have fallen our heads by accident. nora, the photos taken by the drone, show the farmers exactly what belongs to them, and what belongs to the forest. whether not allowed to fell trees. b. u last, he has, his man knows he owns one, hector, if he won't go beyond that and encroach on the forest to back in the village. the footage is analyzed and clearly shows the boundaries between the forest and the fields. rhythm lazy, you can work anywhere in this area, but you can't enter here. you're gonna see what this is a small revolution. previously, he would have had to walk around his field with gps to obtain this data, barley clerical, and grab her work that would normally take us 2 or 3 hours. yeah. now only takes us

one hour, so that's really good. you know, don't take liberal so far, few people in ivory coast have access to such data. while almost every one has a cell phone today, less than half the population has internet access is often too expensive, especially for farmers vanity. yes, coffee is trying to popularize the use of apps among farmers. what did you mean longer difficult because he explains the wide scope of opportunities that the internet presents flu for very markers of it. but he knows a lot has to change to achieve real success. to data track l content fall. hey, christy electability reassured were what is unfortunate that it would be good if we could have free internet zones in the villages where people could get wireless access and get on line. that would be really good said there was,

this is so little single digitalization is hope to solve another big problem for farmers access to new markets in the cities. marilla kinda runs a juice bar in up at john. she buys her free to the market, but there are always problems with deliveries. the new online platform that brings producers and buyers together could save her from these constant disruptions. was locked on order for the suppliers give us dates when the items will be available and then due to logistics problems, they're not available in abidjan. the up could also help farmers to sell their produce more effectively by consolidating information about crop yields from across the country. you go up renewable, there could be a shortage of bananas in the north of i re coast for example, and over production in the south. so our idea is to allow farmers in the south

where there's an over production to be able to sell their products in the north, you yup. community it will take time for the virtual market to function. well, nationwide was off with a great cultural entrepreneur val tell ya, coffee doesn't want to wait that long while he organizes training for young people . no, we want to help the country move forward with digital agriculture before above last or 0. young people on social media, see others like them who went to school and got diplomas or whatever, then returned to the countryside to say to this loud that feeds people. i think that will create jobs are factored operability. he hopes to create a real community of networks, organic farmers across the country. this issued her foot grown organically, either certainly a healthy option. the people who spend their walking day on the goal often rely on a quick fix when they get hungry. but as we know most snacks and fast food with

a healthy or not a wrapped in plastic or solved in styrofoam containers, which by the way, we'll never ever decompose hold of minute sondra you are talking about the past and the presence. now let's take a look into the future, whereabout to get a taste of things to come. i, u. k. base start up has created some amazing and mouth watering. packaging materials. here is this weeks doing your bits ha, pizza boxes, single use cups and other packaging waste spill out of trash bins in many cities. each year. a 180 kilograms of packaging waste or produced per capita in europe. hello. one remedy with a loss of potential comes from the ocean seaweed. the plant like algae,

which can grow up to 60 meters, is common along coasts the world over. it's the material, the u. k. based start up not plow chose to make sustainable packaging. just how they do it is a company secret, but they've even developed a revolutionary way to encapsulate liquids in an edge, a bold bubble. just imagine all those single use cops and sporting events or parties could be replaced with something that's convenient, compact and sustainable. because allergies are among the fastest growing organisms on the planets some of her seeing that we are using the lab grows up to a meter for they to some very, very renewable resource. he doesn't require any fresh water or felt lasers. so unlike any form of agriculture, we don't have to add anything as humans. it doesn't compete with food crops. and lastly, it's very biodegradable. the possibilities seem endless. see,

we can be used for clean, single use packaging, or as dissolving liquids, soap dispenser, and much more. it was for these innovative ideas that not plow was presented that 2022 earth shop prize in the category build a waste free. well, i oh, and how about you? if you're also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us or tweak past tag, doing your bit. we share your stories. just imagine life without single use plastic buckles, box cutlery or package it. it would change our word completely. take reverse, for example, a lot of people depend on their waters for agricultural,

as well as domestic use, but many anal chronically polluted, which was devastating consequences for biodiversity in communities. living along the banks, limits in the damage county both difficult and tedious. as we'll see in our next report from south africa piles of rubbish was stopped heavy rains. it's a common sight in densely populated areas along the hen up smith. this spot is just a few meters from them. bees of township home to more than half a 1000000 people our children, me around here and buy from that is so just next to very very and then that food is coordinated. everyone is getting sick off, which is not conducive environment for us. now. it's not safe. representatives from the south african n g will fresh take stock of the devastation. their mission is to restore the hen

ups river and its surrounding wetlands with the help of volunteers. it's the fear kill him because he love the source of the 3rd or the theatre for tramping waters to the crystal clear. but i think her to be polluted. if we don't pick up this class, no one's going to pick it up with effectively no waste collection system here in south africa. second largest township local simply dumped their garbage on the already existing piles residency. the river has become a communal rubbish. been that the place does it not? who is not good at all? no free. you know. so our, i think we need, does, few people is gonna community. they would like to know and eggs, not young when you change it out. today the team from fresh wants to inspect one of the little traps for have been installed on the rivers oper course. the n g o

has invented its own traps. they are constructed from thick wire cables woven through nets and filled with recycle polystyrene. the contraption is anchored on either side of the river, mostly catch the star of firm in the floods and all sorts of sediment trip to m to slow the water down. so sediments out a lot of sandia. and that sand also serves as a home for beneficial organisms. it prevents further erosion to the source of the hen ups river, a situated east of janice bird. after leaving the urban areas behind it meanders through fields and valleys until it eventually joins the limpopo river system. it later ends up in the indian ocean. this intricate system of waterways supports millions of people in both south africa and 3 neighboring countries. this river is an important source of drinking water is also vital. so agricultural crops,

farmers like your hands steam berg are very concerned. sometimes the reverie was totally black because of the storage. it's very bad for us. really worried about the phosphor in the water. we're going to the ground though, you could crotch and i don't think it's a healthy forward ground. it's also not developing for people. and that's not all large amounts of raw sewage, just spilling into the helps water samples. are tested for equal i bacteria to assess fico contamination near the river source equal i. concentration has been measured at a 100000 times above the accepted limit. so fresh is now pushing to get the river landscape officially declared and nature conservation area, as protected by diversity corridor meandering through the most urbanized areas on

the continent. it will help to revitalize south africa's industrial heartland on earth. d, a group from fresh set out to demonstrate to the authorities, the potential of a cleaner river system. the returns the little trap on a mission to remove 60 tons of wastes from this spot. in one day, 15 volunteers from the local community were paid 20 euros each plus lunch for their efforts. bit by bit, the waste was carried off to collection point to be transported to a nearby landfill. it's beautiful the river leaving, i think, well way plant is looking much better. i have to think we can, we can restore this place it's i went lent 80. so if it gets polluted and a new indirectly recycling or cellphones work because we this what i won't be able to sustain life and sustains. so we dependable to this water system.

another example of how when i did together these significant actions of individuals can create huge problems. if i toss one plastic bottle into a river, it may not seem like much, but what happens when hundreds or millions of people do it? it becomes overwhelming. so chill crease, that is why it is so important to help our kids learn to take responsibility for their local environment. from an early age in ronda, an expansive program has been launched. that encourages youngsters to take an active interest in nature and eats preservation. ah, and these youths belong to an environmental club. we teaches them about wild animals in the hopes they'll help protect species diversity and promote peaceful coexistence between people and their fellow

creatures. up to protect the environment surrounding you. but as the, when you find in any more in the community, you can advocate for it. don't keep the animals, don't disturb or cut the trees. always think that when you are protecting the environment, trees, animals, you are protecting your sales of wells. barbara amune, good national hon. that is a treasure true for biological diversity. the 1068 plant species have been counted here. and many of those grasses and trees unfound in any of the forests or parks with e. rwanda. but is not just the greenery that's unique. the park is home to 322 species of birds and making it a great spot for bird watching. but at school, the learn more about what the scene. this project is part of her wand and government initiative in the you guys you,

the member would implement the glove where the future of this country would you lose that? teaching you educating you? in the hovering you taking a theory, tulsa, that did the promise over diffusion. the pupils take their mission seriously. they're assuming sponsibility for the environment. my preserving is plants and animals. goombah co, our mandate and these environmental clubs is to be right on the front line for environmental protection. now when the, when it's on acceptable for people who am their varman, to be left to their own devices on why they must be shown the right way of reporter to the authorities. if they refuse to change your attitude arca. although that a coin using the teacher with more than $400.00 people per square kilometer rwanda's population density is very high. so folks keep encroaching on nature. so

on weekends, school groups visit villages to spread their message. careful, wild animals don't set traps or chopped down cheese. often they propose a treat. villagers can receive farm animals in exchange for giving up hunting. when i get among i used to hunt antelope and eat them with my family. but through this awareness sunday, opportunities offered to awesome. i've stopped coaching since we've been given domestic animals. this no need to hunt in the park. i couldn't just 7 or 430 districts take part in the environmental club project. but that could some change youths make up some 2 thirds of the country's population. so the help is keen to preserve the species diversity of what a terrific project. i'm afraid that's all we have time for to day. thanks for joining us on eco africa. and do be sure to come again next week until then. it's

good bye for me, chris lamps, looking forward to seeing you again next time, crease and bad goals for you to a dia, villas. in the meantime, as you know, you can or is chicken. we boston all our social media platforms. i am sandra tree, no video, bye bye and take care. ah, with ah, ah, with

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