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FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Smart Harvest By Thomson Reuters Foundation | January 23rd 2021 at 11:05:00 GMT +0300 Abbas Athman in his butterfly farm bordering Arabuko-Sokoke forest in Kilifi. [Caroline Chebet] Growing up in a village in Burkina Faso, Georges Bazongo remembers his parents and neighbours cutting down trees each year to expand their farmland so they could “grow enough food for our families to eat”. He also noticed some trees becoming drier in the drought-prone region, an indication too that the soil was deteriorating as heavy rains washed away its fertile layer. Some of his relat...
FARMKENYA INITIATIVE Smart Harvest By Kagondu Njagi | January 2nd 2021 at 03:55:00 GMT +0300 Abbas Athman in his farm bordering Arabuko-Sokoke forest in Kilifi. [Caroline Chebet, Standard] Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to walk through. Today, Thogoto Forest, on Nairobi’s northwest edge, is dotted with open spaces that locals and environmentalists say have been illegally cleared of trees by loggers and property developers. The destruction motivated the 49-year-old to join hands with a dozen oth...
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