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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 other farmers from Karinde village to protect Thogoto’s trees through projects such as bamboo farming and beekeeping. ....

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