
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

(ERGO) - Farmers in Lower Shabelle are reaping the benefits of new and improved aize and bean seeds that yield more crops in less time.
Hosni Abdirahman, head of the NGO Somali Agricultural Technical Group (SATG), said they had successfully introduced improved local maize seeds and imported varieties of beans to Afgoye and Awdeghle.
“We have four types of beans, which have been improved to be suitable to grow in our soil and cope with temperatures. We have also fertilised the maize so that it grows healthy much more quickly, he said.
Each hectare requires 200 kg of phosphorus and 150 kg of urea to grow these new seeds well, to compensate for missing nutrients in the local soil.