Ethiopia: Zone prepares 302 mln seedlings
Dessie – The South Wollo Zone Agriculture and Rural Development Department disclosed that over 302 million seedlings have been readied to recover the depleted land in the zone.
Department Deputy Head, Wondaleh Habtamu told WIC that the seedlings were nurtured at over 9,700 seedling stations in 21 woredas of the zone.
He said the seedlings will be transplanted in depleted and basin areas.
According to the head, some 454,897 coffee and fruits seedlings have been readied for transplantation.
The tree seedlings prepared this year exceeds that of last year same period by 28 million, he indicated.
More than 30,000 hectares of land has been designated for the seedling transplantation, he noted.
Moreover, activities meant to rehabilitate depleted mountains have also been carried out in the zone, he added.
Of the 274 million seedlings planted in rural and urban woredas of the zone, some 178 million seedlings have been sprouted, he said.
- WIC
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Tewbel Teferi
12 Jun 09 at 11:04 am
They must have a special machine to count all these
seedlings. By this count Ethiopia will recover her forest density in one or two years, if it has already done so ! Some of the figures I read recently about the devlopment of the country, sound very much like science fiction.
Wollo
12 Jun 09 at 11:53 am
Planting trees is just fine. But if all the seedlings that were planted in South Wollo in the last 30 year grew, there wouldn’t be any tiny bit of land that is not covered with trees. But south Wollo is as bold as Meles’s forehead.
They better tell us how many of those planted last year, the year before, two years before, etc are still standing. If the tree’s don’t grow, they better stop forcing our people in to de this never ending cycle of tree planting for a sack of bad wheat and a “lastic” of oil.
Our people should do something useful for the handout they get. They should not just be kept busy with some non-sense simply because they get aid. God, when shall you deliver us from begging!!