Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 1

01/28/22 • 67 min

Dr. Isaac Zama honors us with his wisdom and knowledge as he ushers in the second season of the podcast.

Dr. Isaac Zama founded Amba Farmer’s Voice and through that is how I found him. His program showcase no-to-low-cost method of natural farming tailored to the people of Ambazonia. In this conversation we spoke a lot about the different topics. We had a lot of fun sharing our enthusiasm, and for that reason it has been broken up into three parts!

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MO 0:02
All right, peace. I am Mason Olonade and this is Jigijigi Africulture Podcast. Here we believe building a healthy soil builds a healthy soul and we share strategies for how to do both. To do both, we asked two questions. How do you grow while you grow kale, collards, tomatoes, and melons? And why do you think the healthiest soils are black? Today, I’m very excited to have very proud to have Dr. Isaac Zama of Amba Farmer’s voice on the podcast, this will probably be a two part podcast, because he and I can talk until the next full moon about all these different especially low cost or no cost, ways to improve and build soil improve soil health, and improve human health. And so I want to say welcome Dr. Zama.

Dr. Isaac Zama 0:58
Thank you so much Mason it’s a wonderful pleasure to to be on your program and really appreciated. I’d like to use this opportunity to say hello to your listeners that we hope that through this program, they’ll be able to learn, able to share ideas how people can improve upon their nutrition, and health.

MO 1:26
I want us opportunity to say hello to your audience. And, and and and likewise. So the first question that we ask everybody is, when did you first realize you were supposed to have your hands in the soil?

Dr. Isaac Zama 1:44
Um, that is an interesting question. You know, I never realized that I had to have my hands in the soil. Because I was born in the soil. You know, I was born in Southern Cameroons. And when you are born, most of the people, especially if you’re born in the village, you grew up going to the farm, the first thing you know is you have a farm, you know, in your co...

Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 1

Dr. Isaac Zama honors us with his wisdom and knowledge as he ushers in the second season of the podcast.

Works Referenced

Asante Sana ߊߛߊ߲ߕߌ ߛߣߊ
Medase Paa ߡߍߘߊߛߋ ߔߊ
Modupe O ߡߏߘߎߔߋ ߏ
Thank you for listening to
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Previous Episode

Urban Agriculture and Climate Change: “The New Normal”

Urban Agriculture and Climate Change:
“The New Normal”

Join Instructor Mason Trappio to gain an understanding of how climate change affects the urban farmer and the growth of new crops. This course informs the urban and peri-urban farmer about how climate change affects them and provides strategies for how to successfully adapt.

Our growing environments are affected, to varing degrees, by climate change. Increased temperatures, greenhouse emissions, and insect populations all challenge our farming operations. In this course, you will gain an understanding of how climate change affects the urban farmer, and new crops to grow in this New Normal.

Credentials Earned: This a noncredit stand-alone course.

What You Will Learn:

– How climate change can impact farming operations

– How to use cover crops to mitigate climate change

– How to use climate-smart crops in the face of climate change

Link to the slides.

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All right, so let’s begin. Objectives, you will gain an understanding of the myriad effects climate change is having on the urban and semi urban farmer. Will learn some suggested solutions to the potentially negative effects of climate change, and Will share some tested varieties of common crops capable of handling the changing climate.

The future ain’t what it used to be is a the title of a very popular song from 1977 with very somber lyrics could also be the title for Climate Change scenario that we are facing today. The changes that we are expected to see or hear the last decade was the hottest on record, thanks to global warming. According to expert experts at the National Oceanic administration, Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

At the University of the District of Columbia, a land grant university, our primary focus is on addressing the very critical questions related to urban agriculture. If you set aside the jokes about it, one thing is for sure, Mother Nature always bats last. Her batting average is very good these days. My personal identification and interaction with the change in climate occurred in the 90s. While running a very small certified organic farm in Jessup, Maryland. I noticed that the early spring rains were extremely excessive. scientists agree that the earth is getting warmer every year is warmer than the previous year. Also, if you are very in tune farmer, you have probably noticed that the frost free seed growing season is getting a little longer.

Therefore, we suggest the two of the most important tools in the urban and Peri urban farmers arsenal are imagination and practicing the art of being flexible. Which means that you must be ready to change. Farmers must be prepared to change crop varieties, crop planting dates and irrigation schedules.

And we must be ready to learn immersing ourselves more in the pest and disease management and whatever other factors may affect urban agriculture. As the planet warms, we have some suggested areas that growers need to look at solutions for these and how to implement adaptation for successful crop production. In this era of climate instability.

We are entering the era of bigger and more prolific weeds. The four major green greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapor. Carbon dioxide is the one that probably affects urban growers the most. The reason is that carbon dioxide is essential to plant growth. As atmospheric carbon dioxide increases, plant growth is also expected to increase in some cases that might mean higher crop yields. But it also could mean higher lead populations. Some of the let me know how I’m going to do that.

Linda Yannone 13:34
It could mean greater compost to greater access to compost, that’s a positive.

MO 13:40
Absolutely. So some of the urban effects, weed ecology and weed science are related and are very interesting courses at the university...

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Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 2

In this second part of our interview with Dr. Zama we move through the different possibilities for food, pidgin, and how libations connect us to the soil. This particular segment is powerful and it is my honor to share it with you all.

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MO 1:07:03
So now we get to our third question. How have you grown while growing all that you got growing on? Meaning? How has your well being improved? By being in the soil?

Dr. Isaac Zama 1:07:19
Oh, the for that there’s absolutely no question that eating natural food, or eating organic food improves your health? There’s no, there’s no question about that. You don’t need to have gone to school to know that. You remember, our parents us would stay up to the 100 years? For the night? Yeah. Why? Because they were eating natural organic food. So organic food is natural medicine in itself. So you know, to demand how my health has improved as a result of, you know, paying attention to what I put in my body. My health has actually improved. You don’t get as tired, as, you know, as much as I used to. And not only that, the taste? Yeah, the food itself. Yeah. It’s, you know, it’s like day or night. Yeah, you know. So, you know, encouraging everybody to try to see how they can grow their own, not organic or natural food would eventually improve your health. That is there’s no gainsay about that. You know, you don’t talk to talk to the older folks, they’ll tell you, they, you know, they ate natural food and they stayed for so long. Unlike us today that we are, you know, we grew up eating so much processed food, by by time you hit 30 You start having all these kinds of complaints have complaints. So, you know, if we want to protect our health, and if we want to live long, we should start by eating by eating healthy and organic food that will reduce our going to the doctor, you know, all the time.

MO 1:09:44
Yeah.

Dr. Isaac Zama 1:09:48
Especially,

MO 1:09:50
I mean, and if and if that doesn’t appeal to you. The taste factor will really I mean, no No, no food tastes as good as the food you’ve grown yourself. Yes. The kale that we have ...