Seamstress produces trees for electrification projects

Ayibontey (E/R), May 17, GNA - A seamstress, who has combined her profession with tree planting at Ayibontey near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, has produced trees needed for rural electrification projects.

Miss Adjoa Asante, who conducted the Ghana News Agency around her tree nursery at Ayibontey on Tuesday, said she started the project in 1995 and that she had maintained a nursery covering an area of about 0.2 hectares. She said she was able to raise about 50,000 mahogany; 4,000 teak; 20,000 acacia and 10,000 ofram trees annually for replanting and sell the rest to tree out-growers in the area.

She appealed to organizations and individuals to come for seedlings for replanting to help to serve as windbreaks during storms and to also beautify their environment.

Miss Asante said she is also into honey production.