farmed this land the conventional way for 5 years now he's learning something new for the czech cooney institute in geo devoted to palm a culture has started a pilot project in the region to stop fields being cleared by burning it introduces what it calls chuck into a get out of an organic farming method in which the land is cleared of weeds and plants approved selectively. we're tapping the forest here to create a chakka into. without burning them and we've planted a lot of plants these edible plants medicinal plants timber and fruit trees. the organization says it's working with local communities to reactivate knowledge from pre-columbian times ancient wisdom that was passed down by word of mouth within a few families on how to farm the jungle sustainably and keep it healthy. indigenous people don't bring their feel. where they can ok most of my mother taught me how to set up a check. you can see this farm wasn't burned. but over the months you look at it has a lot of organic matter. does here you can see leaves and branches that haven't been burned. it's been composted so that the soil retain