TAITA TAVETA, Kenya, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A low cost technology that uses plastic linings to cover top soil has come to the rescue of farmers in Kenya's drought-prone arid and semi arid counties. The technology which has been piloted in dry parts of Taita Taveta County in the coast re...
Farm machinery firms in Kenya have also moved to cash in on the growing demand for conservation farming implements in response to climate change. "The common practice of using disc ploughs to invert the soil results in unnecessary moisture loss and following up with a disc harrow gives further ...
Urban farming practitioners face challenges like lack of quality irrigation water, poorly decomposed manure, diverse inputs of unknown sources, unhealthy farm environment and abject poverty. All these contribute to production of unsafe food. Heavy metals and pathogens contaminate edible produce like tomato...
The changing face of irrigation in Kenya: opportunities for anticipating changes in Eastern and Southern Africa 2002. From government to farmer-managed smallholder rice schemes: The unresolved case of the Mwea Irrigation Scheme. In The changing face of irrigation in......
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Such predictive capabilities of machine learning and AI empower farmers to take preemptive actions, such as targeted pest control or adjusting irrigation schedules. In addition to predictive analytics, machine learning and AI also excel in optimizing operational efficiency and resource management in ...
instance, in terms of land resource allocation, 85 percent of the Kenya's land under cultivation was devoted to beans and maize in the year 2015-2016. In addition, 83 percent of the Kenya's land mass is arid and semi-arid, and only 2 percent of cultivatable land is under irrigation [...
basil, rosemary and sage that are consumed in Europe and elsewhere. The company has already built 1,500 units in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Fed by solar power, they use drip irrigation technology built with local materials and farmers can control the irrigation pumps using their ...
By Christine Lagat MACHAKOS , Kenya , April 15 ( Xinhua ) - - Joyce Nduku ' s three-acre farm located at the heart of Kenya ' s Machakos county was the hallmark of green shoots on Thursday thanks to several days of heavy downpour .
The high input systems (High) represent commercial-scale, export-oriented production that uses the recommended amounts of fertilisers, pesticides and irrigation water to generate high yields, whilst the low input systems (Low) represent local smallholder practices, using relatively few fertilisers and ...