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Two more success stories
The Gacheru Self-Help Group, a farmers’ group in central Kenya, has benefited by using a fertilizer made from local weeds. According to the farmers, the organic fertilizer solution works well and is far cheaper than inorganic fertilizers. The process for making the solution was developed by the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute and involves extracting juice from two local weeds, Desmodium and Tithonia. These weeds are high in nitrogen, which boosts crop yields, says farm manager Samuel Mugo. "They fight all manner of destructive weeds and give us high yields from our farms." The process is simple. The farmers thresh the weeds, then mix them with water in a drum. The solution is then ready to use.
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