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- climate@slrpnk.net
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the country of Niger in the African Sahel to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.
No experience in the area, but I watched the documentary on the UN project and there is a whole system to it: first the semi circular round bowls, planted with sorghum or some sort of hearty-food producing plant, then rows of crops with a ditch behind that, and trees planted on either side (or in front of it?). Anyway, the soil does erode but by then the landscape is pretty set and needs little maintenance. The great green wall is an amazing project for humanity.
Thank you!
https://youtu.be/4xls7K_xFBQ
FOUND IT!