Mr. Chelule targets both ripping (2-tine) and chiseling (3-tine) clients by either adding or removing one tine. He decided to lead by example by ripping 4 acres of his own land and has started a campaign against the use of disc ploughs by encouraging other Mechanization Service Providers (MSPs) to “ditch the disc”.
“Before conservation agriculture, we could not manage 20 sacks of 90kilogram of unshelled maize from an acre, yet I harvested 21 sacks of the same quantity, this time of shelled maize. My harvest is also increasing as I am getting 35 sacks of 90 kilograms of shelled maize.
From the calculations, Eunice used to spend over KShs. 80,000/- on her 6-acre farm just on land preparation and weed control. However, after learning of CA and realizing that she can cut costs by up to 60%, she didn’t hesitate to adopt. She has managed to reduce production costs to only KShs. 30,000/- saving up to KShs. 50,000/- on land preparation and weed control alone.
The two organizations agreed to collaborate in the following areas; Collaborate in content development, sharing, linking and dissemination of scientific information and knowledge, and incapacity and institutional building in areas of agricultural and environmental issues focusing on commodities, invasive species and scientific communication in areas of human, plant, animal-, and environmental health.
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