Ground-breaking researchThe trio are engaged in a ground-breaking research in which they are growing carrots in saline soil. “About a third of Kenya’s soils are saline, which means certain crops, including carrots, hardly do well in various areas. “This happens when people use saline water for irrigation. The carrot varieties grown at Samperu’s farm, which include Nantes, are for saline conditions. “In saline conditions, soil moisture has to remain constant.

Source: Daily Nation December 21, 2018 16:18 UTC