Farmers trained for reforestation

Farmers trained for reforestation

GORONTALO: The Gorontalo provincial administration is to train 510 farmers to make a success of the reforestation and land rehabilitation program in the province.

Organizing manager of the training program Noho Moningka said in Gorontalo city over the weekend that the farmers would be given information on forestry, the environment and land rehabilitation and would be trained to regreen barren land.

"If the first training program is successful, the government will ask more farmers to undergo it in the future," he said.

He said during the six-month training, participants would receive accommodation, pocket money and other supporting facilities. -- Antara