November 2010, at Itigi came the rain!
is a great party, it was the month of March that the sky did not send a drop of water and it was completely dry. In the fields
Hospital promises a period of intense work, the soil should be worked as soon as possible and must immediately follow the planting dates to maximize the short rainy season.
have already been plowed fields with cows and plow Kapaio, a farmer of the village, while the sowing started in recent days.
Last year we tried several varieties of the species most cultivated in the area (primarily corn) and we identified some good varieties developed in Tanzania, Morogoro, which helped, along with a rational use of agricultural practices, have made double that obtained in the usual production area. This diversity may be autoriprodotta by farmers and could lead to major improvements in the area.
year to focus on soil fertility tests: how to improve it in the cheapest way possible. We set up tests with mineral fertilizers and manure in different doses and various reports to see what can be more convenient for the area. Then continue testing with various cereals grown in the area recently to check the fit and experiment with the potato seed tubers using self-produced during the dry season with irrigation intakes.
In the gardens, work in full swing, fruit and vegetable products are manufactured to be allocated to the hospital and its related facilities using, with proper precautions, given the highly saline water of an aquifer.
The work on dairy cows in the barn is bringing its first results: thanks (pending the completion of a work of selection and genetic improvement) to streamline supply developed in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence, the production of milk can remain discrete during the dry period and has achieved, during the rainy season and early dry season, the productions for the area are remarkable.
Greetings to all, the next update
Gabriele Mane
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