“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.
“Collins you created the demand for ripping in this county, therefore, I have to fill the gap by serving potential CA adopter farmers” Mr. Mukabana uttered. He attests that his net income rose by 40% since he uses only 4 litres of fuel per acre when ripping as opposed to close to 10 litres of diesel while discing; maintenance cost & downtime significantly reduced; takes only 30 minutes to rip an acre as opposed to 60 minutes required to disc plough an acre.
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.
Climate change being a hard reality all over the world, Elgeyo Marakwet county has not been spared. EMC has experienced a drastic decline in yields due to unpredictable and inadequate rains. But with the introduction of conservation agriculture by FTMA in EMC with a focus on ripping to facilitate maximum utilization on available soil water and eliminate erosion, farmers now have hopes.
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