By Elizabeth Bara | Execturive Director
ASAP field officers are always in touch with their clients sharing skills and knowledge on conservation farming techniques that will help these subsistence farmers increase yields without increasing farm input costs. With the help of our generous donors, they have recently distributed 80,000 sweet potato seedlings which have been planted in preparation for the rainy season. Now is the time for soil preparation, planning and planting - depending on the crop. Normally the skies open and the rains begin during October in Zimbabwe. Emphasis is now on improving the soil using natural methods such as cutting the maize stalks and letting them remain in the field as natural compost or plant a cover crop after harvest. This enriches the soil a little each year and makes it more water absorbent. ASAP is pleased with he progress of this project.
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