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There is more that can be done, and maybe it is, but it's poorly documented in this video. There is some legitimate stuff in the video, which is good. Glad to see the video has Brad Lancaster link, too. Most of the viewers only have a partial picture of how to solve it, or what is even being done. Part of their difficulty in understanding is wording /narration/and accents even. Second is lack of graphic aids to help show what is being done. I've added links/references to other techniques to show some other possibilities, because these people have a limited view. You'd do better to respond to the individuals than to male a blanket statement yourself off from the others. Your comment adds nothing.

In the video it starts at about 12:00. And they work. Here is a good video on more techniques: th-cam.com/video/D6_WZ789lpM/w-d-xo.html

India is one country and you're comparing all of Africa to this? That's disingenuous. Each country has its own levels of commitment...

Zephaniah Phiri came up with a great many solutions: th-cam.com/video/D6_WZ789lpM/w-d-xo.html

And check dams all over the creeks and rain gullies ❤

The silt is going to the sea, just like the water. And much of the redness is due to iron in the soil.

That's only a partial solution, it canbe too expensive for local farmers to purchase, too.

@@b_uppyI don't think so. th-cam.com/video/TA2WhBXV_vs/w-d-xo.html

I will research and get back.

@@rajsinghji-84Yeah it’s now 2023🥺.

@@fancyIOPi am back in 15mins. So my thorough research indicates that this is a propaganda video to showcase a particular organisation’s attempt to change Namibia. Sad to report, nothing noteworthy has happened. Primarily because no specific areas, farms, regions were mentioned in the vid to see how those areas have made a recovery using google earth time lapse. A generic time lapse shows “seasons” of Namibia. Green, not green, brown, very brown, green” repeat. A good educational video however I doubt it was done for PR, not for research filing. There’s no before / during / after here. It’s just an academic submission. Thank me later. Enjoy the video.

@@fancyIOPHow time flies right? Not for Namibians though, sadly.

BTW, search for Paani Foundation, they are doing a fabulous job. They have moved from water conservation to better farming (after solving water issues” so most of the new vids are in local language but they have some very good English vids too. I had marked quite a few of the projects on Google map and from 2018 till 2023, man you can see the difference from space. They are very good at including name of the village, the district, the state etc so pretty easy to find the places and just see Google Earth time lapse. Amazing to observe.

Check out solar grazing that whiteoak pastures does in the us. Basically grazing sheep on existing solar farms. Then you don't need to build huge steel structures for 2 m high panels.

You can stop erosion loss without concrete. Low tech actually does better. Watch this: th-cam.com/video/D6_WZ789lpM/w-d-xo.html

Allen Savory says you are very wrong

Preventing overgrazing is essential. That means keeping livestock from eating the area too much. Rainwater retaining earthworks are great.

Does this help? Glomalin is a glycoprotein produced abundantly on hyphae and spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in soil and in roots. Glomalin was discovered in 1996 by Sara F. Wright, a scientist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The name comes from Glomales, an order of fungi. This is the glue that in the darkness binds soil.

Biochar or other sources of carbon do thesame thing...

Yeah, transcription made a mistake on that.

Mark Shepard method! Mark's produces more food.look up Restoration Agriculture.

In a many many areas you can’t just simply grow lettuce or produce. Native grasses are always going to be more natural then vegetable developed far away. To grow a garden they would have to probably pump a ton more water which hurts the aquifer. California for instance grows vegetables and nuts and in some areas the land has fallen by twenty feet. Why? Well those foods require way more water than a grass that can live throughout a drought. To grow one almond takes a gallon of water. Now imagine just how much water it takes to make a gallon of almond milk that people are saying is better for the environment then actual milk.

You lack experience and are working on the wrong paradigm. Sounds like the oversimplified drivel I was taught in school. Check out Mark Shepard, for one, Allen Savory for another. Geoff Lawton and Brad Lancaster, all permaculturists (Savory is merely holistic). That is where farming is going.

@kolton crane And that is in part because of bad cultivation methods. Lack of proper groundcover. Zero rainwater harvesting techniques, etc. Monocultures require more water, period. You mimic nature with lots of diversity and appropriate plantings, as Welles good livestock management techniques, begin to restore balance.

Yes you right I did to my farm same It’s good idea and better than before

Use vetiver on contour and you’ll create natural terraces

Chicken wire is expensive for them, and thusly unsustainable. Check dams, and other silt and water catchment systems are better. Use zai pits for planting trees. Vetiver needs to be purchased and that can be a financial hurdle, too. Mostly figure where it's going wrong and fix it: th-cam.com/video/D6_WZ789lpM/w-d-xo.html

@@dhulgariir planning on doing the same. Help nature to help you! 😎

Allan Savory

The cattle can both degrade or greatly improve the soil, it all depends on how you manage the cattle. By default the former happens because that's how one grazes the cows when one doesn't understand how soil and nature work.

Those pointy toes can create divots in moist soil that capture seeds humus and water and can help reestablish plants.

So we can have dry lands? I don’t get the comment?

@@feliderf94 have you see the video

@Feli D’Erf The US has drylands. West of the Mississippi is classified as such. We have more for irrigating, for now, but our underground water supply is running out fast. We need to rebuild soil carbon (topsoil). Soil carbon retains soil moisture and lessens downstream flooding. It's estimated we have 45 years left of topsoil worldwide. Chemical additives kill the beneficial soil building biota and nutrients. You need to go off chemicals cold turkey and it takes about 3 years before the soil is recovered and producing well again. You need to stop the plowing of land that's leaving bare ground during flood season. Read Mark Shepard's book Restoration Agriculture. It goes into more detail on improved methods.

chip63us Thank you 😊 My thoughts exactly‼️ I did want to watch anymore after hearing that😤

That was only one small part of this film. Did you not notice that most of the other people in the film were NOT white?

Money talks