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Julius Kamau, the Chief Conservator at Kenya Forest Service leads residents and KFS officers at planting Bamboo at Irangi Forest in Embu County on May 21, 2021. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
The National government has picked bamboo as a critical resource towards achieving the 30 percent tree cover strategy by 2032 and a key driver towards green growth and climate resilience.
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Soipan Tuya said bamboo was classified as a scheduled cash crop to accelerate its commercialization.
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