Kiambu county residents have been urged to grow organic foods to avoid grappling with lifestyle diseases. The residents were told to practice organic farming to also protect their soil from being rendered unproductive by chemical fertilisers. We must go back to the indigenous foods our forefathers used to grow and eat.”His sentiments were echoed by Kenya Institute of Organic Farming principal John Wanjau who said that organic farming is cheap and helps integrate all types of farming, ensuring maximum utilisation of the available land. “Organic farming is economical and manageable and assures high yields,”he said. Mutuura, however, said organic farming presents an opportunity for poor farming households to increase food and agricultural productivity using cheaper organic inputs originating from within the farms.

Source: The Star December 20, 2021 06:52 UTC