Where farming ventures help in conserving nature

A group of farmers in Mt Elgon, Bungoma County are earning handsome income in tree farming and bee-keeping. Aside from being a source of livelihood, the enterprise is a means of conserving the environment.

The farmers under the Cheptais-based Kenya Agriculture Reforms Elgon Unit Managing Programme for Youth in Agriculture (Kareu Mpya), a community-based organisation, have pooled resources to set up the 10-acre private forest with medicinal trees and almost 100 beehives.