Faced with climate change challenges, erratic rainfall and need to boost crop yields, farmers in Kenya are turning to minimum tillage to safeguard harvest. It is far more reachable than turning to the need for large investments in irrigation. This involves changing from traditional implements to using a chisel plough, or subsoiler and a crumbler roller to prepare land for planting.
Fergus Robley, the Managing Director of FMD, the Massey Ferguson distributor, points out that minimum tillage is the future in this era of climate change.