Conservation Agriculture in Kenya: Beating Drought and Poor Harvest

Описание: 48-year-old Lucy Kigunda is a member of Ithondio women’s group in Imenti North, Meru County, in the central region of Kenya.

More recently, she has started planting sorghum, a grass species cultivated for its grain – used for consumption, animal feed and ethanol production. Its steam can be used as building material and its leaves for animal fodder.

“Before we started planting, we put in practice what we learnt. It is important to rotate the crops and to keep some of the crop residues on the soil to retain the moisture and protect the soil. These new ways of working our land have improved our farming, and we now have a much better harvest,” says Lucy.

FAO is helping farmers across eight counties to have better harvests by training them to use conservation agriculture in the context of good agronomic management practices, including: planting drought tolerant crops and adapted varieties, using certified seeds, planting on time, applying fertilisers correctly, and improving post-harvest storage.

To date, more than 26,000 farmers are applying conservation agriculture. FAO aims to work with county governments to expand the use of conservation agriculture practices to at least 10 percent of Kenya’s farming population.


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