soil testing in Kenya

It is another time of the year when farmers are preparing their farms for the new planting season, with heavy rains expected in next few days. However, as you plan to plant, the big question is, have you tested your soil? Even as the rains start in some areas, it is still not late to […]

Soil acts as an engineering medium, a habitat for soil organisms, a recycling system for nutrients and organic wastes, a regulator of water quality, a modifier of atmospheric composition, and a medium for plant growth, in other terms one of the world’s best providers of ecosystem service. The importance of soil conservation is relatively less talked […]

Not getting your soil tested is one of the main reasons farmers in Kenya fail. In-fact, growing crops without testing your soil is a recipe for failure. This will increase your chances of getting losses and when the losses starts coming in after the growing period, you will hear your bank account crying a kilometer […]