13 December
Shakawe
0 Miles
Erik:
Today we went to a farm taht is
introducing conservation farming to Botswana. It was developed in
Namibia and Zambia, and they had been trying to introduce it to
Botswana for awhile with no success. But this year they have about 16
female volunteers that are going to apply it to their farms this
year. It is the first year that this technique is spreading. Based on
smaller more efficient land usage, it lowers animal human conflict
and is better for the soil. But it is hard to convince people that
this is A: better and B: worth the extra work. So really what we did
was pull weeds with matt and talk to the owner (whilemine) over a
sweet breakfast. Whilemine has started several NGO's there and is
quite an impressive lady. A very nice day, hot and sweaty, but nice.
On a little side note steph got a sunburn on her back in just a
little slit. It looks hilarious.
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14 December
Shakawe
0 Miles
Erik:
Went to a croc farm. Saw huge
crocs (20 ft long). Ate quiche for dinner. We want to take Bridgett with us as a
travel chef.
The hippos got super close to the
house and were barking (its like a deep wah wah wah). It was pretty
neat.
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