{"id":2870,"date":"2017-09-05T09:36:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2017-09-05T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:38:09","slug":"schools-greening-project-lauded-during-melia-volkensii-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kengenfoundation.co.ke\/schools-greening-project-lauded-during-melia-volkensii-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools\u2019 Greening Project Lauded During Melia Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Schools Green Initiative Challenge impressed participants attending a two-day workshop on dry-land agroforestry organized by the Foundation\u2019s project partner Better Globe Forestry at the University of Nairobi Kabete campus on 24 \u2013 25 August.<\/p>\n
Representatives from the University of Ghent (Belgium), University of Nairobi, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, International Center for Research in Agroforestry\/ World Agroforestry Centre, Nature Conservancy, Better Globe Forestry, and Kenya Forest Service among others, had convened to discuss the challenges and benefits of cultivating Melia volkensii, <\/em>the tree species used in the Schools Green Initiative Challenge (GIC), for farmers living in semi-arid regions.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0KenGen Scoops Best Corporate (State Agency) Tree Growing And Forest Conservation Award<\/a><\/p>\n