Tree tech: Growing a More Resilient Future
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15.10.24
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Lucy Anyango Okumu is a farmer in Kenya’s western County of Siaya. She surveys a row of trees planted in front of her house. Her garden contains everything from chili plants to pawpaw, jackfruit, mangoes, and avocados. She explains the reason that her garden is so diverse. The trees are beneficial, she explains.
“When the bananas are ready, I harvest them and leave them to ripen. If we don’t have food, my family and I eat the bananas. If I need money, I sell them.”
But, she says, during the dry season, when there’s no rain, it’s difficult to get the seeds. Sometimes she buys them in the market, but without a quality seal, it’s hard to know how good the harvest will be. It is for farmers like Okumu that the MyFarmTrees digital platform has been developed.
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