Farmers in Meru have launched a tree-planting effort to mitigate against climate change

A farmer in Meru watering her trees in her shamba in Imenti region. The effort to plant trees in farms is an initiative of the Farm-Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya (FF-Spark), in partnership with Food Agricultural Organisation and others. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

The farmers, both young and old, are planting indigenous trees in farms and in wetlands, in an effort to promote conservation agriculture

The continuing tree planting, efficient energy use and resource conservation is an effort led by the Farm-Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya (FF-Spark), who have partnered with the Meru County Environment department in the tree-planting effort.