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MANGO FARM BUSINESS IN KERIO VALLEY, ELGEIYO MARAKWET COUNTY MR. KIPLAGAT KIMAIYO INTRODUCTION A section of my farm; The Kerio Valley Escarpment at the Background INTRODUCTION 37 years of Mango farming; Initially, there were challenges:

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MANGO FARM BUSINESS IN KERIO VALLEY, ELGEIYO MARAKWET COUNTY

  • MR. KIPLAGAT KIMAIYO
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INTRODUCTION

A section of my farm; The Kerio Valley Escarpment at the Background

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INTRODUCTION

  • 37 years of Mango farming;
  • Initially, there were challenges:

–Soil erosion –Lack of water

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CHALLANGES

Land degradation due to

  • vergrazing

and soil erosion

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SOLUTIONS TO CHALLANGES

Soil erosion control by GABIONS

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SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES……

Soil erosion control by TERRACING

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SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES…….

WATER CANS to transport water to the farm

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SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES…….

WATER HARVESTING and STORAGE

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SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES……

FENCING to control livestock grazing

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MANGO ESTABLISHMENT

Dig holes 6 to 12 months in advance

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MANGO ESTABLISHMENT….

  • Plant indigenous root stocks
  • Use 2 debes compost / hole
  • Local seedling at KSh. 50;
  • Grafted seedling from KARI, Thika is at
  • KSh. 120
  • Do grafting in the dry season at 1m

height from the ground

  • Graft is by side grafting or top working
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GRAFTING

Scion shoots after 21 days

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GRAFTING Side branch is maintained for one month to take care

  • f landing

birds

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MANGO ESTABLISHMENT

Scions from established farms also used

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GRAFTING

The graft Union

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Established Orchard

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VARIETIES PRODUCED

Apple

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Varieties

Kent

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Varieties

Ngoe

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Varieties

Kent

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Boribo

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Sebine

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Keith

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Tommy

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Vandyk

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PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL

Powdery mildew ‐Fungicidal sprays Flies: ‐Use pheromone traps

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Pheromone Trap

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Harvesting

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Others: Pepper and Pawpaw

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Sweet Potatoes

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RESULTS

My 4WD Suzuki

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THE END

THANK YOU