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S3E8 Banking on the herd: How ancient manure techniques outlast modern droughts in Zambia
Farmers in Zambia’s Kadiani Village are combating climate change and soil degradation by reverting to "kraal shifting," a traditional practice using manure to fertilize sandy soil, which improves…
S3E7 From insurgency to opportunity: how reforestation is building a better life in Alebelebe
Before the guns came, Alebelebe Village was alive with trees, rain, and abundance. What happened next, and how this community found its way back, is a story you won't soon forget. In this episode, we…
S3E6 Faith in the fields
What if the secret to feeding your family, saving your land, and transforming your community was already growing in your backyard? In this episode, host Ivy Prosper takes us to Overland Missions Base…
S3E5 Part 2 -The Hidden Impact of Deforestation: Domestic Violence in Rural Uganda
This episode is hosted by Ivy Prosper, produced by student producer Madison Eldridge, and edited by John McGill. Translation and dubbing by Gertrude Nalubinga, Hadija Mutesi, and Brenda Mugwisagye…
S3E4 The Hidden Impact of Deforestation: Domestic Violence in Rural Uganda: Part 1
What happens when the loss of forests reshapes not just the land, but the safety and lives of the women who depend on it? In this powerful first episode of a two-part series, host Ivy Prosper takes…
S3E3 Ponds of Promise: How One Village Is Farming Its Future
How can a village secure its food supply in an unpredictable climate? In Biasso, Côte d’Ivoire, a series of neatly lined ponds are doing just that. Built in response to food shortages, these fish…
S3E2 From bare land to bounty
What does it take to turn barren land into a thriving future? In Eastern Uganda, Emmanuel Odeke and his wife Teresa Tino transformed a struggling 1.5-acre plot into a flourishing fruit farm using…
S3E1 From skepticism to sustainability: rebuilding a climate-ready community
Climate change skeptics in their community doubted them. Still, Bebane Mahadi’s joined forces with other young farmers, dug up two wells, and manually installed an innovative irrigation system that…
S3 Season 3 coming soon!
In season 3 of Nature Answers, we will take you across Uganda, Zambia and Côte d'Ivoire. Episode 1 is coming this Thursday where we will travel to Côte d'Ivoire to meet a young farmer who made what…
S2E12 How people recovering from addiction are healing nature—and themselves
On a sunny day in Choma, Zambia, Cornwell Hademu shares a traditional drink—and a powerful idea. In this season finale of Nature Answers, we meet Kelvin Siafweba and the team from Happy Planet, a…
S2E11 How these Zambians are future-proofing their farms
Under the Mochipapa tree in Choma, Zambia, is a research station. The researchers there are studying drought-resistant crops and sustainable farming—with the help of farmers like last episode’s…
S2E10 How a climate-smart farmer helped an entire community grow
When Cornwell Hademu, of Choma, Zambia, started mentoring the women of nearby Mbole, he was sure it would help them on their fields and their farms. What wasn’t clear was just how far that mentorship…
S2E9 Can planting trees save Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa farms
In Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa and rubber farms, yields are dwindling due to deforestation and rising temperatures. In this episode we meet farmers like Gbagnon Jean-Pierre Lodugnon who have been farming…
S2E8 Can planting trees heal a land devastated by civil war
In Northern Uganda, a community once torn apart by war is regrowing its future—one tree at a time. In this episode, we travel to Bar Opok, a rural village in Northern Uganda, to learn how a resilient…
S2E7 Climate change took this community’s land. How they took it back.
Nestled on a narrow strip between the Gulf of Guinea and the Keta Lagoon, the Ghanaian village of Setsinu has long depended on its unique geography for farming and fishing. But climate change is…
S2E6 How composting cured a Ghanaian community
In Kugzua, Ghana, farmers were falling sick. They soon determined the cause: chemical fertilizer. But faced with a choice between poor crops and poor health, farmers stuck with what they were told…
S2E5 How a Ghanaian village banned charcoal production — and stands firm against the pressure
Yaara stands as a lone, lush oasis in its part of Ghana. And yet, women in the town have to walk six miles every day to fetch water. Despite pressure from surrounding communities, Yaara has decided…
S2E4 How one woman is changing the landscape of Uganda’s Teso region
When Jessica Sheillah Aanyu moved a six hour bus and motorcycle ride from home, she found herself asking, “What can I do to make a difference.” When an illness threatened her life, she asked herself,…
S2E3 What an Ivorian community gave up to protect their mangroves
Mangroves are money-makers in coastal Côte d’Ivoire. And the fish you can cook with the smoke from their branches are delicious. But the very practice of cutting down the trees to burn put the fish…
S2E2 How these Zambian women beat a drought and made their community pay attention
When the Malili Women’s Cooperative first tried new farming techniques in reaction to climate change, their community laughed at them. But what started as a simple listening group for a farming radio…
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