Agricultural products as the population increases

The Community members of Khungungu needed assistance to improve their productivity. Through the fielday that was conducted some years ago, the ministry and SINGI CBO adviced many farmers the need to grow food products such as coton, tobbacco, cassava, sorghum products to solve their problems of low income and food security. The small-scale farmers with large family has to work harder to produce enough food than a farmer a small family. "In many areas, most of good farm land is already being used, so the farmers land may not be enough to provide for his/her family needs. this can lead to the use of "marginal land" that is land that is suited for pasture or forest area. . but not to agricultural production. Yield from marginal land is usually low and the soil tends to be fragile and easily eroded. Cutting down the forests and farming marginal soils can prosuce some food in the short term but leads to rapid soil erosion and is not sustainable in the long term.

Location: KHUNGUNGU, BUSIA , KENYA