sanders valley africa to meet the founders and pulling their continent through digital innovation transformer, work and health and living conditions in their country. and inspiring the world with their ideas. only belly africa watching out on the w documentary with 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 on industry to come up with some truly amazing innovations . welcome to this new edition of eco africa. i am crease elapse. and i am sandra trina, you, you make a very good point, crease and of course, here on the show, 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. hi, tape that ease, helping forests become in ivory coast biodegradable packaging. med from c, wheat and grinders. next generation of environmentalists . the climate crisis is forcing us to we think how we doing just about every think, even traditional practices like forming as once,

seemingly abandoned to resources dwindle. there is an eigen 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 labor. for decades. he and his family have been green coffee in central uganda's v. weird 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. ed dim, wiser by younger, got busy nickel or in the past. it's how greg coffee you see you would help best a long dry spell zante r t. we got re addicted to tire longing. collateral young i was. you have you are you these days? so at, during the some predictable serve, you know, it could be and when it's totally agree, i mean, often face longer dry spells out

a way to co items and walk on you. 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 ellen key august, some 5000000 new grand as 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 a cell just 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 with one degrees centigrade is my take for base that miss the light, the life cycle of those insect, the insect that are affecting you will increase by 2 or 3 phones with his coffee crop under threat. one solution aaron, cal guys train is planted more tree it bunker ged in wine. in the open area day the coffee is exposed to excess heat. give you an honest cop. quality is not as good as when it has grown under a tree sheet that i know you had to seek out. planting trees were better harvests is a concept known as i grew forestry. it's agriculture that harnesses the symbiotic relationship between trees, crops, and animals around keel guys taking part in the robust program, which is being tested on 50 plots of land to determine how the coffee harvest can be protected from climate change. the e u has wondered the project with 4500000 euros to that because african way

of farming system wherever you go. in african soil farmers use diversified cropping system. you see 3 c c chicken. you see that a 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. seeing that 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 each research and development programs, as well as various uganda institutions. a, we wanted to promote the scientific training of many students within the framework of the project level, which is why we recruited many thesis, ph, d and m. s. c. students who will help us implement the project on the field i make

on our report. i sort of, and these students together with scientists from distributions will organize and run a whole network. a uses a symbiotic relationship between trees and coffee plans to improve soil quality and strengthen resistance is one. another is ensuring that the plans are better suited to future climate. my breathing new springs of the room buffy right at uganda. national coffee research institute. cuttings of these new streams i've been given to farmers for cultivation. when the breeding section does that improvement improvement to different traits, resistance to disease is you them. 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 fabrics spinner hopes that he can set a new president for sustainable coffee, farming around the world. the buffet progress, 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 it's quite vast because it's starting uganda and engine was natural. gas grew sucking. could dubois and the coast on our feet. good ways to so this program will be open to everyone. so 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 on their crops. the animals own by arrow key august family also reaping the benefits. they

seem to enjoy the trees just as much as the coffee plant i'll grow forestry may be making gains, but he can't be practised without healthy wood lines. unfortunately, millions of hector of 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 serve 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 of them. were in 2016, he launched his company, shown if was 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 series right now. he's getting some tips for his rice field and a good. this is april said speaker. lots of these tools have played a key role in his career choice live of what he sees himself is more of an agricultural entrepreneur or agree printer than a farmer. others is up to a garage or a advocacy nicholson with these apps and with the internet. we're 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 surgeons in iraq shaw da group winner. 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. loser the company invest eve is convinced it can 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 . barrow but it could have fallen our heads by accident madera, 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 manga 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. reproducing you can work anywhere in this area, but you can't enter here. good quantity of 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 have cable. 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 ja coffee is trying to popularize the use of apps among farmers. what did you mean? longer, difficult. good. 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 jack l content fall. hey christy julie lexie reassured, were what is on force? 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 solid, little single digitalization is hope to solve another big problem for farmers

access to new markets in the cities. marie lor, kinda runs a juice bar in up john. she buys her free to the market, but there are always problems with deliveries on the new online platform that brings producers and buyers together could save her from these constant disruptions . was locked on. one of 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. we brought up renew, we bought it, 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 withers 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 waffle agricultural entrepreneur val tell ya, coffee doesn't want to wait that long while he organizes training for young people long. we want to help the country move forward with digital agriculture won't above last or 0 young people on social media. see others like them who went to school and got diplomas of what was 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 will cause a studio foot grown organically, either certainly a healthy option, but people who spend their walking day on the goal often rely on a quick fix when they get hungry. but as we know most snarks and fast food with a healthy or not a wrapped in plastic or sobbed in styrofoam containers,

which by the way, we'll never ever decompose hold of minute sandra. you are talking about the past and the presence. now let's take a look into the future. we're about 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 caps 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 sea wheat. 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 plot chose to make sustainable packaging. just have a do, it is a company secret, but they've even developed a revolutionary way to encapsulate liquids in an edible bubble. just imagine all those single use cop set sporting events. so 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 history that we are using the lab grows up to a meter for they to some very, very renewable resource. it doesn't require any fresh water or filter 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 so dispenses 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 wells are oh and how about you? if you are also doing your bit, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweet. patch tag doing your bit. we share your stories. just imagine life without single use plastic buck o's, 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 and now chronically polluted. which has devastating consequences for

biodiversity in communities. living along the banks. limits in the damage can be both difficult and tedious. as we'll see in our next report from south africa piles of rubbish washed up heavy rains. it's a common sight in densely populated areas along the hand of cerebral. this spot is just a few meters from them. bees of township home to more than half a 1000000 people. now our children play around here and we buy food that is so just next to the river, you and then that food is contaminated, everyone is getting sick, which is not conducive environment for us. now's not safe representatives from the south african angel, fresh take stock of the devastation. their mission is to restore the hiccups river and its surrounding wetlands with the help of volunteers. just

a few kilometers below the source of the crew, of other things here, the for tramping water to the crystal clear. but i think early be to lucas. if we don't pick up the 1st, no one's going to pick it up with effectively, no waste collection system here in south africa's 2nd 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 is not who is not good at all? no 3, you know. so yeah, i think we need does. few people is gonna community they would like to know and eggs. no. yeah, we need change that out to day, 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 curtis thorough firm in the floods and all sorts of sediment trip to am, to slow the water down. so sediments out the 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 for agricultural crops. farmers like your hand steinberg,

a very concerned. sometimes the reverend with totally black because of the storage is very bad for me. worried about the phosphor in the water. we're going to the ground though you were crotch and by don't think itself the forward ground is also not healthy for people. and that's not all large amounts of raw sewage, just spilling into the helps water samples. are tested for equally bacteria to assess fecal 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 clean 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 bits by bits. the waste was carried off to a collection point to be transported to a nearby landfill. it's beautiful the river leaving. i think the hallway plant is looking much better. we think we can, we can restore this place. it's, i went lent 80. so if it gets polluted and i knew indirectly or killing or cellphones one because we this what i wouldn't be able to sustain life and sustains . so we dependable to this were consistent another example of how when i did together this 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 dom oh, and these youths belong to an environmental club. he teaches them about wild animals in the hopes they will help protect species diversity and promote peaceful coexistence between people and their fellow creatures architect, enrollment surrounding you. but as the,

when you find the 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 well about noon. good. national honda is a treasure. true for biological diversity. the 1068 plant species have been counted here and many of these grasses and trees and found in any of the forests or parks. e. rwanda. what 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, they learn more about what they've seen. this project is part of marijuana and government initiative will allow you to look into you guys, you did my boss over did implement glo. would. if it does conflict,

would you lose that? teaching you educating you in the hub, bring you taking a deep, tulsa that did the promise of the future. the pupils take their mission seriously. there assume responsibility for the environment by preserving its plants and animals. goombah co amended and these environmental, it's unacceptable for people who am their varman, to be left to their own devices. they must be shown the right way of reporter to the authorities. if they refuse to change your attitude, aka about that, it requires that you 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. care for 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 dig among, i used to hunt antelope and eat them with my family, with but through this awareness andy opportunities offer to awesome. i've stopped coaching since we've been given domestic animals. this no need to hunt in the park . i guess i couldn't just 7 or through and as 30 districts take part in the environmental club project. but that could soon change youths make up some 2 thirds of the country's population. so their help is key 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 our dealers. in the meantime, as you know,

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