Many hand dug wells dry up at the end of the dry season, because more water is taken out than is coming in by the natural recharge. Reasons of limited groundwater recharge are heavy rainfall in short time, (climate change) compact topsoil layers, erosion because of loss of vegetation, etc. Options to increase the recharge of ground water are above or underground dams, the planting of trees and plants such as vetivar grass, making contour canals etc. An other option is the so called “Tube recharge”. This low-cost option combines a manually drilled hole with a drainage tube, a filter and a small pond. Rainwater, that otherwise would run off to rivers or evaporate, thus penetrates into the ground and reaches the first aquifer.
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20 years ago, Tigray was one of the most water-stressed, food-insecure and impoverished regions in Ethiopia. Around that time, the regional and federal governments decided that the way out of the situation was to pursue watershed-based ecological restoration.

The strategy seems to be working: soil quality has improved, water availability has increased, vegetative cover has grown several-fold, production of food is higher and productivity of farmland has been enhanced. The obvious knock-on effect has been a substantial decrease in poverty and improved nutrition.

The Tigray story could have lessons for all of us. This video is a preliminary look at what is widely called Tigray's "Watershed Movement." We would do well to look at the phenomenon more closely, for lessons relevant to our contexts.

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About 'Growing a World Wonder'

The Great Green Wall is an African-led project which aims to grow a new wonder of the world across the width of Africa. Its goal is to provide food, jobs and a future for the millions of people who live in a region on the frontline of climate change.

‘Growing a World Wonder’ captures the story of the Great Green Wall in awe-inspiring Virtual Reality (VR). The film follows Binta, a young Senegalese girl, as she and her family tend to their section of the Wall. It explores the challenges they face and how the project is already transforming their lives for the better.

Created using the latest VR camera and drone technology, the film captures both the epic ambition of the project and the intimate human story of the people at its heart.

The film is produced by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), developed in association with venture three, Apache, Al Maxwell & Surround Vision.

Find out more at: https://greatgreenwall.org

Credits

DIRECTOR: Richard Nockles
PRODUCER: Mitch Turnbull
CONCEPT AND SCRIPT: David Milsom and Jason Lowings and Alexander Asen
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Monique Barbut
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Alexander Asen
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Estelle Dixon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Al Maxwell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
TECHNICAL PRODUCER: Adam Vahed
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Charlotte Moore and Sam Rinaldi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ignacio Ferrando Margeli
VR PRODUCERS: Erfan Saadati & James Hedley
SOUND RECORDIST: Richard Stegmann
DRONE OPERATORS: Ben Huss-Smickler & Sununu Hernandez
COMPOSER: Vashti Anna
SOUND DESIGN: Toolshed
SOUND PRODUCTION: Adrian Meehan
VFX PRODUCTION: Jack Howard
CGI GRAPHICS: Hello Charlie
LEAD VR DEVELOPER: Maikel Sibbald
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR: Jayne Hobart
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT: Liz Stevens
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Scala Tromans
SENEGAL FIXER: Khadiddiatou Ba
BINTA: Binta Ka
GRANDFATHER: Moussa Sy
VOICEOVER ARTIST: Mame Diarra Bousso Ndiaye

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Moussa Sy
Community of Koyly Alpha, Senegal
Community of Mbar Toubab, Senegal
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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the history of Cuban sustainable agriculture and farming. Specifically, I look at why sustainable and organic methods, such as urban farms and market gardens, proliferated in Cuban farming, and what that might mean for farmers markets and local food systems in countries like the United States. Some of the principles of Cuban agriculture could be used to build a system in opposition to our current industrial food and factory farm system.

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5. What Cuba can teach America about organic farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MsnXTMC1-E
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