Technologies transforming the landscape

[@madoxxxx06]

Amazing, in Rwanda we are also doing the same, respect for the hard working Ethiopians who made this happen!

[@brycebray9149]

Where? I want to visit

[@arcesioromero]

Excellent initiative for handling dry land, ecosystems worthy replicate in our area of ​​work: semi-desert areas of the Colombian Caribbean.

[@benjamingrezik373]

I've made microbasins in NW Oregon!!!!

[@madoxxxx06]

Congratulations know your are a positive for our Earth!

[@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7]

me to in Va.

[@alanroddis126]

It's so heartening to see the good work that's being done, would love to see more updates.

[@Labroidas]

These measures are very similar to those taken by the Paani Foundation in India. Very impressive, the Ethiopian government is doing a great job here. These are the methods by which we are going to defeat droughts in semi-arid and arid areas all over the world, and maybe eventually green the deserts.

[@JoshuaChowabc]

I watched the videos from Paani, and this was suggested to me!

[@joaogabriel3453]

We already are regreening the desert, check out here on KZbin “greening the desert with permaculture”

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Transforming the sahara 🌱🌿🍃🌳🌲. Save many many life on earth🌱 🌎🌏🌍🌱🍃🌿🌲🌳🌱👍🌳🌱🌿🍃🌿🌳🌲🌳🌲

[@tanakakokilovad1594]

Plant lots of trees 🌱🌳 . Create a lot of oxygen🍃 and rain 🌧🌱🌍🌏🌎🌱🍃🌿🌳🌲planty trees . Save life 🌱🍃🌿🌿🌳🌲🌱👍🌱👍🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

[@b_uppy]

Gabions fail. A better system is to make more frequent shallow check dams and after plants have established and a next layer of rocks to rebuild slowly... Also the trenches, and other steep sided structures are a problem for people and animals. They could pose a risk from falling and cause serious injuries, and people and animals would meed assistance getting out. Think demilunes, etc are better because one side has an easily walkable slope. Once you start harvesting water like in the pictures, it will raise the watertable...

[@BL-db6xt]

Grateful for that. Given that many invest huge money into warfare technology to kill rather than to build better live for Africa.

[@QSnarf]

So inspiring!

[@jamessang5027]

A lot of great usable ideas!!

[@coolskool1.061]

Wishing you all the success and prosperity Love from the UK

[@vadranamravi7553]

great . green is life. life is great with only green. hills are ideal places to make green & to catch rain.

[@brycebray9149]

Cool

[@pawanjindal4286]

great work

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

We have a planetary emergency this are the solutions

[@velvetindigonight]

Agreed cheap and easy when you have commited labour no profit for the multinationals though................. Do look and the digging of lakes for water storage in india another great initiative. All here on YT. Enjoy!

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

@@velvetindigonight you are brilliant. And I love your mind

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

@@velvetindigonight are you in Australia?

[@b_uppy]

You'll like Walter Jehne's approach. He says we need to use a three prong approach. Water harvesting earthworks, grow more plants and (especially trees) and change to ranching and farming systems that build soil carbon and biota faster than conventional ag practices. This is cheap, practical, low harm, fast healing and adds to overall food security, etc. Brad Lancaster is a great teacher on rainharvesting water just about EVERYWHERE. It has a lot of benefits.

[@gissie391]

I hope they used soil in pots. What about slowing flood water in Bangladesh etc in monsoon season slowing tidal waves. Using holes wheels and storage tanks things to slow it down.

[@b_uppy]

Those earthworks in the video do exactly the flood control you're concerned about. It's all about slowing, spreading and sinking water. Tanks just store water. They have little to do with slowing flooding.

[@brettmoore3194]

Hemp could help, it is a great plant that can handle a wide variety of environments. It likes dry air and semi arid ground

[@b_uppy]

Hemp is an annual that requires replanting and leaves soil vulnerable. It is also water intensive. Native and dryland perennials, trees, vines and shrubs are better suited to areas prone to drought and high heat.

[@brettmoore3194]

@@b_uppy well its a annual but in tropical regions its not unheard of pruning the flowers twice a yr from a decade old plant. It wouldn't be a monocrop. Just look at agroforestry concepts. I would bet sum lakes and proper stewardship of this land would be fertile in a few decades

[@b_uppy]

@@brettmoore3194 Hemp still only lives less than a single growing season then dies. It requires replanting and that leaves soil vulnerable. As it is a nonfood plant it is hard to justify growing it when many other plants produce more biomass and more emportantly much better established roots systems that protect the soil in many ways.

[@brettmoore3194]

@@b_uppy not true, the plant can regenerate if it hasn't gone to seed. Think you might be biased. A closed mind is a great thing to lose

[@b_uppy]

@@brettmoore3194 Sorry but where is your info coming that it is perennial???

[@janosik150]

No, chemicals, no pesticides,,, what is the problem in America? Why use so much chemicals in USA. Yet here they grow and use no chemicals...

[@velvetindigonight]

Your owned by the 0.001% and they make money out of chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides. Governments who are controlled by the super rich have to do what they and their lobbyists wish........... We need a peaceful revolution one backyard and farm at a time...... sharing stuff like this and implimenting it is part of that process! Now you know? Enjoy!

[@carnivalwrestler]

Well, we've fed the world for a long time, so what problem are you talking about?

[@janosik150]

@@carnivalwrestler no...charities in America are business...and they actually make people who are fed with food useless...depending on food from USA and making children...USA actually caused more damage... I was referring to the idea that there people grow food with no chemicals...why USA grows with Chemicals...it was a comment...not actually question..

[@brooksanderson2599]

@@janosik150 Not everybody is taking advantage of poor people. I teach people, for free, how to find, harvest, and conserve water to use togrow home organic gardens. Ref. my website: www.ciclicoahuila.com ¡Saludos desde Mexoco! :-)

[@b_uppy]

It's what is promoted by local conservation districts and extension services. They're supposed to push proprietary products and can only discuss permaculture if asked. Seriously.

[@TaraChand-xi6rq]

nice

[@endurance8910]

how is it coming along now?

[@aenorist2431]

I doubt always being strictly on contour is actually the best solution, even when ignoring seepage and only focussing on erosion. Then again, while Keyline design / structures are overall better, they are a more difficult concept to learn and layout and need better mapping and measuring. So if you just want to throw a few hundred people and a water level at a problem, this is great.

[@b_uppy]

Keylining needs tractors or at least specialized plows and are higher maintenance year in and year out. In drylands the more water you can gold the better and larger frequent earthworks are better. Contour is always best whether for water management or planting. Look up Brad Lancasters work in rural and urban environments...

[@Adamus70]

Please do not forget the energy question. With agrisolar it is possible to do farming and do agriculture at the same time, on the same piece of land. Ths technique is relatively new, developped by the German Frauenhofer scientists. More info here: www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/key-topics/integrated-photovoltaics/agrivoltaics This is non profit. Questions are most welcome.

[@rainman7992]

5:40 seems this would drown the trees when the trench is full ?

[@marcogabriel308]

That's why they're planted on steps inside the trench, like he says, to make that less likely

[@Sol-jy8wl]

yeah the ones growing inside are weeds, the trees are usually planted after the trench, though those weeds are great, free fertilizer and better for the soil

[@b_uppy]

They normally don't have that much rain, secondly if you add mulch the land remains more permeable and while hydrated, it is also more aerated. One thing trees do that make them special is that they develop with mycelium and this moves and distributes moisture. This makes the ground more evenly hydrated.

[@willyamparo603]

They are learning to grove their own foot good

[@b_uppy]

They're relearning their tradionalways and adding new ones too. The problems came when they were told to use chemical fertilizers for one, and large synth chemical ag monocultures ruined large areas of land. You're maligning the wrong people...

[@istoppedlaughing5225]

Long live Ethiopia

[@Nothing-g7e]

Where are the charity people who you send money to for water shouldn't they be there helping them with diggers and trucks all I saw was them doing it their selves good on them shame on the other's

[@b_uppy]

A lot of them try to bring 1st world solutions to 3rd world countries...

[@SabrinA-hn7ix]

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[@naynoimangkala2720]

Good idea

[@MrGigi-dz9cv]

It looks like, they need pasture management

[@b_uppy]

This is pasture management of a sort. Until the land is firmed and plants well established, cutting biomass and bring it to the livestock protects vulnerable plants.

[@yolo_burrito]

Fruits and vegetables aren’t cash crops. Coffee is though as you can’t sustain off of it.

[@TemplarX2]

You are talking nonsense. Any crop grown commercially is a cash crop.

[@yolo_burrito]

Quetzalcoatl tomatoes are subsistence crops because an economy can live off them. You can’t eat cotton to survive henceforth it’s a cash crop.

[@TemplarX2]

@@yolo_burrito A subsistence crop can also be a cash crop. If you are producing tomato for your family then it is subsistence. If you are growing it on an industrial scale commercially, then it is a cash crop. You are right though, in this context, they are subsistence crops.

[@b_uppy]

Where did you learn farmin'??? Lol. Fruits, nutsm, and vegetables are easily sold in local markets. nuts, they form a co-op they can sell those for a better price to big buyers. Co-op help in selling non-edible crops, too.

[@docurmila]

trenches n micro basins....The area wide need signal boards...for safety.....The terrace like structure ....Y terraces were made?...didnt have options?....dr is plain ground available around the area where terraces were being made........trees cud hv been option for mountain...mountain tops....stone bunds....if trees planted wud they stone bunds b needed?.....its hard work....making these....n u get grasses pasture?.....check dams looks functional...in case u cant build structures........the crops mentioned r cash crops....while area in the vicinity is vacant....more crops wud hv been planted......only demand base local work?.....

[@b_uppy]

The locals know the water catchments are there. Terraces allow water to soak in instead of running off. Check out Brad Lancaster videos, all that you can find for answers to your questions...

[@benjamingrezik373]

Why cant I get 300 people to dig a Terrance in hillside with me?

[@007hansen]

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[@b_uppy]

Because they are likely working on community land. It is also possible that the government is paying them in the off season to do land reclamation. It helps them to know that this will help them grow a lot more food. Are you willing to share?

[@ibrahimbinngahfab4248]

He it is Who sends down water from the sky; from it you drink and from it the vegetation on which you send your cattle to pasture. With it He causes to grow for you the crops, the olives, the date palms, the grapes, and every kind of fruit. Verily, in this is indeed an evident proof and a manifest sign for a people who give thought. (Al-Quran, Surah An-Nahl: 10-11)

[@HughJass-jv2lt]

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[@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7]

Cotor plantings of vetiver!

[@tonyswaterandagriculture6340]

Vetiver Grass might do the same thing for much less work

[@b_uppy]

You still need water catchment. Vetiver grass is great for growing on the bunds to make them less vulnerable to washout, however...

[@tracyskitchenandappalachia2954]

Labor intensive.

[@firozosman]

Translates to employment opportunities for the underprivileged.

[@b_uppy]

They are durable. Look at swales made in the Sonoran Desert in the 1930s by the CCC. They're still going strong.💪

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏

[@gsh28]

wagwan

[@thinkcarss]

Idk

[@b_uppy]

Because it works? Are you allergic to work, is that your problem? Call it stupid so you can excuse yourself from doing something similar???