In cutting down the irrigation water requirement, one Kitui County farmer has resorted to growing vegetables in sacks to meet domestic needs. The 90kg sacks host between 10 and 15 kales grown at the top as well as on the sides.Festus Mutemi mixes the soil with sawdust to reduce water loss after irrigation. Three litres …
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Better access to irrigation for farmers is key for climate change adaptation. Until recently, irrigation had never taken off in Africa for multiple reasons from poor maintenance planning to lack of inputs and market access. Many donor and government-funded large and small-scale irrigation schemes lay dry after a few years of exploitation. Water experts estimate …
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Small-scale potato farmers using furrow irrigation can make use of little water to bring more acreage under cultivation by applying the partial irrigation method. The partial Root-Zone Drying method, which can save between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of the total water used in an acre, relies on the alternate supply of the …
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