{"id":2966,"date":"2022-09-28T13:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2022-09-28T13:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:59:37","slug":"kakamega-community-forest-association-in-support-shamba-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2966","title":{"rendered":"Kakamega Community Forest Association in support shamba system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seliphar Musungu,\nKAKAMEGA <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kakamega Forest\nCommunity Association CFA are in support of &nbsp;recent remarks of deputy\npresident Rigathi Gachagua&nbsp; on forest farming saying that it will increase\nfood production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in Baringo\nDeputy President Rigathi Gachagua said that the Kenya kwanza government will\nbring back a controversial system that will allow Kenyans to farm inside\nforests to increase food production in the country arguing that the outgoing\ngovernment made an error in abolishing the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><code><strong>\u201cThere was a shamba system that allowed Kenyans to cultivate food crops like maize in the forest as they take care of the trees and leave when the trees grow big. We have issued an order that Kenyans be allowed to do farming in the forest so that we can increase food production in our country,\u201d said Mr. Gachagua<\/strong><\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muileshi Community\nForest Association lead by their chair John Mbai and Aggrey Lukano who is the\nhead of tree planting in Kakamega forest are in support of the suggestion made\nby the deputy president saying that they were highly affected with lack of food\nafter the outgoing government banned them from farming in the\nforest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe as CFA take care\nof Kakamega Forest. We are in support of the shamba system because it will\nboost food production and food supply. We will plant maize and other food crops\nand plant more trees at the same time to avoid climate change,\u201d said Mbai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muileshi members who\nwork together with Kenya Forest Service to conserve, protect and rehabilitate\nKakamega forest have said that the Shamba system will be of great help in\nenvironmental conservation and to make sure that Kenya attains 10% forest\ncoverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI urge the youth\naround Kakamega forest to take up the task and come up with more nursery trees\nthat will be planted in the forest and community shambas,\u201d He added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members also advised\nthe Kenya forest service to make an official announcement very first that will\nallow them to start farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlanting food crops\nin the forest will not kill nor destroy trees, they are observations that we\nwill follow and we will consider while farming our aim is to protect and plant\nmore trees cultivation will only boost the activities,\u201d said Lukano&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">END <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seliphar Musungu, KAKAMEGA Kakamega Forest Community Association CFA are in support of &nbsp;recent remarks of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua&nbsp; on forest farming saying that it will increase food production. Speaking in Baringo Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said that the Kenya kwanza government will bring back a controversial system that will allow Kenyans to farm inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kakamega Community Forest Association in support shamba system - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=2966\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kakamega Community Forest Association in support shamba system - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seliphar Musungu, KAKAMEGA Kakamega Forest Community Association CFA are in support of &nbsp;recent remarks of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua&nbsp; on forest farming saying that it will increase food production. 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