A farmer in Siaya has invented fertiliser from water hyacinth collected in Lake Victoria. Ditched chemical fertiliSerOmondi said at first he did not consider water hyacinth as a remedy for his fertiliser problems. I no longer use chemical fertiliser and my production keeps on increasing season after season,” said Omondi. Omondi said hyacinth fertiliser is cheap and easily available to farmers since it is locally produced. He said it takes eight weeks to make water hyacinth fertiliser.

Source: The Star February 07, 2018 20:26 UTC