The man who plants baobabs: A Burkina Faso hero | Africa Direct Documentary

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The man who plants baobabs: A Burkina Faso hero | Africa Direct Documentary


El Hadji Salifou Ouédraogo has nurtured thousands of baobab trees from tiny seeds to expansive forests for the past 47 years. The trees in turn help his family, his village and the Earth.

Filmmaker Michel K Zongo’s uplifting film, The Man Who Plants Baobabs, meets this charismatic old man with a youthful spirit and a lifelong commitment…

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  1. You’re a great man. I hope someone help you to deal with the tree disease. I myself do not know that particular tree enough to help. ❤keep up the good works

  2. アフリカのみならず、世界で大規模な植林活動を行う時は、ショベルカーとトラクターと散水車を導入して植林活動に取り掛かるべきです‼️

  3. 🙏 He was asking for a Solution to the rotting problem.
    One Reason could be MONOCULTURE, planting just One type of trees 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳.

    Solution: Plant atleast 3 to 5 more types of Complementary trees With Baobabs! He is a Wise Old man; I am sure he will figure out What Complementary trees/Crops/Shrubs to plant with Baobab!

    ALL THE BEST # Al Jazeera

  4. People. Just a little tip. Let us say you eat an apple. Dig out the seeds in the core and plant them. The apple trees are most likely GMO free since the trees are older. Eat fruit -harvest seeds -plant immediately! Be amazed how well this work!

  5. He is naturally smart. I loved the part where he said other people in the village look at him as being crazy and that he just laughs at them. Another part is where he said his father and grandfather never planted any boabab trees but they all died.

  6. Don't worry, some useless and greedy money laundering organization will "ask" that you donate your money in exchange of planting trees. Obviously, they will take the money and send this man a 'thank you' via twitter.

  7. Africa will and always will be rich, it's the people who lost this sight and sense of its value so this Man is one of the rare gems. I for one cultivates and invests on my country with my earning in foreign land and a few years now will go home and enjoy the fruits of my labor in my country.