Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) join farmers in tree planting in farms given to them through an initiative aimed at conserving the forest while sustaining livelihoods in Hombe forest, Nyeri Country.
Anne Njuki a student at Irori secondary school in Sagana scheme, Nyeri County plants a tree in a potato farm in Hombe forest.
Alice Nyaguthii, who once lived and farmed in the forest but is now a squatter in Kabiruini, Ruturu in Nyeri County plants a tree in a potato farm in Hombe forest.
Farmers around Mount Kenya forest are cashing on a new system that allows them to grow crops in the forest while raising trees.
The initiative, called the Plantation Establishment and Livelihood Improvement System (PELIS), has been established to replace the shamba system.
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Aga Khan Fund for Environment’s senior director David Boyer said they are calling it the tree growing initiative since it is not enough to put trees in the ground. The community must take care of them and can provide economic benefit to both the community and Kenya.
Over two million trees in Mount Kenya have been planted and they are targeting to plant 14 million trees by 2014.
” We are also doing school gardens for fruits and shade trees and for charcoal production. We have down over 25 school gardens last year in Coast region,” said Boyer.
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