Achenyo Idachaba: How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business
آچنیو ایداچابا: چطور من یک گیاه کشنده را به تجارتی پر رونق تبدیل کردم
Achenyo Idachaba is the head of MitiMeth, a Nigeria-based company that makes handicrafts from aquatic weeds and other agro-waste. Full bio
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riverine communities across Nigeria,
در سراسر نیجریه،
have been infested
have been hampered:
have diminished;
are unable to go to school
به مدرسه بروند
and showy, lavender flowers
گلهای بنفش چشمگیر
in these communities.
جوامع شود.
Eichhornia crassipes.
the plant is also known by other names,
دیگر هم شناخته میشود،
the plant is called Babangida.
Babangida نام دارد.
the military and military coups.
کودتای نظامی میافتید.
the plant is also known as Abiola.
این گیاه به عنوان Abiola شناخته میشود.
you remember annulled elections
را به یاد میآورید
میشود.
or "talebearer."
rapid reproduction, destruction.
تولید سریع، تخریب.
شناخته میشود.
you think of death.
to "death to mother and child."
«مرگ مادر و کودک»
with this plant in the year 2009.
برخورد داشتم.
from the US to Nigeria.
رفته بودم.
this big leap of faith,
out of a deep sense of conviction
to do in Nigeria
انجام دادن هست
and saw this very arresting image.
و این تصویر شُک کننده را دیدم.
by dense mats of water hyacinth.
محاصره شده بودند.
to go about their daily activities
"There's got to be a better way."
«حتماً راه بهتری هست.»
the environment is taken care of
محیط زیست حمایت شود
into an economic benefit
whose lives are impacted the most
بیش از همه از آلودگی
to find out more
one struck me the most.
را جلب کرد
for handicrafts.
that are woven around a story.
قصه بافته شدهاند.
easily deployed within the communities
در جوامع پیاده شود
of technical skills."
"Three simple steps to a mega solution."
یک مگا راه حل.»
and harvest the water hyacinth.
سنبل آبی را درو کن.
the water hyacinth stems.
the water hyacinth into products.
مختلف بباف.
by background
کامپیوتر است
to a community in Ibadan, where I lived,
جایی که زندگی میکنم، بُرد،
predominantly made up of people
my dried weeds in hand,
بُردم،
to find out who could teach me
که به من بیاموزد
water hyacinth stems into ropes.
طناب ببافم.
to the shed of Malam Yahaya.
کردند.
is that Malam Yahaya doesn't speak English
بلد نیست
of learning how to weave
dried water hyacinth stems
سنبل آبی
of partnerships.
to come up with products.
را انتخاب کنیم.
to take this knowledge
their adversity into prosperity.
تبدیل به بهروزی کنند.
and actually weaving them
in a different light.
being durable, tough, resilient.
which is "killer of mother and child,"
«کشندهی مادر و کودک»،
with a quote by Michael Margolis.
مایکل مارگولیس تمام کنم
about a culture, listen to the stories.
بیاموزید، به قصههایش گوش دهید.
change the stories."
قصههایش را تغییر دهید.»
to Abobiri, to Ewoi,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Achenyo Idachaba - Green entrepreneurAchenyo Idachaba is the head of MitiMeth, a Nigeria-based company that makes handicrafts from aquatic weeds and other agro-waste.
Why you should listen
In 2009, Achenyo Idachaba bid her corporate career in the United States goodbye and relocated to Nigeria to start a new chapter as a social entrepreneur. She founded Greennovative Chain, which provided research and advocacy services in climate change mitigation, and later founded MitiMeth, a for-profit social enterprise based in Ibadan, Nigeria, which she considers a tangible expression of her research advice.
MitiMeth creates eco-friendly handicrafts like home décor and personal accessories from weeds prevalent on Nigeria’s waterways. The company also conducts training workshops for locals on river handicraft product development.
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