Farmers have been encouraged to plant hairy vetch not just for livestock consumption but also for a number of purposes that include nitrogen fixation into the soil, weed suppression, soil erosion prevention, and building of soil organic matter among others. This vine-like, vigorously-growing, cold-tolerant, winter-hardy, annual legume has been found by many experts to be […]
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Most farmers across the country remain unaware that soil acidity reduces crop yield by almost 50 per cent regardless the amount of fertilizer you use. This poses a major threat to the agricultural sector– the country’s economic backbone. Through a comparison done on farms where liming was applied production doubled, a small holder farmer in
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Over 50,000 smallholder farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya are recording a more than doubling of yields and reduced soil erosion after embracing a soil conservation scheme that involves digging trenches in hillsides to trap runaway water and soil. The scheme christened Fanya Juu which is practiced in areas with low or high rainfall involves
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