The use of commercial fertilizers for the growing of staple food crops of maize and beans in Western Kenya is generally restricted to only a few farmers who are endowed with resources, such as cattle and land and with high off-farm income. The majority of the small holder farmers, on the other hand, lack the financial resources to buy the recommended fertilizers to replace soil nutrients removed from the soil with harvested crops. As a result, soil fertility has reduced, and the yields of crops are typically low.
Publication year
2000
Authors
Amadalo B A; Nyasimi M; Noordin Q; Jama, B.A.; Nyang A
Language
English
Keywords
agroforestry, farms, green manures, smallholders, soil fertility, tithonia diversifolia
Geographic
Kenya
