How the Sahara Desert is Turning into a Farmland Oasis - GREENING THE DESERT PROJECT

In the African Sahel a country called Niger bordering the Sahara Desert, the largest desert in the world, is stopping desertification and turning is deserts into an Oasis.

Regenerative Agriculture is leading the way with a technique called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration or FMNR
FMNR was pioneered in the 1980s by Tony Rinaudo and Australian Agronomist who is widely known as the forest maker. The innovative technique has been adopted by local farmers through peer to peer learning making it cost effective and easy to implement. Over the last 40 years the visual results and the data have shown FMNR has been extremely successful in turning desert into farmland. It has regenerated 5 million hectors of degraded land, 200 million trees have been restored and has benefited 2.5 million people increasing house hold income by 18-24% the available arable land has doubled since the severe droughts of the 1970s and tree density has 10x since its all time low in the 1980s.

This is an extraordinary achievement considering Niger only receives on average 6.5 inches of rainfall a year and 80% of the country is considered a desert. The country has been effected by severe droughts and suffered huge land loss over the last decades and as a consequence Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. However Niger has been turning this around, by turning its deserts into a farmland oasis through the technique of FMNR which you will learn more about in this video.

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[c.t.murray]

I am so proud of the people of Niger for taking a desert and turning it into a forest. It sounds impossible but they proved it. Great work

[ARenewedmind]

This Australian should get a Nobel Prize! What an inspiring story, thank you.

[postholedigger]

I did a similar thing on a much smaller scale. More than 30 years ago we moved into a suburban house with a typical grass lawn. In spite of running the air conditioner 24 hours a day from February to October, the inside of the house was virtually unlivable. The front door on the Eastern side of the house would get so hot it would burn your hand if you touched it. I initially planted 60 hardwood trees on the property surrounding the house, and 90 Holly bushes around the perimeter of the property. The trees absorbed and blocked the direct sunlight hitting the walls and roof and the Holly bushes blocked the reflected sunlight bouncing from the lawn into the walls of the house. Now, 30+ years later, over a hundred additional trees have come up naturally, The house stays comfortable all year long and the natural wooded area surrounding the house is self maintaining. The woods require no mowing, weeding, chemicals or watering. In the mid summer months, when there are periods of drought, the neighbors grass lawns die and turn brown while our yard is still green. Our electric bill went from almost $400.00 a month to $89.00 a month and there are no more lawn care costs.

[johncartwright]

I'm Australian also and think, not only should Tony get worldwide recognition for his work, but tbe Australian Government should get him to do similar work in our deserts.

[janlampert]

This guy is a genius. I live in Australia and never heard of him. The Australian Government or MSM should promote and have periodic documentaries about this man. He surely must be an Australian proud. Thanks for sharing this video. Just fantastic to see what a positive human being is capable of. I wish him a long life and many more years in his joyful work.👏👏👏👏👏👏

[bradleydavidgood]

This is so amazing and inspiring. 2 months ago I attended the Graziers Conference in Pennsylvania and saw a guy who was restoring the desert in Mexico by capturing rainfall and grazing cattle, and in 6 years or so, it turned from desert to prairie and the rains came more. Also there was a guy there with a company called Trees for Graziers and he was planting black locust in grazing fields and it was improving everything, and giving the cattle pods to eat in the fall after the grass stopped growing. The cattle beating their hooves and pooping and peeing does amazing things to the microbiome of the soil. The trees do other things like some shade, roots hold moisture. We just had farming wrong and this all can be corrected with education world wide. At least we can try. Traditional farming makes deserts. That's where the dust bowls came from in the US back in the day.

[jmasters]

Fantastic! So encouraging to see one man turning around the lives of hundreds of thousands and benefitting the wild life, too. Tony Rinaudo is a real hero!

[cheekyangel]

this guy should get a noble prize award he helps poor people survive in the desert by helping them grow plants and trees...while helping the earth at the same time by creating greenery😊

[BarryRands]

So great to see FMNR getting the publicity it deserves. Over 1.5million views! I met Tony in 1989 when I was working for USAID as Natural Resources Management Specialist in Niger and was immediately impressed by the work he was doing. He continues to promote FMNR to this day and it is really encouraging to see the worldwide spread and impact of this simple practice. The part I love the most is how the practice is passed along from farmer-to-farmer, peer-to-peer, with a minimum of costly project administration expenses, so typical of the many other well-intentioned, but less effective efforts.

[marcuspi]

Tony Ronaldo is one human that seriously is changing the world for the better. His insights and hard work are truly inspiring.

[solaverita]

incredibly encouraging and inspiring, especially the fact that FMNR incorporates local, traditional practices rather than relying solely on Western sprays & technologies. Should be shown in all schools!

[sharonkaczorowski]

Repairing environments not meant to be deserts is imperative. It’s so very important to preventing famine and the suffering it causes, including war. This is brilliant.

[ancur]

Alhamdulillah, thanks Tony for your hard work and endless devotion. May Niger and other Sahara desert countries become green once again and the people live prosper and well fed. Salam from Indonesia.

[diddd]

What a wonderful project. Much more intelligent than sending people into space

[davidmentele]

Very informative. Everyone should know the name of this man who is spear-heading this farming method. He is creating a better life for all he touches.

[garyhughes]

Finally...finally a positive story about regeneration of the land rather than one of mans greed and destructive nature.
These people need our encouragment to continue this fantastic work.

[christinedavis]

Now that is what I call true environmental conservation. It helps all the way around without costing a fortune and has improved peoples life. So excited to watch this!!!

[WideWorldofTrains]

Thi is wonderful to see. For decades I have wished that parts of the Sahara could be re greened like this.

[Maestro]

This is brilliant. I hope this momentum continues throughout Africa. And in other areas of the world too.

[nnpradhan]

This is an example of amazing transformation of desert land. Hats off to vision and courage of a man who put his tremendous efforts to start this project. And achieved success in converting desert land in greenery.If such projects are taken up all over the world then definately our entire planet will be turned into a heaven. No shortage of Oxygen and basic food. Really appreciable.