The Department of Forest Extension has called upon more residents in Limuru to engage in farm forestry in an effort to attain the Vision 2030 ten per cent tree cover.
Speaking to the press in his office on Thursday, the sub-county forest officer (SCFO), Joseph Njoroge, said the public played an important role in the realisation of the vision adding that seedlings were available to the farmers.
Njoroge, said the department was targeting existing groups like youth and women groups, Saccos and likeminded people in the community to attain the cover through the Forest Extension Program.
The SCFO said that actualisation of the program through groups was affordable and produces better results than individual farmers as they share labour and production costs and are more accountable to commercial activities with the trees.
He said that the department was charged with the responsibility of giving farmers technical advice on tree planting, educating them on the management of trees and marketing end products.
The officer added that the program does not limit the number of people in each group as long as they have existing land to plant the seedlings.
Njoroge noted that in the region, women and the elderly were more concerned about afforestation compared to young people emphasizing the need for more youth groups investing in tree farming.