Welcome to this new edition of africa im never tideway and im not alone sounded to be in uganda is with me what can you tell us about seed bank sandra it is a nice to see you too near to well i know that in western uganda farmers helped him up with a safe bank to enable them to grow healthy and nutritional crops for their communities more on that in a moment but 1st a look at what else is in the program. Well take a look at the plant in. The white eliminating west and we will also hear how couple bikes are making broad traffic breena in kenyas capital nairobi. We start the program right here in uganda around 10 years ago jane with just a few other farmers used a few bucks of beans and a button a seed start up capital to start up the community see it back on to the course of tas proved fruitful yields in the regions green harvest have risen up by 50 percent and a big fuck to need success is that the initiative banks all knowledge sharing anyone wanting to use the seeds has given some training to. Join is explaining how to catch banana weevils. Shes giving a Training Session to Women Farmers in western uganda. Here she demonstrates another method put parts of a dead banana tree stump in front of the tree youre trying to protect and the weevils will be drawn to that instead. Because it did destroy. The spring. So. My organism. Join has been trained by the organisation alliance biodiversity. The n. G. O. S supports Food Security projects with Evidence Based Research especially for crops like bananas and beans some traditional being varieties can no longer grow here the farmers say its because of Climate Change the ngo has helped them to set up their own cooperative and develop a seed bank which now has more than 60 varieties of beam in stock. From here they. Usually farm he or she. Has. To have he or she has. The National Seed bank of uganda provided the initial investment of seeds scientists made them available to the ngo. The researchers have given the farmers improved seeds of bean varieties. The crossbreeding to create these new strands can take several years as scientists gloria tino explains we did find. These maybe the. Readers can access those materials and improve on them. Or even so those traditional hold a lot of traits. That we need for. The National Seed bank estimates that every year uganda is losing around 10 percent of its biodiversity in plants that are important for agriculture and nutrition like beans peanuts and wild rice so if we is very yes sure we each of those crops. Have. To have nothing because we wont be able to use that to mature us to engage in the challenges that you have in the Production Systems a country which has meant to look after these resources is use a country that is in trouble for the future for joining has in the meantime set up our own seed bank for 4 years shes been setting aside part of her harvest proceeds shes employed a number of women to help with the seed Selection Process she not only pays them but also passes on her beam growing knowledge they get the money from this community. From this community. The farm oz. The idea of starting up Community Seed banks is catching on join with has also found interested listeners in the neighboring district of shima a total of 8 cooperatives in uganda have now joined the initiative. While small adjustments got off to bring about big changes but sometimes it really does take massive investment if you just spent a 1000000 sitting up apostasia odd its capital cautious dumpsite but is using the west there to generate power the garbage is incinerated to heat water and produce steam which drives. The plant supplies a quarter of the citys households with electricity sounds like 2 problems solved at once. These mounds of trash valuable the reuse to produce energy for disabled by. This incineration plant called repeat is the 1st of its kind in africa it produces electricity for his capital city. Every day at around 2000 tons of garbage delivered here 2 thirds of that is burned. First the waste is stored at the bunker for 5 days to release moisture then it is burned at a temperature between 8850. 00 degrees celsius. Cam is soon tell you who has been working here since the opening of the plant. That rushed in and brought a nuke. After that he 3 would be hit as a what up so i thought will create a stamp that this team. That i want to cut away generate electricity. The filters of the incinerators are made to be your standards so that is little pollution as possible leaks into the air. That makes it more eco friendly then open burning off waste on landfills which is still common in african countries the plant was built on parts of the former dump site at the outskirts of the city. The director elam a year who says that cautious for about 50 years to discard the waste of this. His administration has transformed the dam site into a manageable landfill if this keeps away fires in better order through a streetman and guess venting there are a number of course this is never accepted by this was to energy because they are not a valid source out of those words to which cannot be governments and which can have this facility will be dispersed on the land. The repeat incineration plant was constructed and funded by an International Consortium and the Ethiopian Government it provides electricity to around 25 percent of households in a the suburb. That is its low capacity 25 may go but it is contributing 4. Cleaning. It is contributing for. Energy to the system so it will. Be. Used to. Cleaning the sea. Of course called fired power plants or gas facilities more efficient in making electricity then this incineration plant. But this Waste Energy System is not only generating electricity it is also saving land space preventing the release of toxic chemicals into groundwater and reducing the release of methane into that most fear. Nice that looks pretty impressive but unfortunately not all countries here in africa have the means to do things like that but that doesnt mean theyre not other Creative Ideas for processing. Indeed sandra for instance in gaza one innovator is transforming Plastic Waste level like material to produce a fashionable footwear heres this weeks doing your bit. Fancy a pair of these flick looking sandals theyre another step forward in the fight for the environment mccaffrey came up with an idea to transform Plastic Waste into a leather like material he wanted cleaner streets in ghanas capital and got going with start up help from the world bank he has a team collecting plastic and akram. Residents can collect cash for bringing him the material themselves. We created as a process around the whole thing and we wanted to engage communities and people so we encourage home offices and individuals to separate the wheat. And. Then bring it to us. In. Plastic you stretch it heated up and then pranced into a sheet of. The new material is easy to work with. Carefully cut back the pattern for sandals and take the pieces to somebody who throws them together. For now the orders have been filled from home. Innovator is hoping to see his shoes in the shocks soon. And how about you if youre also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. Hash tag doing your bit. We share your stories. Nigeria has a many rivers lakes and. Along the coastline but. Being devastated by vast amounts of Plastic Waste it is destroying habitats and killing animals and equipment to something urgently needs to be done and there are people who are rising to the charlot eco probably one of those its a nongovernmental in lagos that is committed to climbing plastic from the ocean and the shore. With its impressive skyline and expensive yachts. In lagos is a picture of luxury and charm but only at 1st glance a closer look reveals the darker sides the lagoon is a cesspool of Plastic Waste a group of environmental activists called eco probe is fighting against it theyve been collecting trash here since 2019 to protect the environment and the people who live here if you the water dont you know we are looking at how we can really look at. The end of our trip with the flooding with the 2 of them with. The activists out once a week so the lagoon its estimated that 12000. 00 metric tons of waste here every day. Work has paid to rent the boats with their own money so the onus give them a lower rate to help out but on the boards cost about 30000. 00 well because we sort of relationship with the what we do is give us some discounts why the big boards with a 1000 naira because all the relationships that we have with them. Also receives help from the private Waste Disposal company which claims waste from bill a full free. Plastic is a recyclable material but much of it still ends up in landfill recycling sixs team but its rhythm entry is really just a dump site. We have pickers who go to the dump site and they then individually take out the things which have to have a lot of value i mean we were literally throwing away money big how to value city pick them out take them they sell them off to the different people who are doing the recycling up to 100 workers help with the clean ups on a regular basis. The activists want supposed more Public Awareness about the environment to help change peoples behavior if only people can imbibe of culture where by your drinking you play in your bag that way you can find the traffic on. Parole has also started to collect the garbage on beaches sometimes to able to recruit extra spontaneously. And about just about not just well its almost. Anywhere that my fox smaller run goes much. Like. An estimated 450000. 00 metric tons of trash are dropped in the lagoon and on the beaches every year. The activists hope the government in lagos will step in soon to do more than its doing now and that way the way syria will be cleared every day. Albatrosses are among the largest seabirds and they are one of the most threatened families of birds on earth albatrosses feed on squids fish and krill so its not surprising that they are attracted to large Fishing Vessels that troll the oceans and wild by yachts maybe too good to resist the boats are actually more of a curse and a blessing to these majestic creatures and to this