Ruto should copy Ethiopia - 25B trees in 2yrs in 120,000 nurseries

[RV Pundit]

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Created 700,000 jobs.
Many are fruits.

Ruto should fund every primary and secondary school with 100K annually to start tree and fruit nurseries.

10 million kids in school each plant 100 trees per annum - that is 1B trees.

There are about 35K such schools- each planting 100K - that will be 3500,000,000 tress - 3.5B annually - at total cost of merely 35M dollars or Kshs 3.5B - enough to buy seedlings and build small nurseries for CBC.

In five years - Kenya would have planted 10B trees - including fruits like Avocados

This is Ethiopia's #GreenLegacy. Let’s work together to mitigate climate change and forge a new system of green living, green behaviour and green development.
     
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— Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 (@AbiyAhmedAli) October 12, 2022

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Hasla talked about 3 billion trees.

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With US, Europe and China waters dwindling we have a goldmine in trees. Huko from Awasi to Budalangi are best for serious forestation.

[RV Pundit]

I am suprised Ruto isnt thinking about using schools to do this.

Kenya Forest dept need rollout a programme in collaboration with schools

Income generating activitiy for schools - to grow tree nurseries - and have every kid to plant 100 trees.

We have 10 millions kids....if each plant 100 trees...that is 1 billion trees...anually.

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President William Ruto has announced a plan to grow 5 billion new trees as part of his climate change mitigation agenda.

To achieve the goal, Ruto asked every Kenyan, children included, to work towards growing 100 trees each.

"Every Kenyan, 50 million of us, must plant at least 100 trees, either in your compound, in your farm or in any other place you find... that is the surest way for us to turn around the climate so that we can have water, grow crops, do dams, agro-processing and make sure we have prosperity."

The Head of State was speaking on Saturday during the commissioning of the Thiba dam in Kirinyaga County where urged Kenyans to protect the environment, especially by planting trees and engaging in agroforestry to combat the severe drought that has gripped the nation.

"As a country, we must realize that as a member of the global community we have a challenge of climate right here with us. We have the most severe drought in 40 years confirming that we are already suffering the effects of climate change," Ruto stated.

He urged parents to support their children unable to plant trees themselves.

"If you have a child and they are unable to plant a tree, please do that for them, during their birthdays plant for them a tree. That is how we will ensure we maintain our environment and climate change for our own benefits," he said.

https://allafrica.com/stories/202210160152.html

I am suprised Ruto isnt thinking about using schools to do this.

Kenya Forest dept need rollout a programme in collaboration with schools

Income generating activitiy for schools - to grow tree nurseries - and have every kid to plant 100 trees.

We have 10 millions kids....if each plant 100 trees...that is 1 billion trees...anually.