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Inkankusire Farm
Clemens Makumbi I am an emerging small scale farmer under 2ha in the
Operating currently at Kopano,
w ith Lianshulu and Silonga as my background struggle
Inkankusire Farm Clemens Makumbi I am an emerging small scale - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Inkankusire Farm Clemens Makumbi I am an emerging small scale - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Inkankusire Farm Clemens Makumbi I am an emerging small scale farmer under 2ha in the ZAMBEZI REGION Operating currently at Kopano, w ith Lianshulu and Silonga as my background struggle Before w e achieved this And this I needed to
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Before w e achieved this
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And this
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I needed to overcome challenges and change the w ay I w as farming
- Drought/Climate change hit me when the Linyanti swamp
dried out and the garden had to be abandoned, I moved to Lianshulu and than to KOPANO close to Katima.
- I was lacking knowledge on good agricultural practices so
my harvest was often un-predictable and poor there was no bench marking or record system in place .
- The distance (130km) from the market and the bad state of
the Katima-Sangwali gravel road, was another challenge
- Management skills and production planning was lacking.
- Theft is still a problem at Kopano /Katima farm side
- 2012 most crops were lost as the planted area was too big to
cope with, no planning on input and labour costs was done and as a result lots of cabbage had to be left on the fields where weeds took over.
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Effect of climate change in Zambezi
The Linyanti river going dry I had to abandon my farm….. Before the drought After the drought Efforts made to get water were in vain. The Lynanti never came back.
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HOW I GROW
BEFORE 2013 AFTER 2014 TILL NOW STILL GROWING
HOW I IMPROVED MY MANAGEMENT
Through Staggered controlled planting
No planting in blocks, not coping with pest control
- r weeding and loss of
most crop. No recording
- r measurements were
done.
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In my tomatoes I had no proper staking, trelling or pruning system in place. Plant spacing and irrigation methods were not ideal which promoted diseases.
NOW I do Staking, proper spacing, planting
- n ridges
and recording with plant markers for traceability
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to investing in plant seedling care I went from no nursery or an
- pen seedbed “system”.
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Results w ere evident : Before and AFTER
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I improved my irrigation practices and thus the quality of my produce w hile saving money at the same time
From poor flood irrigation and leaking sprinklers To using dripp and micro sprinkler saving energy and water
Switching from petrol to Electric pump
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I learned to work climate smart
By preserving soil moisture, reducing evapotranspiration, and buffering against extreme temperature fluctuations I limited crop stress, I stopped cutting trees indiscriminately
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We started this year to improve
- ur Soil through composting grass
w ith manure
Composting improves the soil structure It Improves
- The water holding
capacity of your soils
- The soil flora including
beneficial micro organism
(which helps nutrients to become more available to plants)
- Reduces leaching of
nutrients
- Adds nutrients
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The main change I had to adapt to in order to be in control w as recording and planning
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Record everything in a proper record book !
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And I went from selling to adhoc traders to getting contracts
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Buyers I record each block and crop separately As well as each buyer in my book
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Have a production plan in place to get contracts !
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Bench marking show s me w here I go w rong
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When I see that I w ent w rong I can improve
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New benchmark for 2017
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With my records I w as ready for the team, and so can you
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