Álbuns de Fotos - Beekeeping Project in Wukro Ethiopia funded by the Mental Insight Foundation USA
Mr. Alem Abraha from Wukro - one of Ethiopia's well known rare white honey producers
Some of Mr. Abraha's beehouses
R Aba Ghebrenedhin Ghebreghiorghis and L Abba Ghebre Kidan from AsiraMetira Monastry in Kilite Awlalo Ethiopia also beekeepers
Some of the Asira Metira Monastry's beehouses
Detail of beehouses
Bees drinking water on floating styropur
We plant one year old grafted Mango trees
Pieter Hoff hecking the primary roots
Primary roots grow horizontal on the bottom of the bag
Detail of horizontal primary root
Seed is 72 hours soaked in water to stimulate pre-germination
Instruction of making a planting hole without disturbing the capillary structure of the soil
Dutch clogs
The soil is rocky so we need a pick axe
The design is made in such a way that we can load 300 complete boxes on one pallet
We put 20 liters of water in a planting hole and wait one day
Mr Gebremedhin Woldewahid from ILRI Addis Abbeba translates the instruction in Amharic language
Pieter Hoff explains that we make a planting hole for the plant that is exactly the size of the pot
Detail of planting hole shows that capillary structure around it may not be disturbed
Two students of the Salem School are assembling a Groasis Waterboxx plantcocoon®
Pieter Hoff demonstrates that the primary root is destroyed it grows horizontal caused by the plastic non penetrable bottom of the bag
The destroyed primary root is repaired by pruning it with a machete
We then plant the Mango tree carefully
We then compact the soil around the tree roots with water
We bring 4 liters (1 gallon) indirectly so that the roots do not wash out in the tube of the Waterboxx plantcocoon®.
We fill the Waterboxx plantcocoon® with 16 liters of water (4 gallons)
We close the Waterboxx plantcocoon® with the cap sufficient water for a year
Ethiopian television films the instruction day
Mr. Aregawi Eatay Tesfay lecturer at the college of Dryland Agriculture and Natural Resources Mekelle University
Pieter Hoff explaining 90% lower water use of the Groasis Technology
Some 3-year old olive trees are planted
The destroyed horizontal growing primary roots are pruned
Detail of reparing destroyed primary roots
Detail of splitted destroyed primary root
The whole team involved in the Mental Insight Foundation beekeepers project
Cattle near drought fastered Wukro Ethiopia
Beautiful caracteristic Ethiopian cow
The beauty of deserts nature in Wukro Ethiopia
Destroying the curse of nature the non native Eucalyptus tree
Water the basic of all life on earth
An overview after planting the Groasis Waterboxx plantcocoons®
Failed method of planting trees caused by a lack of study how nature really works
Detailed of failed method of planting trees
The 16th century Church of Wukro not built but hewn out of the solidrocks
Nature art near the carved 16th century Church of Wukro
Nature has a solution for draught the beauty of cactus
Abundant colour and a bee chasing for nectar while pollinating the flower
Thousand year old tree growing on rocks alongside the road between Wukro and Mekelle Ethiopia
The Ethiopian peoplle used to built thousands of kilometers of terasses to capture water now people have left their land and live in cities
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