Dry weather conditions affect performance and growth of trees planted under the Green Ghana Project, an intervention instituted as part of a flagship programme of the erstwhile NPP administration in the Upper East Region.
The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions suffer dry and hot weather conditions around this season.
A follow-up on several of these trees planted last year during the planting season indicates that trees faced challenges at their various stages of performance due to the dry weather.
Some stakeholders and staff of the Forestry Commission (FC) the reporter interacted with indicated, "The trees we water every day, if you look at the growth of the trees in the nursery, it is not too good.
