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Better Globe Forestry brokers a deal with ranch
Creating efficiency in activity monitoring
Using technology to improve efficiency
Measuring growth curve
Outgrowers program causes changes and improvements
Offering financial services through partnership
New literary content from Rino Solberg
300 hectares of forest that help the environment
Fruit collection process and delivery
Better Globe Forestry has launched an in-house designed digital Monitoring and Evaluation system to continuously improve forestry operations. This innovation replaces the work with paper, but the goal is the same: controlled corrective actions.
Read MorePruning is one of the crucial silvicultural activities for management of Melia volkensii (mukau) that is steadily being transformed from its traditional execution to a mechanized one.
Read MoreThe trees at Better Globe Forestry's Kiambere plantation have planting years ranging from 2007 to 2020. Better Globe Forestry has been conducting yearly tree measurements to track growth data for trees in all BGF plantations over time.
Read MoreJohn Njenga, 7 Forks Farmers Program Site Manager, describes the positive changes brought about by the outgrowers program. For farmers, this has significantly improved their attitudes and supports the mission of Better Globe Forestry.
Read MoreA look at the partnership between K-Rep Fedha Services, Better Globe Forestry, and the Financial Services Associations in Nguni and Kamuwongo in Kitui county.
Read MoreFrom the new book "Pay It Forward" comes the coaching and guidance to achieve ultimate success. Rino Solberg's mission is to show that everyone is successful if we dedicate our lives helping others.
Read MoreLocated in Kitui County, Kiambere plantation covers an area of approximately 300 hectares. Before the plantation, environmental concerns such as soil erosion were present; now, the plantation has made significant improvements to the surrounding land.
Read MoreThis process ensures quality fruits are collected and delivered to Better Globe Forestry's nursery.
Read MoreTraining for farmers is administered through farmer groups. These are guided by the Better Globe Forestry outgrowers training manual. All trainings are focused on ensuring trees are planted and survive throughout the rotation period.
Read MoreKey players are involved in the first step of the Better Globe Forestry farmers program, which involves a continuous process of recruiting farmers.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry has embarked upon using remote sensing technology to map, identify, and delineate various physical features across its plantation land.
Read MoreIn recognizing people as their biggest asset, Better Globe Forestry has made some changes with coronavirus safety methods, and managing employee attendance and tasks electronically.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry has embraced the use of machines in several forestry activities, such as vegetation clearing and pitting, to achieve set annual targets.
Read MoreAs a critical activity of the Green Initiative Challenge, seedling distribution is conducted twice a year prior to the onset of rains.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry has embarked on forming farmer groups with our farmers programs both in Seven Forks (Kenya) and Dokolo (Uganda).
Read MoreA brief update courtesy of Better Globe Forestry, who are operating with special measures and precautions during this time.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry is working with the Forest Stewardship Council Africa to guide the company toward forest stewardship certification.
Read MoreWith an ongoing pandemic, Better Globe Forestry remains operational with enhanced safety and protection measures.
Read MoreIn light of this pandemic, Better Globe Forestry's operations cannot be brought to a complete standstill. They are taking the proper steps to continue operations safely and normally.
Read MoreIn keeping with a unique business model of social entrepreneurship, Better Globe Forestry has opted to establish a revolving fund to support the Yele Ikon Can Farmers Association (YICAFA) with the creation of a cassava planting project.
Read MoreEast Africa has been suffering the worst locust invasion in 70 years. Thankfully, Better Globe Forestry's plantations have escaped with little to no damage.
Read MoreWe welcome Lawrence Muema Mulandi as new Finance and Operations Director in Better Globe Forestry. Lawrence is born in Kenya and has been working with Better Globe Forestry since 2011 as an administrative officer and accountant.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry is transitioning to a more advanced farmer contracting application that is now mobile-based and equipped with a back office.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry participated in a conference to further expand the use of melia volkensii (mukau) trees in the drylands of Kenya. This allows Better Globe Forestry and partners to continue improving environmental conditions and engage others.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry has worked to expand its operations to Tanzania and searched for partnership among Tanzanian institutions that seek to improve the forestry conditions. One such organization is the Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TAFORI).
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry hosted a delegation of representatives at its Kiambere plantation, headed by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Forestry in February 2019.
Read MoreIn December, one of Better Globe's Swedish customers visited the Nyongoro plantation on his own. Despite the potential for danger and travel concerns, Torgny Johnsson nonetheless made the trip to the Nyongoro plantation on motorcycle.
Read MoreEuropean Business Magazine caught up with Better Globe Forestry founder and chairman Rino Solberg to discuss the tree-planting business. Rino also discussed how his company plans to fight corruption and eradicate poverty in Africa.
Read MoreMirror Review depicts achievements of companies and entrepreneurs and sheds light on innovations they are carrying to disrupt the current market scenario. Doing so, they picked Better Globe Forestry among the 20 Most Admired Companies of 2018.
Read MoreJan Vandenabeele, Editor-in-Chief of Miti magazine, had few trips to Tanzania with the mission to expand the coverage of Miti by including Tanzania in its articles. A lot of interesting meetings were made.
Read MoreNow that the rainy season in Kenya has begun, it's critical for Better Globe Forestry to prepare seedling distribution for farmers, most of whom live far from our tree nursery site in Kiambere.
Read MoreRino Solberg, the chairman of Better Globe Forestry, was deemed as one of the most innovative advocates in corporate responsibility. Three new companies may change the way people buy houses, cars, and how they shop online.
Read MoreIn less than 9 months, Better Globe Forestry has managed to grow 1 million tree seedlings at our new nursery in Dokolo district, Uganda. Most of the seedlings have been distributed to almost 6,000 partner farmers.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry continues its mission to plant as many trees as there are people on this planet, and this time they are partnering up with leaders in Uganda to launch a tree planting project to benefit thousands of farmers.
Read MoreAcacia senegal, or gum arabic tree, is an indigenous African tree species that withstands extreme conditions and is easily adaptable. Better Globe Forestry is currently growing this species on trial plantations in parts of Kenya.
Read MoreThe School's Green Initiative Challenge (as a partnership with Better Globe, KenGen, and Bamburi Cement Limited) has developed greatly since its inception. Recently an awards ceremony was held to congratulate top performing schools in this challenge.
Read MoreThe top three members of the Better Globe A-Team gathered in Florida to discuss current ongoing projects, and the strategic plans and future of the companies in the Better Globe Group.
Read MoreIn March of this year, Better Globe Forestry visited Tanzania to acquire knowledge of the Tanzanian forestry landscape and its players, as well as other factors critical to the planting of mukau and Persian Lilac.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry met with executives of Yele Ikon Can Farmers Association (YICAFA) to initiate a partnership that will see millions of Persian Lilac trees planted in Dokolo and other neighboring districts in Uganda.
Read MoreWomen's roles in agroforestry systems differ greatly from their male counterparts, and this is a result of cultural, social, and economic barriers that have been institutionalized for many years.
Read MoreIn December 2017, the Better Globe Group Chairman Rino Solberg visited the farmers program in Northern Uganda. Many successes were had during his trip and some representatives from neighboring districts were receptive of Better Globe Forestry's plans
Read MoreIn 1999, the Kenyan government put in effect a ban on logging that went on for 13 years in all its established plantations. We wanted to know why the government took such a decision and the implications that the ban had on the forestry sector.
Read MoreIn July 2017, Better Globe customers visited Better Globe Forestry's operations in Kenya. Around 40 visitors from around the world arrived in Nairobi and were shown all the work Better Globe Forestry has done in Kenya.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what makes a business unique? Is it the business model, the mission and vision, or the goals? For Better Globe Forestry, it's all of these factors. Learn more about how Better Globe Forestry is a unique business.
Read MoreIn late 2017, a second microfinance bank was launched in Kamuwongo. The launch was experienced by over 600 local residents!
Read MoreThis collaboration between institutions started in 2016 and ended in 2017. It is concentrated on clonal multiplication of Melia volkensii through in vitro techniques and its use as a bio-insecticide.
Read MoreAs featured in Corporate Vision magazine, Rino Solberg provides an inside look on how the company operates and what its successes mean for its present and future work.
Read MoreThis article discusses the species Melia volkensii, otherwise known as mukau, and Melia azedarach, the Persian Lilac or China berry, both very unique in their own ways.
Read MoreIn May and September of 2017, a Better Globe Forestry team visited different districts in Northern Uganda to access the start-up of an outgrowers program with smallholders.
Read MoreIn his interview with Business Worldwide Magazine at London Stock Exchange, Rino discusses the details of Better Globe Forestry and what makes the company great.
Read MoreIn March of this year, Better Globe Forestry took a trip to Karamoja to make first steps in the implementation of a large-scale afforestation program in the region.
Read MoreWith changing conditions around the world, it is important now more than ever to create healthy environmental practices, such as protecting soil health. Better Globe Forestry works with outgrowers to help the environment and social conditions.
Read MoreDifferent organizations are expressing interest in learning from Better Globe Forestry how to practice silvicultural management of melia volkensii, or mukau.
Read MoreTo reach its potential, Better Globe Forestry has implemented a permanent training program to teach farmers and agroforestry agents different techniques and practices.
Read MoreAs an organization dedicated to helping children, Child Africa focuses on fighting corruption and alleviating the effects of poverty on African children of all ages. Child Africa's tireless efforts to help children have not gone unnoticed.
Read MoreKenya and Uganda are unique countries filled with extraordinary sights, from their humble people to their majestic landscapes, and my experience there was one worth writing about.
Read MoreAs work develops, new mechanization is necessary for efficient operations. Better Globe Forestry received new tractors to help with labor in certain areas, such as land clearing and transport of seedlings.
Read MoreBetter Globe Forestry recently visited authorities and farmers in Eastern Mwingi to follow up and explain their work in the area. This is part of upholding good public relations with stakeholders at all levels.
Read MoreOur CEO, Rino Solberg, presented some solutions at TEDx on how we can eradicate poverty in Africa and how we have already helped thousands of people with the help of education, microfinance and tree planting.
Read MoreGovernmental rehabilitation of ecosystems needs to be done with care. Displacement of indigenous people may solve a temporary problem to protect the nature, but these people still need proper education in how they can live and survive.
Read MoreRino Solberg, CEO of Better Globe Forestry, had his biggest failure in his Success magazine. From going down, he climbed up and came up with one of this times best ideas and solutions for eradicating poverty and corruption in Africa.
Read MoreA great challenge in eradicating poverty is to find methods that can generate income to impoverished communities. Cash handouts and microfinance loans have been tried with different success.
Read MoreIn this part we look deeper into different watering systems, mulching, spacing, thinning and pruning of the trees. The weeding is often taken care of by locals who feed their livestock with grass.
Read MoreThe process of planting mukau (Melia Volkensii) trees is quite interesting. There are a lot of steps and each step is crucial for a tree to grow and survive. Here is all you need to know about how your trees are brought to life.
Read MoreWe are now only about 115,000 trees away from reaching our first milestone of one million trees planted. We have sped up the planting process and will continue to do so next year when our in-vitro facitilities are ready.
Read MoreThe rainy season is always the best time of the year to plant our tree seedlings. We have customized our trucks to carry as many tree seedlings as possible, which we distribute around to our contract farmers. Few obstacles can occur.
Read MoreOn October 25, our bulldozer operators took a course on how to maintain our bulldozer. The instructor demonstrated different techniques on how to maintain the engine and different parts, and the interval between services.
Read MoreOur agroforestry agent Allan Awita visited contract farmer Peter Kivule as a follow-up to see that the mukau trees were growing properly on his farm. Allan also gathered other upcoming contract farmers to train them how to plant mukau seedlings.
Read MoreSmall scale farmers struggle to survive in the drylands of Kenya. We help the poorest farmers to increase the yields on their land and Samuel Mulli is telling us his story.
Read MoreThrough agroforestry, Better Globe Forestry can collaborate with the poorest farmers in Kenya, meet with mutual interests, produce more trees, and build more industries based on the wood produced.
Read MoreIn this interview, former Director General of the World Agroforestry Center talks to us about the role of trees in farming systems, and how to improve the lives and livelihoods of individuals in the drylands of Africa.
Read MoreWe are in the final stages of an agreement to get land for in-vitro facilities and tree planting and have invested in a new bulldozer for that purpose.
Read MoreSeveral activities and issues are discussed during the regular visits Better Globe Forestry makes at their plantation and nursery in Nyongoro, Kenya.
Read MoreThe process of harvesting Mukau fruits to get seeds to plant new Mukau trees is cumbersome. Almost all of Better Globe Forestry's workers at Kiambere site are female and do a remarkable job to extract the Mukau seeds.
Read MoreWe attended the annual general meeting for our funded financial service association (FSA), which is a microfinance bank. Better Globe Forestry was praised extensively for its efforts in helping the community to better their lives.
Read MoreA grant was obtained from the Belgian Flemish Government to support the setup of the in-vitro multiplication facility.
Read MoreOur visitor from the Belgian Embassy honored Better Globe Forestry's tradition by planting a Mukau tree in our plantation in Kiambere.
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