Orongo, Kenya Agriculture
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Orongo, Kenya
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Location
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Landscape
• Field next to lake Victoria located in the Flood plain • Houses away from the flood plain
• Field next to the house
• Grazing land around the houses
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Soil
• Soils rejuvinated • Highly weathered• Ferrosols, Cambisols, Nitisols• Large clay content
o Red and yellowish colors
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Animals
• GOATS - Usually from 2 to 5 goats/farm.• CHICKEN - Around 5
• Goats grazing around the farm• Have to pay a child or an old person to look after them
during the day• Manure can be used in the garden
• No animals used for labor• Kind of a bank account - Insurance• Can sell them on the market • Eat them for special occasions
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Labor
• Export of male labor into cities
• HIV/AIDS prevalent o Highest rate of HIV in Kenya
• Most of the agriculture has shifted to the women
• Hand Labor: Mornings and Evenings.
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Market
• 5 miles southeast from Kisumu• Majority subsistence farming• Distributors come in to buy• Transporting often difficult• Biking, walking• Matatu
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Cropping calendar
Long term proposed farming practices -3 phases -each phase takes several years -goal is poverty alleviation
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Why Sustenance Farming Is No Longer Suitable
• Near the city Kisumu, so they desire technology• Expanding population with limited land• HIV/AIDS and increased medical costs• Increased school fees
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Climate
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Cropping Calendar - Phase 1
• Peanut-Corn intercropping during long rains• Corn-Cowpeas intercropping during short rains• Grow a living fence around home
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Cropping Calendar - Phase 1
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Cropping Calendar - Phase 2
• Everything grown in fields near the home• Leucaena-Corn intercropping during both rainy seasons• Fruit trees• Save money
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Cropping Calendar - Phase 2
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Cropping Calendar - Phase 3• Everything grown in fields near the home• Leucaena-Corn intercropping during both rainy seasons• Fruit trees• Install pump or rainwater catchment system • Profitable crops such as peppers, onions, and watermelon• Dairy Farming
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Cropping calendar - Phase 3
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Thank You!Asante Sana!
Erokamano Ahinya!