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342 Ali Bin Shahid, one of the few who can model and calculate water cycle restoration
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A conversation with Ali Bin Shahid, an engineer with a deep background in permaculture (and a military one too), a passion for modelling and one of the very few people using data and engineering approaches to tackle critical questions about regeneration. We explore how to put numbers to abstract ideas like slowing water down, spreading it, and soaking it. What does "slow" actually mean? How do we measure it—by kilometres per hour, or some other metric? How much regeneration is required to restore rivers or trigger rains in a given landscape? And, for example, where globally do we have the biggest potential? Where is the biggest gap between the forest and water potential and the current situation on the ground?
It's definitely possible to manage a few acres or a few hectares through observation, if you're there for many decades or even through different generations. But as soon as we start talking about regeneration at the landscape level, we need numbers. We need numbers and models. Surprisingly, a lot is already possible: we can calculate to a relatively detailed degree, what certain flows of air, water, and moisture will look like in a landscape. This means you can start to calculate and imagine, almost at a parcel level, where we need to regenerate in order to restore, for instance, summer rains and year-round rivers.
But the surprising part is how few people are doing this work. Ali is at the forefront, bridging the gap between philosophical principles of water cycle restoration and practical, data-driven solutions. Together, we delve into early but exciting efforts to quantify these ideas: how much water to slow, where the global potential lies, and the vast gaps between current conditions and what’s achievable.
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1. 342 Ali Bin Shahid, one of the few who can model and calculate water cycle restoration (00:00:00)
2. What should smart investors, who want to invest in reg ag and food look out for? (00:43:33)
3. If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing in the agriculture industry from a sustainability point of view, what would it be? (00:54:49)
4. What do you believe is true about regenerative agriculture that others don’t believe to be true? (00:56:47)
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Manage episode 455975583 series 2920797
A conversation with Ali Bin Shahid, an engineer with a deep background in permaculture (and a military one too), a passion for modelling and one of the very few people using data and engineering approaches to tackle critical questions about regeneration. We explore how to put numbers to abstract ideas like slowing water down, spreading it, and soaking it. What does "slow" actually mean? How do we measure it—by kilometres per hour, or some other metric? How much regeneration is required to restore rivers or trigger rains in a given landscape? And, for example, where globally do we have the biggest potential? Where is the biggest gap between the forest and water potential and the current situation on the ground?
It's definitely possible to manage a few acres or a few hectares through observation, if you're there for many decades or even through different generations. But as soon as we start talking about regeneration at the landscape level, we need numbers. We need numbers and models. Surprisingly, a lot is already possible: we can calculate to a relatively detailed degree, what certain flows of air, water, and moisture will look like in a landscape. This means you can start to calculate and imagine, almost at a parcel level, where we need to regenerate in order to restore, for instance, summer rains and year-round rivers.
But the surprising part is how few people are doing this work. Ali is at the forefront, bridging the gap between philosophical principles of water cycle restoration and practical, data-driven solutions. Together, we delve into early but exciting efforts to quantify these ideas: how much water to slow, where the global potential lies, and the vast gaps between current conditions and what’s achievable.
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Support our work:
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- Give a 5-star rating
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More about this episode on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/ali-bin-shahid.
Find our video course on https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/course.
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Thoughts? Ideas? Questions? Send us a message!
Thank you to our Field Builders Circle for supporting us. Learn more here
Get your tickets here, regular tickets are sold until Feb 1st
https://2025.ai4soilhealth.eu/
https://foodhub.nl/en/opleidingen/your-path-forward-in-regenerative-food-and-agriculture/
Find out more about our Generation-Re investment syndicate:
https://gen-re.land/
Feedback, ideas, suggestions?
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- Get in touch www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com
Join our newsletter on www.eepurl.com/cxU33P!
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Chapter
1. 342 Ali Bin Shahid, one of the few who can model and calculate water cycle restoration (00:00:00)
2. What should smart investors, who want to invest in reg ag and food look out for? (00:43:33)
3. If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing in the agriculture industry from a sustainability point of view, what would it be? (00:54:49)
4. What do you believe is true about regenerative agriculture that others don’t believe to be true? (00:56:47)
440 episode
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