Geita Tree Plantation for Community

Geita Tree Plantation for Community, Tanzania

Our project aims to reduce poverty and conserve the environment in the Geita region. With extreme poverty and environmental damage from mineral extraction, we focus on diversifying income sources and promoting sustainable practices to protect the community and nature.

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ottobre 2024

We create the forests for the future. By following the path of the seed, from cone to seedling through plantation, nursery and finally planting. Like you can see here is our Croton megalocarpus trees which we transformed from the cone to seedlings and now we are going to lift them

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21 ott 2024
settembre 2024

In this planting season, here is one of planting site called River Ligembe, we have launched our planting movement to plant more trees at this site, we apply our expertise to ensure grow trees where they’re most needed and engaging local communities across the villages who bordered

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30 set 2024

This is our Croton megalocarpus at our nursery site's. To plant this tree, we usually propagateg it by sowing, either directly into the field or in pots but here we sowed it directly into the pots. The way we get its seeds it through collecting its mature fruits from the ground.

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26 set 2024

Our tree seedling production at nursery is one of the key steps in scaling up or domestication of any species we plant in the field site. Each step has to be properly planned and implemented under our team. The way seedlings are handled and managed in our nursery contributes to their

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13 set 2024
agosto 2024

What a fantastic eye when we see our young tree are developing well!!. Yes!, our planted seeds are at Vegetative Growing Phase and during this growth phase, the tree experiences rapid expansion of its stem and branches. Leaf production and expansion accelerate, and the tree’s focus

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31 ago 2024

Since June up to August, we're planting our tree seeds in the growing bags, now some seeds are germinated and once a seed has germinated, the root grows down into the soil to absorb moisture and nutrients and begin to anchor the plant into the ground.
It is now, at this time we

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28 ago 2024

Sometimes we need to soak seeds before planting as it help us to soften and loosen up the outside layer. Because some seeds that have hard jacket/thick skin that protects an embryo will germinate far sooner if they’re soaked than they would if they were planted in the soil without

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05 ago 2024
luglio 2024

This week we have started to protect our planted fruit trees at Lubeho planting site against illegal activities including uncontrolled fires, As we all know that in Geita region, planted trees sometimes are subjected to hot, dry, sunny conditions as well as to competition from fast-growing

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29 lug 2024

At this time we are still potting the soil in the growing bags, so some time before this task we filter our soil out of rocks and other sedments. So to filter rocks out of our prepared soil, we use a simple tool called traditional wiremesh soil sifter or chicken wire. These tool

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22 lug 2024

At this time we are still filling the soil in the growing bags which is a portable and versatile container that provides our young trees with the space they need to grow while we are offering optimal drainage. During this time we choose the right growing bag size and material, as

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09 lug 2024
giugno 2024

In our nursery, we use various tools and equipment such as wheelbarrows, sprinklers, hoses, watering cans, sprayers, protective clothing, gloves, and gumboots to perform daily cultural operations.
These tools are specifically selected for their respective operations, and maintaining

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25 giu 2024

This is our Faidherbia albida tree species at our nursery, today we would like to share the story behind this species, The growth of this tree in the nursery is very rapid and, ideally, seedlings can be outplanted after 2 months. However, due to many constraints, planting operations

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10 giu 2024
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maggio 2024

This is one of our locally Nursery and now we are potting bags after here we'll plant seeds and grading as an effective method of quality control. It will involves arranging the growing trees to of size, while at the same time removing stunted, root pruning, disease inspection part

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30 mag 2024

We are very happy when we see most of our nursery workers are women as you see here this week we are potting soil in the sapling bags during this activities the polythene tube 4” by 6” is commonly used as planting pots but 5” by 7” are also good especially for indigenous seedlings

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28 mag 2024

Here is our new planting site which is River Ligembe,
Ligembe River Basin is a predominantly rural river that has intensive water quantity and quality problems due to over utilization of the water for irrigation and intense agricultural pollution, so we are going to restore its

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20 mag 2024
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