Half-moons: The Maasai secret weapon - BBC Africa
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Kenya’s Masaai community are using a clever technique to reap big rewards in the fight against climate change. Little ‘half moons’ dug into farmland - otherwise known as ‘water bunds’ - capture rainwater, allowing it to sink into the ground instead of washing away.
And that means seeds can actually take root and vast areas of land can once again turn green. Maasai conservationist Lanoi Meitiekini explained to the BBC how it works.
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Their culture goes back over two thousand years. They are a strong people.
Much more than 2000 years. Triple that number.
Nothing is eternal... Cultures come and go. Only change remain.
Most NGO's given the reputation of short term solutions but just seeing the smiles of the woman elderly makes you still have hope & commitment for the whole African continent
NGOs have the problem that they have to raise funds to get money, because governments hardly give them anything to keep their work on the go.
This means that it is very difficult for them to finance long term solutions.
Our Masi brothers and sisters are wise and honorable farmers that honor mother earth
Traditional farming communities in Korea developed a system called JADAM, which has been proven to be used to make the land more alive. Namely maximizing the use of plants that have certain ingredients that are adapted to local conditions, livestock manure, mineral salt water, and other materials that are easily available nearby, then connected and integrated with the food chain system between plants, animals and humans, including the use of microorganisms. .
I have started applying it to several areas of land that have been damaged, because the humus has been lost due to mining activities on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia, where the condition of the soil is very similar to the condition of dry desert soil and is almost rocky.
This effort is showing very good results and if this is tried to be applied on the African continent and other desert lands, it seems that it will slowly improve naturally and bring benefits that move very quickly.
Greetings from me in Indonesia and it would be very good if the JADAM system which was pioneered by agricultural experts in Korea is implemented.
Please see this method which has been widely broadcast on many UA-cam channels, as a reference.
Good luck and greetings to a healthy and green earth.
Thanks for sharing this information. I learned a lot! Blessings
🙏💖🙏
Terima Kasih!
Sounds great but will it work for all of Africa though because the climactic conditions aren’t the same all over Africa as they are in Indonesia. Your country is tropical and has much more rainfall. Only one section of Africa is in the equatorial zone.
@@susanlisson7066 I have seen You Tube videos where miracles happen in Desert areas that were turned into green zones. It could not hurt to try different things🌱✨
Breaks my heart to watch that man's anguish. I pray things improve for them all.
So proud of my people really we can do something to nature
Why did you leave your people
Now they need to learn the Savory Institute technique for adaptive grazing. Whole villages graze as one migrating herd and the land rests and recovers between grazing. The Massai that have adopted this method have fat cattle that multiply and better grazing pastures. The wildlife also has more to eat too.
I really pray this Will be a long term solution..not only for Kenya..but surrounding countries! Southern Ethiopia also struggles..as well as South Sudan .
I grew up in Ethiopia..near the south at times...a Very tough life.
Brilliant bravo, in India they have something similar, they build small dams
I know. India states goverments in arid countries plan the water catchment and rejuvenate the country. Do you remember Paani foundation water cups in Maharashtra ?
Yes, I remember seeing it in a documentary
Amazing people wish them love and peace
They have been used for hundreds of years in Lanzarote . For growing grapes .
Beautiful people I wish you success forever ❤
They used a similar solution on easter island small rock wall ringed gardens to create a microclimate against wind and drying
These subtropic microcatchment techniuqes are ancient. Origin is from west africa, from arabia and levanta. When europeanas came to africa they wanted to farming their ways. But european way is not usefull in arid areas. Yacouba Sawadogo from Botswana recreated techniques and show them to the world.
It takes a bit more Europeans to engineer our way of doing things. 😂
Colonization cripples the communities they falsely claim to want to save
Farmers in South Africa's Karoo region have also been doing this for generations. They call the "saaidamme", or sowing dams.
Praying for you for rain. We are learning from you. God bless you Masai people! God bless Kenya and wonderful Africa.
Reminds me of the unusual miles long complex of holes shaped like a snake in Nazca, Peru, as well as the ancient spiral aqueduct system found in the region.
Amazing! Wow! May God bless them richly!
This is so beautiful and hopeful
Wow such amazing work.
Oh that's cool. Gotta love simple practical innovations in how we manage climate change that everyone in an area can easily support.
Im delighted to see Yacouba Sawadogo's legency spread through the continent
The problem is the county and national government leaders, they do not care. They squander all the money for development on corruption instead of funding initiatives like this.
Brilliant!! Here in Australia we are denuding the land for MONEY & through stupidity & greed.
People who are really concerned about global climate fluctuations and local heat islands should pick up this concept. STOP covering every possible inch of vegetation with concrete sidewalks, McMansions, swimming pools, massive roadways, non-native short rooted grasses that require massive amounts of irrigation, etc. PLANTS and healthy SOIL are the answer to air quality and have a major effect on quaity of life for everyone.
They develop what brings them more money, sadly.
This is wonderful!
It’s interesting that this concept is “invented” in so many countries and regions around the same time.
Whoever got it first, it WORKS and it HELPS and that’s all that matters.
What difference does it make who got it first
@@yvetteandjorgenlarsen9753 Did anyone say it did?
It is amazing there are rovers on Mars sending back high definition videos and there are still people who live like this.
There are many different ways of living.
Frankly, we may need current understanding of “living like this” in order to make life on Mars possible. The full range of human experience and knowledge has value.
@@shelleydelayne4195.we are not destined to live on other planets in our current state. We are ruinous to everything we touch.
It's so refreshing to see some good mews for once. Humanity needs hope right now and it is not coming from rich countries. I hppe these people continue to heal the land and thrive for generations to come.
I've seen the work just dig it has helped do and I feel they are really making an impact. Guess not all NGOs are Nothing Going On.
Absolutely GENIUS #MAASAI #MAASAIWISDOM #NOMADRIGHTS ❤
I think the dutch NGO justdiggit told them how to do it. As the woman said, the Masasai are nomalds and not used to stay in one place.
This is truly wonderful ❤
Whatever works!👍👍
Oh Sister Hero ❤changing despairs into food for your people Bravo 🎉Truly a Leader inspirational Love you❤
They also cut down all the trees for firewood. Over time that causes desertification.
Like Toto once said, theres nothing that a community of people working together couldnt do. God bless the rains down in Africa.
I would like to see a follow up on this project.
I am about to do this in the Klein Karoo in South Africa. The highest temperature last sunmer was 49 degrees Celsius with not much rain. I am really excited to give this a go, thanks for sharing 🌻
There's something more to try: create an Air Well by installing a pipe that sucks air from high altitude, which inherently contains more moisture than at ground level, down into the deep ground for condensation, letting gravity flow droplets into the water table of a normal deep well.
God is so great, He will always love and look over His people
Wishing you and your people the best of luck and abundant rain to make your lands fertile again. I wish I could do something to help.
Go Strong Beautiful People 💪🙏
I love it 🥰💯🙌🏼 this is a journey I would be happy and fulfilled to be part of 💪🏻❤️ blessings to you all
Interesting way to change the land. Wonder if they can go back and fill in between the existing "half moons" to create more usable land or if that is the most that can be made for the rainfall they get?
Human ingenuity at its best. Thank you Lanoi and supporters for inspiring us.
Developing resilient infrastructure emerges as a non-negotiable imperative, fortifying communities against the heightened frequency and intensity of climate-related disasters, ensuring the continuity of essential services.
chat GPT meaningless nonsense
@@SpiritualSeeker-oq5ptit's sad to see, fr. And rather very annoying
What the fuck? 😂😂😂
Amazing stuff
Brilliant! And learn from the Australians how to capture and channel rainwater with low earth ridges when the rain does come.
People power 👏
In India Rajasthan this type of rain harvesting system is called johad which is practiced from thousands years before any other. Civilisations.
This would be amazing in the American southwest
At the Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson AZ they show how the Native Americans have been doing something like this for hundreds of years. Capturing rainfall with small dams to benefit certain species of plants.
Bravo for the life saving idea. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
how amazing and wonderful for these people!!
The Maasai Rock! ❤
Wao! this are solutions that can be adopted in all dry lands in Africa.
Very inspirational!
How absolutely amazing! I am so happy for you to have found a way to survive where you are! Continued blessings for you all! ❤
What an uplifting story! ❤
Bravo.
For DEVELOPMENT buy as many as possible tractors and earth movers like jcb and Hitachi earth movers
Best of luck with your project -
Good job sissy! Keep on keeping on!!
People can create miracles and will always find a way 🙂
Square ones could be used to plant small trees. In squares, trees and shrubs don't get rootbound, like they can in circular holes. There must be some good species native to the area, or ones that won't become invasive.
Hard work that gives self pride and heightens self esteem. Wonderful to see. Half Moons 🌍 Africa 🌱🌿🍏
HOPE!!! 🌍💚🐢
Prayers🙏🏻🌿
Who developed and funded this project? I guess it seems good to know bc it seems so smart. Thanks for this. ❤
Esto lo aprendí en el canal HOPE!!
Bravo!
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Wow, wonderful
fascinating
Pretty amazing!!!
God bless you all good luck 😊
Wow this is nice
That is just fantastic! Need necessitates innovation. I love it! Great job.
This is so inspiring!
👍 Bravo.
Favorable conditions that supported old ways of living never stay the same in our world, as much as we would like them to. Adaptability is the only way to survive.
Impresdive documentary.. I have seen similar techniques around the world..
Fighting climate change is useless, adsptive approaches yeild best results
Excellent!
Great stuff 👍🏿..
Brilliant!!!
wow
Very good! Hreat work! Hats off to you
Wow! Wonderful. Thankful for you
Ingenious😊👍👍
So much sun and they still burn wood in day time to cook food. How about the mirror based solar cooker that cost like 20$ to make and runs on pure solar with no breaking components.
They don't earn much money, if any at all. They are nomadic cattle rearers who have been forced to settle down due to modernity and all it's changes
They can't afford solar cookers
@@damnedifidonut come on, look at their clothes, they wear all new. They're able to find come money to few pieces of mirror, or at least find some shiny garbage and glue pieces toghether.
I love this.
I'd love to understand the *HOW* better. Why the half moon shape? Isn't it enough to establish a puddle? Is the rainfall on the land overall not the same - so you're taking from one tile of land and concentrate it on another?
This video was kind of lacking in information, yes. The open end of the half moon is facing the directiont he water is running of from. That way they catch the water better than just a puddle,
It's just a hole in the ground. This is stone age knowledge.
So as we can see they can literally take care of their own issues. And they're great at it. Now if only people would just leave them alone, they'd be fine. They don't need outsiders help. Never have.
I wonder what are the dimensions of these?
Life where death seemed inevitable. This is creativity at its very best, changing the lives of a people for the better. All of us can do incredible things if we realise how creative we are and can be.
Amen
Solidarity!
The goats have been ripping all the green roots out …. their own stupidity
If theres a will, theres allways a way.
Where did this idea come from? Is it modern or ancient?
I heard that this is a traditional farming technique that used to be used in parts of Africa
Well, after all the area is a desert and desert usually don’t get that much water.
But the Western NGO's showed them how to make the half-moons? Why are the Maasai credited as their "secret weapon"? Glad that they're fighting the desertification though