Improving and sustaining soil fertility for increased maize production through the use of farmyard manure in West Pokot
2005
Mwangi, T.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kitale, Kenya) | Wanjekeche, E.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kitale, Kenya) | Powon, M.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kitale, Kenya) | Ngeny, J.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kitale, Kenya) | Osore, Z.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kitale, Kenya) | Khaemba, J.(Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kapenguria, Kenya) | Wekesa, J.(Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kapenguria, Kenya)
to the wider farming community using farmer research committees and farmer field schools. Low soil fertility is a major constraint in maize production on smallholder farms in West Pokot district. Farmyard manure (FYM), whIch can act as a supplement to inorganic lertilizers or an alternative cheap source of nutrients is readily available. A study was earned out for five years at Cheptuya village, West Pokot district to determine the effect Low soil fertility on smallholder farms has of manure and its combination with inorganic been cited as the fundamental biophysical lertilizers on soil chemical properties and root cause responsible for declining per ~eldofmaize. Farmyard manure was used capita food production in sub-Saharan either alone or in combination with inorganic Africa (Sanchez et aI., 1997). Soil nutrient
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