Still wondering why Mark Zuckerberg is building an underground farm in Hawaii, or Bill Gates owns 270000 acres of farmland in the US?
Almost no rain combined with scorching temperatures has led to shrivelled crops and soaring levels of hunger for tens of millions of people in the Southern Africa region. What else is a desert nation rich in wildlife to do?
Swarms of locusts have invaded three provinces in South Africa, with farmers fighting to save their crops.
Check out this short documentary about a young Malawian called William Kamkwamba who built a windmill out of scraps and saved his family, and then ultimately his village, when famine and destitution threatened to destroy them. Real African success stories like this are hard to find, and this one is nothing short of extraordinary.