Series 11 - Ep 2: Soil testing, Rain water harvesting, Avocado, Brachiaria grass and Crop Insurance
Series 11 - Ep 2: Soil testing, Rain water harvesting, Avocado, Brachiaria grass and Crop Insurance
Welcome to Shamba Shape Up Series 11.
This week we are in Meru county, visiting farmers Alfred and Margaret Muthomi and their son John Paul.
They are building up and want to give back both as the same time. They run a farm and a children's home and they want to increase their yields for the next season with the children's needs in mind. We are doing two good deeds at the price of one.
In this farm we learn:
➢The importance of soil-testing.
➢ How to set-up a rain water harvesting system and the benefits of doing this
➢ Why and where to get disease free avocado seedlings and how to plant them
➢How to increase your milk yield by managing your Brachiaria grass well and how to preserve the grasses by making hay bales for use in dry season.
➢How to protect your crops and livestock from disaster.
#Insurance #Brachiaria #Soil Test #Rain Harvest #Avocado