Impact of the 19th and damning shuts down much of the world welcome to our new edition of we who i figure im now tied with from lagos nigeria. And hello for me to sundry to nobody here in the ugandan capito kampala well uganda like the rest of the world is to buckling the corner virus and while the looked on is slowly being lifted from sector to sector were still registering squad a number of new cases still the show must go on and well put together an interesting set of stories for you. With visit a man in ethiopia will help to bring clean water to his community. We also look at ways that. Can be good and also bad for the environment. And looking and farmers have discovered a look like growth raising silkworms. Caused us to change the way we do many things like shopping for instance many wonder if it is still safe to do shopping b. Z. Outdoor markets or even on crowded streets that is partly why Online Shopping is common nowadays whether for clothes or groceries it is becoming boring these days also here in africa one company in zimbabwe for example delivers Fresh Produce and other items directly to your home now but helps called the spread of the virus as well as reduce the amount of food wist. Zimbabwe may be in lockdown but there isnt much social distancing it oldest market. And it to our cut to Business Hours means a large portion of the produce cant be sold and is going to waste. Ended up working here we are risk of catching and spreading the virus but we have few options we need the money. With the right business. In order to bring Fresh Produce directly to the customer mussa c were founded the startup fresh in a box customers can order fruit and vegetables boxes on line and have no need to be at the crowded markets before the panamic a team filled about 120. 00 orders a day now its more than 1000. 00. And 15 u. S. Dollars for a standard vegetable box its still a bit of a luxury people having access to the internet now means that they can interact directly with us as farmers dont agree with us and vigilance and they can get the full direct to their homes and we can assist in getting rid of the vast amount of projects that we have on all forms. Ready packed boxes delivered each day in and around harare 12 hour delivery shifts guarantee Fresh Products for many customers Online Shopping is not only convenience but also offers a sense of security. A was an easy easy way to get your vegetables especially when youre unlocked and. It means you dont have to go and fight with the shops. And all the social distancing in the queuing and the hassles. If you say. Theyre fresh in a book start up walks with 100 in 1000 families in zimbabwe. Their farm produce is harvested as per order and can be delivered just in time. One of the ethos of our company is to make sure that we have a very low Carbon Footprint in the everything that we do our packaging for example are really boxes form repurposed boxes from other industries so its been a great way of us keeping costs down keeping our box cost price down and also keeping the environment clean. Shopping on line for Fresh Produce is not only convenient during the and damn it but the Sustainable Way of managing the supply chain helps also to minimize food waste and food nice. The story from zimbabwe is an example of one way addicted contribute and vironment a protection and good health but growing reliance on powerful computers and doctors its also having some negative impact on our ecosystems with a growing number of Internet Users expected any think any time anywhere victor lies ations ecological footprint will place a grettir pressure on our Natural Systems lets take a look at a few funds. Online activity is soaring and gigantic server farms are using more and more electricity digitalization is leaving a huge environmental footprint. Today its already responsible for 3 to 4 percent of Global Carbon dioxide emissions. Thats more than all the e. U. s Waste Industry produces each year. Together Cloud ComputingDigital Payment systems and online streaming require a huge amounts of electricity. During the current 19 pandemic millions of children and young people were affected by School Closures many of them had to take classes as well as socialize online. Now over 50 percent of the worlds population has access to the internet in 29000 a london the number of Internet Users grew by 7 percent. If this trend continues digitalization will account for almost 8 percent of c o 2 emissions by 2025. On the cusp of the 4th Industrial Revolution an ever increasing number of processes are being automated in sectors like manufacturing and health care all that will require even more internet traffic. The Energy Transition to renewables is also a digital transmission green Tech Startups are working on Energy EfficientDigital Infrastructure to make production processes and Energy Consumption more sustainable. Digital data helps us better understand Climate Change and other environmental impacts on our ecosystems. Intelligent Traffic Management not only reduces the amount of harmful pollutants on the streets but can help to prevent gridlock Digital Technology coup. Reduce global c o 2 emissions by 20 percent. Digitalization can be green but we need to get more of our power from sustainable sources to prevent Digital Technology from further increasing harmful emissions. And not to another day get a solution in this era of mass produced goods you dont or is know exactly what you are buying a lot of course medics for example contain micro plastics but what can you do to avoid them. Well doing your bit looks at. The content of the products before they buy them. It can provide detailed information on about. 1000000 different products maybe your sample isnt bad. The shelves of shops and supermarkets are lined with products packaged in plastic but there are micro plastics hidden inside some products especially cosmetics so how can consumers stay clear of products containing the tiny bits of plastic help is now at hand with an app called coaching a barcode scanner and reveals a complete list of a quarter of its contents as well as an overall rating of its kind of friendliness. Rating in the quarter based on experts like. Our friends of the earth also we have our own Scientific Team who writes products based on latest type of. Available since 2016 startup developed the erp in cooperation with the environmental great friends of the year. And in addition to cosmetics they can also be used to examine the ingredients in processed foods and cleaning products giving Health Conscious shoppers more confidence in their purchasing choices. And how about you if youre also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet. Doing your bit. We share your story. More on Digital Technology can be very useful in improving farming methods. You are young are going to invest in cote divoire has developed a way to deploy drones to make farming more efficient and also more environmentally friendly his company has specialized in what it calls for station agriculture lets go see that. These tomato plantation is morny tugh not by far one cause but they are drawn over an area the size of a small football peach east of the bornean point c. T. The for the drone idea was launched by a local startup set up by a of a back. He wants to use the new Surveillance Technology to make traditional farming more productive and more sustainable. Unfasten by example lets say a plot of land has an irrigation problem on one of its 5 cactus thats something you cant make out with your own eyes but a drone can identify the area in question and that makes it easier to resolve the problem and at the same time increase your year that. You know that youre and i mean really. After sitting off the draw news is its come around to Digital Aerial ops these are entangling to a computer dont want the ground to lead to. Other issues on plantations its part of a new i. T. Assisted form of farming called position agriculture. So. This. Means that we can use the technology to determine exactly where plants have been afflicted by a disease and instead of treating an entire person off land we can focus on the specific area actually affected. Thats also good for the environment fewer pesticides mean healthier soil on less pollution on plantations. From afar. Began working together with the startup about a year ago in addition to the environmental aspect he also sees another crucial advantage for his countrys agricultural industry. We have a lot of land and a lot of options for expanding off our land but its physically demanding market and very tricky to implement which has put a lot of people off farming but this technology is extremely efficient and it can also turn tiang people back to farming us pollution of. The poor while. Much of the forest ration is done to provide space for huge new plantations ivory cost is the biggest cocoa producer in africa according to figures from the wild bank over the last half a century ivory coast has lost around 80 percent of its forests. Ordered by his own court and we are fighting the 1st question a lot of farmers think they need to 20 i thought hard in order to ensure a big harvest but we show them how they can get similar with 100 or just 5000 square metres a little later the 2nd drawing is ready to take to the skies it has almost 10 liters of liquid best to say than bored we should be a play big zach leave it where it is needed. Deploying drones also prevents damage to the plants roots from the heavy farming machines normally used. I think. With one drone you can spray 2 hector has been under 12 minutes with conventional means youd need an entire day to cover one or 2 hectares. He now has a dozen strong team of pulling stuff out on 40 customers already using the farms legal solution although attracting a plentiful wasnt easy and fast. Farming sector has been around for a long time when new technologies are introduced it takes a while for people to be convinced of the benefits with a cost of being a major fatah money timing from seed to harvest cost between food and 8. 00 housing news which for many families initially seems a big bow to the startups clinton now extending 2000000 senate gun that drones will be touching down father afield to. How much do you know about so war yes they are caterpillars of them are native to china and i used to produce so for centuries more silk was produced in asia but over time the practice spread now and as a Climate Crisis is forcing farmers to find alternatives to poor crops so farming is giving popularity in countries like. Cyclones they have the leaves of marbury trees and they are giving hope to farmers in kenya due to the extreme weather patterns of recent years you dont know we know has turned to farming and this is the 26th day and you can see the. Already spinning. They are making. In other words they have already reached the stage that people stage. Yes so as the us does they spin we have asked our. The former Senior Researcher at the International Center insecure theologian ecology type of venture and 2015 what is left for us. In form of corns we shall subject it to post harvesting processes that includes the flow shown. Of the book and you know removing their pupae inside so that we use the remaining part of it for producing the thread today you dont know we know owns our own 500000 margaret trees planted over 5 because. Many of the farmers in the region are following his example. To find a profitable crop to sustain their livelihood there ditching traditional cash crops such as coffee maize or sugar cane we have been working. To develop technologies for this ilk so that we can give farmers the seeds and appropriate market tendering elations for. Ever we have been going about. The farmers in groups calling villages where they can out of a Collection Center for their calls and we are linking farmers markets. Can you and your soup production amounts to have approximately 2 metric tons of dried cochrans but the potential is far greater the marbury trees whose leaves the warms it tyrant and resistant to the cord morcha sounesss pairing of silk worms for production of frost silk or sorry culture is becoming increasingly popular as a result we have potential for silk in the country and in countries where it is. Done isnt getting the production is law it is in china together. And in india it is india isnt doing well with so. If you lead kenya and continue to. Mount. Is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and proven organic products the National SorryCouncil Research center is country offering from a subsidy plans and mary berry cuttings are very subsidized rates and with the help of International Investors theyre also working to transfer money and help them identify markets. In which the window 100 he has a goal to come hard to being the largest to see it is polled and after as that. We study that lot of say culture and the soup so now we have a High Technology soup and. Say culture about the we cant use it because. Japan is too developed and also the crime rate the crime rate in the kenya is much better than japan to say culture and bad doctoring to the changing climatic conditions small scale firmest like you to know we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. According to the World Health Organization about 2200000000 people out of all the world dont have access to save Drinking Water one region particularly hard hit south africa there many people can only dream of having won an award or anywhere near their home. And it is for that very reason that often many abroad in geneva fick do like a return to his native ethiopia to still want to talk in the Rural Communities in recognition of his own standing saugus he was awarded an International Prize on your p. C. Or. Like many people in rural ethiopia this mother of 7 doesnt have a water tap in her home until recently she and her family had to fetch their water from far away but now a water tap has been installed on a field just one minute away from where they live. And in the morning before just water and then we would go again in the evening and last year we started using the water nearby its cleaner and its improved our hygiene. In this region 250 kilometers west of ethiopias capital addis ababa 1000 new water points have been installed. They provide locals with access to a reliable supply of clean water. The project was initiated by mechanical engineer for cargo a lake. He spent 16 years in germany as a political refugee but returned to ethiopia to contribute to his countrys development and Nature Conservation efforts. I was awarded in the Political Activities of the 1970s i had a problem with that region and then i leave the country and i came to germany as if you just as i was about to finish it. There was a regime change in ethiopia and i told is it time to go home and to rid of the people because. People i mean. Outside the country and nobody would help as a country there are now fewer cases of worms and bacterial infections thanks to the new system it benefits not only hemans but cattle too. We used to fetch water in their lot and we had many problems now water is accessible close to our home and we have regained our health and the health of our children to. Meet the burden of fetching water is often carried by children and particularly girls this girl does it about 3 times every day reducing the walking distances to water points improves the lives of children in many ways if children are going to a distant place to teach whatever they dont have time to do their homework because it would not be good in the school we send or to get used to it is not the place. And it would be we have used by men and it will fire forms at home another problem is logging trees a file for firewood or to make way for new fields the deforestation is a cause for concern you see. On the mountains there was a forest before the youth. With no trees to secure the soil it washes away with the seasonal rains this phenomenon called erosion stops the water from being kept in the ground. To tackle the threat of a russian the government has the villages dig trenches in the fields about it but yeah but what about a. Plan when you dont. The water from the fields above will flow into trenches this will prevent silent motion and also produce drought. On mount and total close to address the terracing technique has already borne fruit and i can remember this Natural Spring was 1st discovered by clergymen working for emperor mentally in the late 19th century it was rehabilitated by ficarra to a lakers team and now provides more water than ever. Theres a. Lot of what we still have to stand in line but the amount of water has increased a lot before the water wasnt clean and wild animals cattle and humans were all using it together. These young indigenous trees were also planted by the community during the last rainy season in part to counter the adverse effects of the eucalyptus tree which flourishes here. You can produce a fast growing