Catastrophe consequences when they fall on initiatives tackling this global problem welcome to the good africa yes i mean Lagos Nigeria. And im chairman in may robbie kenya and together we host our unique show covering environmental projects in africa and europe coproduced by does a villa in Germany China t. V. In nigeria and katy m. In kenya heres what we have lined up for you on the show today. In uganda we meet a woman campaigning to ensure that and color dont become extinct as a breed their hobby and well adapted to the environment. We caught up with two young germans walking to get as many people as possible reducing their Plastic Waste and your profile at south African Organization raising environmental Awareness Among the younger generation. Sometimes its worth sticking to whats tried and tested thats what elizabeth had to shabbir from uganda thought and thats why she was walking to protect traditional come to breed in the most west of the country and collect cows a better to house climatic conditions than imported breeds it was only in the last twenty years that the research has found out about their walk couple of populations in this part of africa as long as seven thousand the years ago our reporter accompanied elizabeth on a visit to the he my people. Have been wondering along the grass plains of central uganda. And one of the oldest indigenous cultures. The long horns assist their blood circulation and help keep them. The area known for their hide it is which allows them to leave both poor quality of education and limited amounts of water for elizabeth to shall be there more than a source of income. The person born by him or community i really believe that our heritage shouldnt be lost i think this call. Of uganda is identity and if i had been more in this environment. Hush. Environment id have actually helped us protect our environment. But they have a powerful rival the black and white checked phrase in horse time the wilds be dominant dairy cattle bred for maximum yield the owner of these had replaced all his uncle a cows with his for an important. But first in horse trains are poorly equipped to deal with again an environment forcing the headers to deploy high quantities of insecticide its. The only protection against in them it ticks and parasites but the one we do mostly will who dont will but since the introduction of chemical sites the bees left and even other insects and animals also left. There are no more beasts we can no longer have a honey or so many trees have been cut here to make spears for the cattle that used to be many trees and bushes and these used to have places. To new numbers it as a member of the on call a cattle conservation as listen Elizabeth Cotten visits farmers across the country and explains why it is important to solve the pure breeds she convinced farmer daniel and then wacky to introduce and callie into his hearts. With costs for veterinary medicine exploding many for must have been the ever lifting a long horned cattle second on the valley. Psychology they have believed because the government policy was to increase production modernize agriculture so many of them at a certain level say oh yeah we get a lot of milk but really we put a lot of drugs we buy a lot of chemical sprays for the tea and we dont really get a lot of money in kampala elizabeth got a shabby lobbyist together with the Organization FoodRights Alliance for the governments to take Decisive Action to solve the indigenous species scientists are concerned rampant cross breeding has severely reduced the population of purebred and callie they feel that uganda may be sacrificing a breed with genetic advantages. Our core for the protection of our Genetic Resources is not for the sake of it it is an issue of our identity it is an issue of sustaining our farming systems it is an issue of sustaining our ford systems it is our issue of what we have to offer in the global market. Elizabeth got to xabi this is not only a ugandan issue across the continent indigenous livestock species are bunchy. The worlds food supply is increasingly dependent on a narrowing list of highly engineered breeds threats to Food Security and ecological sustainability. So we should find means and ways of you know living with the dog they didnt as breeds because they cant keep it properly so we should not only think about producing a lot of food but we should think about what kind of food we are producing with rising temperatures across the globe and an environment that is becoming more inhospitable to the major breeds humanity might need the genes that allow a more slick the uncoiling to flourish in the african heat. Violet said yes that goal the south African Council did was just shocked but in recent years the population has exploded one zero sense of people that might have felt leading to gether knows what else there will be as shortage of Natural Resources and infrastructure will need. To bring. Thats right sharks engineers. Sanitation waste disposal. Police said and meant is having a negative impact on the west and especially the children of township so now. And then theres ation is teaching the children how to clean up. That the same time make it more livable were going to see soon to start ship on the outskirts of johannesburg and rejoin the children on their top. This is deep slow township in the north of johannesburg. Community activists easy to see from the initiative roots and shoots works with young locals to improve the environment. They were doing if we have a kid that says our community that if they see only thirty should take any initiative including. More than one hundred fifty thousand people live in this poor and crowded neighborhood many of them work in the surrounding wealthy suburbs farms and equestrian estates. The group is taking trash collected in the township to the therapeutic riding center. Its owners have opened their doors to the roots and shoots environmental project. So let me see one with seeing what were doing the rigs so stuffy the plastic is said the press the bottles using a stick and to make sure that its tied in for its own. Right. So the plastic bottles can be used for construction once theyve been stuffed with the collected waste they can replace bricks. That the children use them to create a small vegetable garden at a local community center. Here they also learn more about how to grow vegetables on their own we teach them about how to create fish that will gardening in small spaces so they be able to grow food healthy food at home for themselves and their families in the abstract. Roots and shoots was started by the famous primatologist jane goodall and some of her students in one nine hundred ninety one amos to bring together youngsters to tackle environmental and social issues affecting their communities as well as for them to spend time with animals most of the children had never come into contact with horses theyre nervous to begin with but soon this mitten. Can move the horses because the keep in. Take care of. The program has local chapters in more than one hundred forty countries. My gyms furtive third is there to have. And so have a healthy beautiful environment for all of us to share. The children of diepsloot are working hard to make this dream come true. So there has just been a set of measures seducing the use plastics paving the way if one eventually they include cotton buds classic cutlery and sticks. These out country to that and less and handful plastic in oceans and seas and other water bodies around the world the private German Initiative kind is pursuing a similar mission heres what this weeks good bit looks like. Left their jobs in germany and sold most of their stuff. To travel the world to travel the world with a purpose. They organize clean beaches around the globe. Their project is called. Which means. People who have been able to pick up on some rubbish and countries. Thats thanks in part to a huge Online Community that also collects trash and then post the results. Work with local recyclers. But it would be best to avoid plastic altogether. Its not the solution to all the. Problems but things. You like. Doing your bit tell us about it. This is where some send us a tweet. Or share stories. Africa africa in particular is known for i would call to all practices but indeed the rest of the areas are trying to catch up with that level of culture parks is going on here that sustained well let me call to parks is also one issue that concerns on equal africa how do people go about funny such a way that environment is protected is secure and anybody lives happy well one institution in nigeria ita anybody on southwestern nigeria is teaching young people on in the farmers how its a good but Sustainable Agricultural practices but these young people how are they going about it how much of learning i do doing at the processing i do seeing the results that we went by the way we spoke with an institution and then we spoke with some of this ones who have learned from them and how theyre using it. This looks like an ordinary masefield but its not its a test field of Research Institutes maize is a primary source of food in nigeria but harvest are often diminished because of pests drought and poor handling of the International Institute of tropical agriculture anybody on scientists breed new varieties this economy focused on didnt mean. For anything types of means and we try to be. Her her former assistants to the viewers the duties and pace the researchers analyze different populations of maize and develop new strains that combine their best characteristics over the long term consequences of genetically modified crops could not be predicted they are confident this is a good way to protect the environment some of their pets can easily become cruel more to the use of. Insecticide but this is more than was a sustainable and we really wanted it done the that this. Course was dan brown so when we incorporated mr sternness these stresses and pests we reduced know they need to apply. Insecticides. The ita has also set up a Training Program for Young Farmers several thousand have already attended the courses which take between three and nine months. They not only learn how to plant and harvest but also how to select the best seeds types for the specific conditions where they live. They mr empower farmers and enhanced did knowledge and skills. To get a lot of theory to go teach in school that does not give us this insight into what agriculture in the us today im so excited because i also get to privileged to talk to young people about this and i dont speak to them like a lecture as used to do i speak to them from the practical point of view bringing economics into what they do how they can actually become delon boss. The training courses already events too many different kinds of farming former students be taught it will start at a fish farm four years ago he breeds around fifty thousand catfish. The entrepreneur has managed to make his business not only profitable but also sustainable. I mean if you did he said what can you do so i put up a proposal. To get a Family Business that was coming from you can use it to groove vegetables organic to ideate aims to help farmers in nigeria produce more food while minimizing the negative impact on the environment and contributes to Food Security in africa. Kill and eat good africa we had lots of reports about cool ideas and pointed out that spin ups from Scientific Research paper made out of grass for example improve Storage Capacity for Renewable Energy yes getting rid of Plastic Waste with the help of malts how to believe and so many of the principles in nature may have a huge benefits for the environment one Research Team in south and germany is spinning that hopes on the leaf they say its going to have giant awesome going ships to save a quarter of the fuel that they use and keep them clear over into the bag so lets learn from mesa now take a look. This is the aquatic ferns albania molesta commonly known as korea but we it doesnt look like anything special but underwater it looks like its silver plated biologists and botanist have found out that the leaf structure of the fern retains a layer of air when submerged in water. The fern takes the air with it and uses the water as a silvery envelope the fine hairs on the surface of the leaf are waterproof but for Water Holding cells each sit upon the egg beater shaped ends they hold the water so long and so well that no air escaping. The botanists from bone brought their discovery to the physicists at the institute of technology in karlsruhe with a special request. The city has a plant that permanently holds and underwater and no one knows why and that was the beginning of a very nice collaboration between botanists and physicists. Since ships are especially problematic for the environment the researchers decided to make the ocean giants more eco friendly with the silva any effect container ships transport about ninety percent of all goods traded worldwide on the high seas they burn a lot of highly toxic heavy fuel oil heavy metals and other harmful substances are released mostly unfiltered in dangerously high concentrations and quantities into the atmosphere carcinogenic climate damaging so it gets blown around everywhere by the wind this is. The most the drives the ship forward displacing water. But seventy percent of the energy expended actually goes to overcoming the resistance of the friction of the hull in the water the fish bend it. Shifts so this little boat is already riding on air that isnt capsulated by a silvery water envelope a newly developed material that is attached to the underside of the boat makes it possible if this were to work on a large scale some twenty five percent of toxic ship fuel could be reduced apart from that the ships hull would no longer come into direct contact with the water poisonous algae resistant paint would no longer be needed the new material with its honeycomb structure works similarly to the salvia leaves. But the researchers didnt create an exact replica of the material on ships would have a slightly different function than the structure on the plants. He plunks emerged to inform them about simply wants to be able to sort them to want to be relatively calm waters it needs a large amount of that an artificial external long extended only you want to reduce friction to work with stronger currents at higher pressure and we want surfaces that can be technically produced on a large scale thats why we go from the plant to other forms that we design ourselves that satisfy the technical requirements better than wednesday didnt Pay Commission for their own study given the salvia principle is understood the step from plant to Synthetic Material has been made. The new ship envelopes will most certainly come the researchers are quite certain of that and then every ship could be equipped with one but it will take a while the scientists estimate that in ten years theyll have achieved their goal. Many regions in africa struggling with droughts what is becoming a more and more important resource especially for small scale farmers who depend on. That already and number of smaller drip irrigation projects in different african countries but most of our Largest Scale invoking a fossil the Agricultural Ministry started a National Projects on three. We have a look now at how it. For cardiac tito the work has become routine she said of the womens cooperative in the town of biba and shes responsible for cleaning the water filters last year they installed a drip irrigation system theyve adopted organic farming methods and a growing maize. They got the year a geisha equipment from the Agriculture Ministry for twenty percent of the normal price the farming collective harvests four times a year. The project is of great benefit to the women. They want to farm or land now. Theres two hundred fifteen of us which is a lot. Our farm is too small for the group. They also grow vegetables on two and a half further hectors where they have to water by hand. Here they only harvest twice a year. The field with the drip irrigation is half the size but its twice as profitable. Oh i never used to have any money now i can pay my Childrens School fees and look after them that makes me proud. The cooperative in biba is one of twenty three such projects backed by the ministry of agriculture the group was provided with a solar powered pump for the water and a tank just stored in. The ministries efforts he visits the moghul daily collective twice a month Thirteen Hundred farmers across the country are involved most are women couple ray says its important to keep the equipment in good condition. If a hose is damaged or the irrigation grid breaks or the Solar Power System there has to be somebody right here in the village who can fix it. Thats why were involved in further developing the skills of local workers who sit. Fifty kilometers to the south east in the village of dasa the e. P. A. Womens cooperative now has such large onion harvests that they had to build the storeroom they sell the unions when the price is right their operation is organic they dont use any pesticides and they rotate their crops they dry some of their onions and mangoes which then keep for months the National Farmers confederation endorses these projects but regrets that theyre not to be found throughout the country. Ministry is working to equip many farmers with this new technology and it lacks the funds eighty six percent of the population live from farming so it would take a lot of money to provide them all with the equipment. Has learnt a lot through the project. Its al