Maximizing Crop Yields: How Farmers in Kenya Achieve Year-Round Harvests with Maize and Chicken Pea Rotation
As cropping seasons determine what yields farmers will get due to the amount of rain, farmers are alternating maize cultivation with chicken pea and ensuring bumper harvests throughout the year. While the maize and other legumes are water guzzlers chicken pea uses low moisture. A project introduced to farmers by International Crops Research Institute for …