Chuka University plants 700,000 trees in two years
Chuka University Vice-Chancellor Erastus Njoka launching the planting of 200,000 trees in Kiera Hill in Maara Sub County Tharaka Nithi County on April 14, 2021. The university targets to plant 800,000 trees this year.
In the last three two years, students and staff of Chuka University in Tharaka Nithi County have been on a mission to plant tree seedlings of species carefully selected according to the specific benefits they bring to the environment and the local populations.
A majority of these seedlings planted in the county’s three constituencies are planted on surrounding farmland to provide food and resources, stabilise soils and increase crop yields.
