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Vegetables

Duration: 00:10:38

Taking care of okra

Okra is a widely grown crop. Okra likes heat and tolerates drought. But low watering and weeds cause low okra production. Okra growing Use improved seed for better yields. On sandy soils, water three times a day for the first 10 days after sowing. Especially in hot and dry sun and the leaves wither. From […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:13:32

Compost from rice straw

Making compost out of rice straw is a good way to earn some extra money and to keep the soil healthy. Therefore you can follow some guidelines. Rice straw can be used in various forms. But often farmers see it as waste because it doesn‘t compost well, is cheap to sell and there is too […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:09:10

Grow row by row

Legumes help farmers in many ways. They are good to keep a successful harvest and fighting against Striga. To know how to use legumes the best way, you will learn some guidelines. Some farmers sow a few cowpea plants between millet, sorghum and maize after the cereal crop. Then the leaves fall down on the […]

Land management

Duration: 00:14:30

Reviving soils with Mucuna

Intercropping with Mucuna has a lot of benefits. It makes sure that the soil is fertilized and has nitrogen. Furthermore the legume Mucuna covers and protects the soil and makes sure that your yield will be good even in the following years. Often farmers plant cassava between maize and at the beginning of the rainy […]

Land management

Duration: 00:15:00

Contour bunds

Contour bunds are useful to protect fields against erosion. They help to reach higher yields. So farmers can make more money. On sloping land, a lot of the rain gets lost down the slope and washes away the fertilized top of the soil. The running down water carries fine earth particle that seal the surface. […]

Land management

Duration: 00:09:33

SLM12 Conservation agriculture

With practicing conservation agriculture you can expand the yield. Farmers recognize that their yield is becoming less and less when the soil gets poorer. You can use conservation agriculture to prevent a poor soil. It bases on three ideas: 1. You should always disturb the soil as less as possible to prevent eroding. 2. You […]

Equipment

Land management

Duration: 00:06:36

Self help group

Building a group with other farmers can have many advantages. Everyone can help but at the same time learn something. Some farmers need training to know for example how much they can trade their products for. Therefore, they lose money. In a group, farmers can come together and share their knowledge and equipment with each […]

Land management

Duration: 00:11:22

Conservation agriculture

With »Conservation agriculture« you can protect and improve the soil. Many Farmers have problems with dry and infertile soil or too much weeds. Ploughing dries out the soil which causes that the soil can be attacked more easily or could be carried away by wind and rain. If you want to protect your soil, you […]

Land management

Duration: 00:09:49

Stone lines

You can use stones on the field profitable with building lines. Often farmers have to many stones in their field but on the other hand have the problem, that the soil is reducing from year to year. The rain washes soil from the land which causes that the soil gets thin, dry and infertile. That‘s […]

Cereals & Legumes

Land management

Duration: 00:13:20

Beans as relay crop

If you want to increase your bean harvest, you should make good distances between the plants, use fertilizer and take proven varieties. Beans are often harvested in the second half of the rain season. This causes, that the yield is low. You also lose many harvested beans in storage because of weevils or moulds. Producing […]

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