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Shamba system deployed to rehabilitate Meru forests

Kenya Forest Service Meru zone manager Samuel Mukundi during an interview on July 11, 2017. [Peter Muthomi/Standard]

The shamba system has been deployed to rehabilitate large chunks of depleted areas of forest in Meru.

Farmers have been allowed to grow potatoes and peas inside forests side by side with indigenous trees seedlings.

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