A need for dairy cattle to help eradicate poverty
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Before we talk about any other investment opportunity in this Village, our focus should be put on the nature of the people and their environment.
This point drives us to nomadic life style of most of the ethnic tribes in the country particularly the people in Kaberamaido.
Being that these people are original cattle keepers, there is no doubt that they offer a good opportunity for investment in dairy farming or other verieties of improved breeds of animals and crops.
Already, the potential is there and just waits to be exploited.
Kaberamaido is endowed with vast areas of wetlands and swamps. Some of these dry up during the dry season and provide good standing hay and grazing ground for livestock through out the dry spell.
The greatest advantage for farming and livestock here is the availability of wet lands. This is a permanent source of water for livestock and farming.
Dear All
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Sushmita,
India
Hi,
I am Gladys .May I know what specific ideas are needed with regards to this task?With that clarification One will know where he/she can help.
Gladys
Thank you very much for your question.
Well, one can help by donating livestock or donating funds to buy livestock to serve as income generating activity to boost the economy of the vulnerable women and children.
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Thanks for the reply.Let me know if you need my expertise/technical support.My field is livestock health & production.
Gladys
Thank you very much for being in touch.
Your expertise/technical support in the field of livestock health & production is highly needed.
Thank you.
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Produce crops for food and marketing until you can fund the livestock.
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These are based on the internet, US & international agriculture magazines, experiences teaching agriculture in many countries, farmer experiences in those countries, research data and a demonstration garden. They are ecologically sustainable, environmentally responsible, socially just, economically viable and humanely managed. Practicing the following, farmers can produce all the food the country will ever need regardless of the population. There is unlimited, documented proof. On mechanized farms it reduced production cost 30% the first year and tripled profits in five years [Argentina]. On mini-farms it will double the yields and reduce the labor by half compared to traditional methods. These practices stop the migration of farm families to the cities. [Honduras]. Farming can be profitable following the practices below. There are 90,000,000 no-till hectares worldwide. "There's this belief that in order to stop poverty, we have to find ways to get people to stop being farmers. What we need to do is find ways to stop them from being poor farmers." Amy Smith, MIT
Organic, no-till, whether gardening or mini-farming by hand and/or using hand power tools or with equipment, is the proven way to produce food. [onestrawrevolution.net] It can feed the world's population regardless of how high it goes.
Fukaoka Farm, Japan, has been no-till [rice, small grains, vegetables] for 70 years. At the time of my visit, an Indian farmer has been no-till [vegetables] for 5 years; a Malawi farmer has been no-till [vegetables] on permanent beds for 25 years; a Honduras farmer has been no-till [vegetables & fruit] on permanent beds on the contour (73° slope] for 8 years. Ruth Stout [USA] had a no-till garden for 25 years and 7,000 people visited her garden.
No technique yet devised by man has been anywhere near as effective at halting soil erosion and making food production truly sustainable as 0-tillage (Baker)
1. Maintain the healthy soil: Healthy soil produces healthy crops, with highest yields, to produce healthy animals, to have healthy people and prevents most disease, pest and weed problems.
2. Feed the soil; not the crop: Organics feed the soil. Chemicals feed the crop and kill the soil life
3. Increase the soil’s organic matter every year
4. Maintain plant diversity [with crops and/or green manure/cover crops]
5. Little or no external inputs [It is not necessary to buy anything, from anybody. Certain things are recommended]
6. Leave crop residue on top of soil [no burning]
7. All manure returned to the soil
8. 0-tillage: no digging, no plowing, no cultiva-ting. No hard physical labor required so children and the elderly can farm easily.
9. Permanent beds [crops and green manure/cover crops]
10. Permanent paths [walking]
11. Hand tools and power-hand tools [No tractors, no implements, etc]
12. Organic fertilizers [probably not needed with healthy soil.]
13. Organic disease control [probably not needed].
14. Organic herbicides [probably not needed].
15. Organic pesticides [probably not needed].
16. Biological pest control [probably not needed].
17. Attract beneficials
18. Protect pollinators
19. Protect soil organisms
20. Soil always covered
21. Use green manures/cover crops
22. Feed the soil through the mulch.
23. Organic matter: Use as mulch. Bring to farm if economically feasible.
24. Composting: Not necessary. Too much time and work. Use organic matter as mulch.
25. Bucket drip irrigation: should be used during the dry season and in areas of low rainfall: Imported bucket drip kits are US$15. A bucket drip line can be made locally from poly tubing [US$3, Nicaragua]. One will irrigate a row of crops 33 meters long using only 20 liters of water per day. A dripline can be moved to irrigate several rows per day. Water can be from a stream, pond or well. A drip kit returns $20 per month to the farmer [FAO study].
26. Forage-fed livestock
27. Legume & grass forages
28. Permanent pastures
29. 12-months grazing.
30. Rotational grazing on pastures
31. Small livestock [use moveable pens over forage beds.]
32. Confined livestock [no tying in stalls. Use cut and carry.]
33. Forage & grain crops [annuals]
34. Holistic animal health care.
35. Protect nature
36. Imitate nature. Most farmers fight nature. ¡Nature always win!
Ken Hargesheimer minifarms@gmail.com
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Tue, Dec 30, 2008
Dear Ken,
Thank you for all the DVD’s you sent me. Thank you for all the info. I am applying it in my own vegetable patch. It is working. Got half a pocket of potatoes off a square metre. So would imagine about 10 pounds per square yard. This off previously dead low, carbon soil. Sure next crop will be better. Got yams coming up on same spot already. Want to plant herbs and spices. I will send photos.
Your advise is so simple. People do not believe me when I tell them. I am so excited about growing things now. This coming from a commercial plum farmer. May you be blessed this holy season a thousand times more than you blessed me with you help. Jeremy Karsen, middagkrans@mwebbiz.co.za
Project room: Kyomya, Uganda
We have been working on improving farming techni-ques for almost a year. Unfortunately, the farmers are planting small plots of land that only feed their family. There is no other choice but to try new tech-niques to improve the output of their plot. Ken Hargesheimer suggested the "no till" farming techniques as well as the "drip system". Both have proven effective at increasing production by at least 5 fold. The time is now for Kyomya to become a model agricultural village. [nabuur.com]