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Members of the Ontulili Community Forest Association harvest potatoes in a section under the shamba system in Karuri forest. Such a system exists in Mau Forest too. [File, Standard]
The abuse of Shamba system has been blamed for destruction of Mau forest cover.
The Shamba system is an initiative where the Kenya Forest Service allows communities living adjacent to forests, through community forest associations, to grow crops in reserve land.
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