Farmers in central Kenya are turning from crops to a fast-growing eucalyptus species with a much higher earning potential.
Hundreds of farmers from the dry regions of central Kenya are planting eucalyptus grandis, originating from South Africa, due to the wood’s popularity in the building industry and for use as fuel by tea factories.
NGO Tree is Life has sold about 100,000 eucalyptus seedlings to farmers in the past three years. Trees can be harvested about five years after planting.
