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New strategy on soil mapping to help curb food insecurity in Kenya

Mr Oyoo Awuondo, a farmer at a maize farm in Bondo. The area has been experiencing drought for over one month now. The Government has embarked on a drive to map Kenyan soils to establish their nutrient deficiency in a bid to improve agricultural production. (PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA/ STANDARD)

The Government has embarked on a drive to map Kenyan soils to establish their nutrient deficiency in a bid to improve agricultural production.

Over the years, the country’s soils have lost ability to supply macro and micro nutrient elements in the amounts, forms, and proportions required for optimum crop growth.

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