Written by Dennis Avokoywa.
With the adverse effects of climate change taking a toll, it is clear that food insecurity occasioned by inconsistent and unpredictable weather patterns is a major scare that calls for immediate interventions by all and sundry to mitigate a further devastating outcome.
In Kenya, PlantVillage, through its Dream Team unit, has been engaging with local farmers and primary school learners in a tree planting initiative meant to restore green coverage and attract adequate rainfall to boost food production.
The agroforestry initiative under the banner 'green belt' is scaling up rapidly. Fred Ochola, a Dream Team agroforestry officer, notes that over 1.5 million trees have been distributed since the project's inception in July 2021, with this year alone recording a total of 275,700 tree seedlings distributed to farmers.
"We have exceeded our 1.5 seedling tree distribution goal that we had set for ourselves by mid this year; it has only been 5 months, and our total number of tree distributions has surpassed the 1.5 million target," Ochola said.