The World Food Program distributed seedlings to some 800 underprivileged families in Tajikistan in an effort to increase fruit and food production and, at the same time, reduce the agency’s carbon footprint.
The USD100,000 “unique climate change project” distributed fruit, pine and nut seedlings to 800 families, who will be provided with food aid while waiting for the trees to grow and produce fruits that they can sell. The planted trees, WFP explained, will also help absorb the carbon emissions of vehicles used by the agency in its operations.
