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"Kenyan smallholders are celebrating healthier soils and soaring harvests
following a regenerative agriculture drive led by Farm Africa.
The charity’s STRAK project – Strengthening Regenerative Agriculture in Kenya –
aims to boost rural livelihoods and improve climate resilience, and has
supported 60,000 farmers since 2017.
The initiative upskills local farmers in regenerative techniques. They are then
tasked with sharing their newfound knowledge within their communities.
More than 70% of participating farmers in Kenya’s Embu and Tharaka Nithi
counties have adopted methods such as intercropping, agro-forestry, crop
rotation and use of farmyard manure. They’re reporting up to 81% higher yields
and 92% improvement in water retention. Meanwhile crop failure, soil erosion
and dependence on chemicals have sharply reduced.
Outcomes have been validated by the Center for International Forestry Research
and World Agroforestry, which analysed samples from 2,000 project sites and
reported massive improvements in soil health and microbial diversity.
“These results clearly demonstrate that regenerative agriculture is not just an
environmental intervention, it is an economic one,” said Farm Africa’s country
director, Mary Nyale.
“By equipping smallholder farmers with the tools, knowledge and market linkages
to farm regeneratively, we are seeing sustainable improvements in yields, soil
fertility and incomes. This evidence shows that regenerative agriculture can
work at scale and deliver measurable impact for both people and the planet.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
