Malian green entrepreneur fights desertification
Mali is facing a desertification crisis that threatens the livelihood of its citizens. Rokiatou Traore, a green entrepreneur, encourages women and young people to plant trees and help reverse the trend.
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00:27We provide technical assistance for women and young farmers to plant trees.
00:32So, we started with moringa, which is a high-value tree,
00:37have a green tree that is very easy to plant.
00:40So, in Mali, we are more used to cut trees rather than planting trees.
00:46So, we've introduced the moringa to women, but at first it was very difficult
00:52because they did not really understand the purpose of this project.
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01:11We can address by all taking actions.
01:15If I take an action, if I plant one tree today,
01:19and the population of Mali, 20 million people,
01:22everybody plants one tree, then we'll have 20 million trees in one day.
01:27Just imagine if I could plant, if everybody could plant 100 trees,
01:31what would be the impact?
01:33So, we can all make impact.
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