Hindu community root for organic farming to improve soil fertility

Hindu businessmen have urged local farmers to embrace organic farming to increase soil fertility. The businessmen who are in the country for the World Hindu Economic Forum to be held tomorrow at Sikh Union Club in Nairobi say fertilisers have contributed to lowering the fertility of the soil.

They said biological ways integrating the soil could increase harvest for farmers. Guna Magesan the founder of the forum, said Kenyan soils are fertile enough and do not need any additives. Organic farming relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost, and biological pest control.