Farmers in Migori County, a county in southwestern Kenya are adopting organic and scientific farming methods to improve crop production and cut unnecessary costs. One farmer from Suna East sub-county says that he has been practising both organic and scientific farming methods for four years, after receiving a training organised by the County Government of Migori and “Send A Cow”, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).
The scientific crop method like Keyhole, Aerial, Trench and Mandala gardening, is the reason this grower has managed to have a lot of crops in a limited space of land, adding that the gardening techniques also conserve crop water and moisture usage, increase crop production and utilises better plant nutrients.
Also, organic farming has enabled him to reduce the expenses that he previously incurred in purchasing inorganic fertilizer and pesticides. Scientific farming methods have also enabled him to utilise his one-and-a-half-acre farm wisely.
Source: kenyanews.go.ke
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