Proper Farming

I come from Shieywe community in Lurambi constituency. For about 2 years Back I have been a good farmer, but i discovered little is being done on my farm. Most crops I planted turned yellow. I wondered what to do. An NGO come up in the area. they were ready to teach us on proper farming methods, i discovered the problem i had is that I was pracitising mono cropping and this encouraged soil erosion. But them a solution was found, I was advised to plant trees on my farm and practice proper farming methods like contour farming. After about a season I started seeing a change. No more soil erosion. Soil conservation is now an issue, my neighbour too adopted the same farming methods the problem solved.

Location: SHIEYWE, KAKAMEGA, Kenya