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Beekeeping enriches farmers while preserving the environment
Signature tune UP, then fade out HOST: Hello, dear listeners. Welcome to your program. My name is Solange Bicaba. Today, we’re going to talk about the practice of beekeeping and its benefits for people and the environment in Yabasso, a village in the Hauts-Bassins region of western Burkina Faso. In this village, about thirty people…
Reforestation brings hope to Ethiopia’s Bale Mount
HOST: Hello, dear listeners. We sincerely hope you had a great weekend. In today’s program, our guests and I will discuss the consequences of deforestation and forest degradation in Bale Mount, as well as some potential remedies. Deforestation is one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues right now. It is the process by which…
Farmers sustainably grow vegetables and fruits while protecting wetlands
HOST: Wetlands are areas of land where water covers the soil, either seasonally or permanently. They include swamps, and have unique systems of groundwater movement, waterlogged soils, and vegetation that is well-adapted to water. Wetlands provide important ecological services such as controlling floods, purifying water, and providing habitat and support for many plant and…
Farmer-managed natural regeneration in Ghana
SFX: Signature tune THEN FADE UNDER HOST: Hello listeners, welcome back to our farmer program, Farm right. Today, we have a special focus on an interesting practice called Farmer-managed natural regeneration, or FMNR. According to World Agroforestry, FMNR is an affordable and easy way of restoring and improving agricultural, forest, and pasture lands. It promotes…
New farming techniques bring hope for food security in Batoka, Zambia
Alice Lungu: Batoka is a small town in the southern province of Zambia. It has already experienced adverse effects from climate change, including a huge decrease in agricultural productivity, an increase in deaths of livestock resulting from loss of feed, dried-up rivers and other water bodies, and flooding. The government of Zambia and its partners…
Nature-based Solutions
Definition of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Nature-based Solutions can be defined as “actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural and modified ecosystems in ways that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, to provide both human well-being and biodiversity benefits,” according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). NbS targets major challenges such as…
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