Komaza using AI, satellite data to support commercial tree farming
Workers at Komaza Forestry in Kilifi County, at Kenya's Coast. The company has partnered with 25,000 farmers in Kenya and targets to plant one billion trees by 2030. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG
Kenyan firm Komaza is using technology to guide thousands of farmers in coastal and central regions on planting and tending to trees in order to benefit from the booming timber market.
The company's “micro-forestry” model is a shift from large, costly plantations to distributed partnerships with local farmers. The shift provides an 80 percent cost savings over traditional plantations, for every acre planted, while unlocking more land for forestry activities.
