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 still only being lifted from sector to sector were still registering squad a number of new cases still the show must go on and weve put together an interesting set of stories for you. Weve visited a man in ethiopia who help to bring clean water to his community. We also look at ways that dicta allies Asian Countries good and bad for the environment. And for looking and farmers who have discovered a low quality of site crop grazing still wants. To cause 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 they live as 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 list. Zimbabwe maybe 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 its going to waste. Any that were made in juggling work and here we are at risk of catching and spreading the virus but we have few options we need the money. Well there were business. In order to bring Fresh Produce directly to the customer mussa see were founded the startup fresh in a box customers can order fruit and vegetables boxes online 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 the homes and make enough system getting rid of the vast amount of projects that we have on all forms. Ready packed boxes are 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 and the queuing and the hassles. If you say. The freshman book startup walks with 100 in 1000 families in zimbabwe. Their farm produce is harvested as part 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 online for Fresh Produce is not only convenient during the anomic. But the Sustainable Way of managing the supply chain helps also to minimize food waste in food notes. The story from zimbabwe is an example of one way addicted contribute to environmentalists and good health but growing reliance on powerful computers and data states is also having some negative impact on our ecosystems with a growing number of Internet Users expected any think any time anywhere dichter lies ations ecological footprint will place a grettir pressure on a Natural Systems lets take a look at a few funds. Online activity is soaring and dry can take 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 Computing and Digital Payment systems and online streaming require huge amounts of electricity. During the code 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 2911 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 Transition 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 Digital Solution in this era of mass produced goods you dont always 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 during your. Check the contents of the products before they buy them. It can provide detailed information on about her to 1000000 different products maybe your sample is on. The shelves of shops and supermarkets are lined with products packaged in plastic but there are micro plastics hidden inside some products too 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 product contents as well as an overall rating of its friend in this. Ratings in the quarter actually based on experts ally greenpeace w w f are friends of the earth also we have our own Scientific Team who are its products based on latest Scientific Research available since 2016 the swiss startup developed in cooperation with the Environmental Group friends of the air. And in addition to cosmetics. They can also be used to examine the ingredients in processed foods and cleaning products giving Health Conscious shop has 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. Pash tag doing your bit. We share your stories. Modern Digital Technology can be very useful in improving farming methods to our young agronomist in could have one has developed a will to deploy drones to make farming more efficient and also more environmentally friendly his company has specialized in what it calls for a cessation agriculture lets go see this. These tomato plantation is morny todd not by far one cause but they adore him over an area the size of a small football pitch east told me born in port c. T. Vision on. The draw idea was launched by a local startup set up by a of a back up copy he wants to use the new Surveillance Technology to make traditional farming more productive and more sustainable. Sent by example lets say a plot of land has an irrigation problem on one of its 5 fact 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 with the one youre not sure and i mean really a lot of after sitting off the drawing uses its coming read to create Digital Aerial mops these are entirely computer dumb on the ground to detect. Other issues on plantations its part of a new i. T. Assisted form of farming called position agriculture its everything. 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 part of a flower and we can focus on the specific area actually affected. My career and he has shown so far surpasses you doing it thats also good for the environment fewer pesticides mean healthier soil on lives pollution on plantations. From a fungus and what began walking 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. Well i will then. 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 tend to people back to farming us pleasure in the way they provide. Much of the deforestation 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 cost has lost around 80 percent of its forests. We are fighting deforestation a lot of farmers think they need to 20 and i thought in order to ensure a big car vest but we show them how they can get similar with one hectare or just 5000 square metres a little later the 2nd drawn is ready to take to the skies it has almost 10 liters of liquid best to say than board which will be applied exactly where it is needed. Deploying drones also prevents damage to the plants roots from the heavy farming machines normally used. I reckon the wind dies off with one drawn you can spray to 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 punning stuff i dont 40 customers are already using the farms Digital Solution although attracting a plentiful wasnt easy and fast. The 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 Units which for many farmers initially seems a big bow to the startups clinton now extending 2000000 senate gun drawn should be touching down father a few to. How much do you know about so warm yes they are caterpillars of them are native to china and i used to produce so whats around you is more silk was produced in asia but over time the practice spread now and as a Climate Crisis is forcing farmers to find all the time it is to. Sow farming is giving popularity in countries like kenya. Cyclones they dont believe the harbor trains and they are giving hope to farmers in kenya here to the extreme weather patterns of recent years you dont know we know has turned to farming and this is the 26th the day and you can see the. Already spinning. They are making points in other words they have already reached this stage that. Stage yes as they as does the spin we have asked how accordance the former Senior Research of the International Center for infectious geology and ecology started this 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 people by inside so that we use very many part of it for producing that thread today you to 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 their ditching traditional cash crops such as coffee maize or sugar cane we havent been working. To develop technologies for this ilk. So that we can give the seeds and appropriate market under english and specific. Groups. Of villages where they cannot. Send for the us and we are linking farmers markets. On your say production amounts to approximately 2 metric tons of dried cochrans but the potential is far greater the amount of very trees whose leaves the warms it tyrant and resistant to the cord morcha sounesss pairing off sick ones for production of raw silk or sorry culture is becoming increasingly popular as a result we have. In the country and in countries where it is. Done isnt getting the production is long in china. Used in japan. And in india it is. So even led kenya and continue to. See is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and woman organic products the National SorryCultural Research center is country offering from a subsidy plants 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. They may think you know 100 years our goal just. Had to been just to see if it was poltava and did after that. We study that a lot of say culture and. Su so now we have a High Technology to and. Take culture but cant use it because. Japan is too developed and also the crime it the crime rate in the kenya is much better than japan to culture and by adapting to the changing climatic conditions small scale farmers like you to know we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. According to the World Health Organization about 2200000000 people around the world dont have access to save Drinking Water one region particularly hard hit africa where many people can only dream of having one award or anywhere near their home and it is for that very reason that after many years abroad in geneva fick do return to his native ethiopia to stillwater tops in the Rural Communities in recognition of his own standing saugus he was awarded an International Prize on the abyss here. 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 to be fetched water and then we were going to get in the evening and last year we started using the water nearby its cleaner and its improved our overall hygiene. In this region 250 kilometers west of ethiopias capital addis ababa 19 new water points have been installed. They provide locals with access to a reliable supply of clean water. For. The project was initiated by mechanical engineer for cargo and they come 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 also 970 s. 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 thought is it time to go home and leave the people because. People i mean. Its a 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 an be humans but cattle too. We used to fetch water and then lard and we had many problems now water is accessible close to our home and weve 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 much time to do their homework is and would not be in the school we sent or to get used to its not the place. And it would be he abused by men and when he will find 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 the russian the government has the villages dig trenches in the fields about it but have not thought about a. Book plan when it was. A lot are from the fields above will flow into trenches this will prevent silent motion and also reduce drought. On mount and total close to address the terracing technique has already borne fruit. With a Natural Spring was 1st discovered by clergymen working for emperor mentally in the late 19th century it was rehabilitated by fatah to a lakers team and now provides more water than ever. 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 up together. These