Why the government of Kenya is now investing heavily in water pans for irrigation
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The government of Kenya is now investing heavily in water pans for irrigation targeting to reach at least 125,000 small holder farmers at family level by the year 2022. This according to the cabinet secretary in charge of Agriculture Mwangi Kiunjuri will put 125,000 acres of land under irrigation besides other dams that target communities. But is this viable? Find out.
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Is this program under Jesuit??????
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Wake up and see what mnalishwa!!!!!
Good work Chamwada..this is the kind of media coverage we need..tired of politics, crime and all silly media coverage..bring more of this and let the youths be motivated by positive vibe
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Yes such news gives hope
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True brother. Positive news not politics.
In my county....county government is asking us to do pan at our own cost..
Am surprised the Government is doing it for free.
How do we apply for It?
Why can't the government do the water pans in Turkana I feel county governors are playing with funds allocated to their counties for personal use youths should rise up even if it means removing them from office by force
👏👏👏 Wow, this is inspiring and practical. Water ponds at higher slopes will translate into water seeping and moving into low areas and water well will remain replenished throughout the year.
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This should already be rolled out to all counties, what a major subsidy for farmers. I know someone who embraced this method back in the days. He got really discouraged when his young son fell into his water pan while he (young one) was riding a bike and was discovered after 2 days. After his burial he got really depressed and swayed away from farming. The government should also encourage farmers to fence them as soon as they are constructed for safety
Why water pan that depends on rain and not a borehole I looked up price of a borehole rig is not expensive for a government
This is amazing! The water that soaks into the soil will replenish the aquifers and keep wells filled. I agree plant trees on the hills to stop erosion and increase water retention.
Adding stone walls in rivers will also increase water seepage by slowing down flash floods. This can replenish the aquifers in the driest areas so wells won’t run dry. Here is a mini example… it’s called sequencing farming. czcams.com/video/NKC1P0xUn9I/video.htmlsi=bOCdig5b-zQiv4y5
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Nice! We hope more people watch this and gain this really important information! Your destiny is in your hands and only you can stop you from it!
i have this pan and is very much helping me , i have vegetable in my half an acre and getting produce for sale. thank to the project. its real
How is cost to harvest this kind of pan
Thank you Kenya 🇰🇪 gouvernement 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😘🌹
They should be teaching permaculture at the same time!
Chamwad always inform me what I never knew.thanks keep up
This makes me very hopeful for Kenya. This is a truly Kenyan idea. I am very impressed by how much this government is open to adopting very innovative ideas to encourage Kenyans to grow their own food. I have also seen the Kitchen garden project Let us grow our own food. That is the only way to guarantee ourselves sufficient high quality food free of chemicals and fertilizers, and grown in an enviromentally friendly manner. Large scale farming should be mainly for inedible cash crops in land not suitable for growing food. All areas that have quality soils and conditions should be managed by small and medium sized farms by families and communities to grow food organically.
Thank you for the good work, very educative. Kenya soil is 100% productive under irrigation and Kenyans are hard working. Given that agriculture is the backbone of our economy you can never surpass the demand. Let's utilise our lands and as well remember to safeguard the environment.
Govt wasted billions of shs on Galana Kulalu project. That money would have been enough to harvest enough water to make kenya food secure.
Nice to know. Collecting water for some months is still better than not collecting rainwater at all. The water that seeps into the soil from the pan helps improve the water table over time. Farmers need to be taught to plant certain trees that assist their farm soils improve and therefore boost crop yields in the long term.
A very good initiative by the Kenyan government. Politicians will always condemn these initiatives especially when they know that they may work against them, but they must know that it's the people who matter here, not them. I wish my government would do the same here in Botswana.
This Agricultural Expert Dr. Paschal is too negative... eish. Too much education is not good.
How do I get connections so as to get a waterpan dug for me?
Very informative. Keep on.
Three things:
First thing, this is a step in the right direction.
Second thing, talking of being organized, a more comprehensive and well thought out of plan would have been much better. As dude says, a “holistic” approach would yield exponentially greater results.
Third, I couldn’t help myself when you said that the youth who dug using their bare hands themselves is a success.
Good work.....keeping it up
Why usntvturkana coutu drilling the billion cubic meters underground water source. It may be slightly alkaline but this is still good for planting
the pans would be safer and more efficient for food production if the sides were stepped in Rather than straight down. As the water soaks to lower and lower levels over the dry season; rice, amaranth, and other grain crops could be planted on the steps as they appear and they will help the water soak into the landscape, rather than letting it run off. They can also shade and cool the water and slow evaporation.
They should use water conservation methods in their irrigation activities. They can access revenue through SMES if they form groups with a common purpose.
Agriculture Change lives
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Agriculture our culture,,, is one activity towards. Economy growth. Govt should invest and innovate in agriculture.
Chams media takes journalism to a new level. Thanks Alex and team. However, the information about this Pan prroject is scant, I have called the NIA in vain. I need it for Kilifi, Malindi
Use duck weed to prevent evaporation and clean the water. Animals can eat duckweed too.
Wonderful. Some more trees will help. There should be a teaching facility together with international exchange of practical experience, i.e. SEKEM, an organisation in Egypt which changed the desert soil there into green farm land with forestry for a period of more than 40 years. Such a constant exchange of practical experience improves to master the climate change. It is important to avoid the international chemical industry which is interested only in money making and totally ignorant of destroying slowly the fertil earth, our Mother Earth. For this reason SEKEM never uses in its 40 years desert greening work any chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This is one of the fundamental requirements in farming. Myself I come from a farm, some 12 generations ago. The farm in Westphalia, Germany goes always to the eldest and still exists having never used chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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Is it cheaper than borehole cost?
I'm a bit surprised to see the pans are exposed to the sun. I figured they'd cover it with some branches or something to reduce evaporation but allowing water to flow into it. either way, great report, thank you!
Will covering with leaves etc allow microorganisms to grow?
Are there any drawbacks with water ponds- like mosquito infestation?
Get these people some Netafim and they will be all set. Great job team.
We got them sank in my family shamba and the excavator operators requested to eat chicken only, maji ya dasani and tukalipa 15,000 sijui kama ilikuwa serikali ama NGOs. Anyway acha nitafute tu pesa nijiekee borehole for commercial farming bana. Some of this plans are not thoroughly thought about
I am sorry to hear that these workers wananyanyasa the small guy. Smells like corruption unfortunately! These fat cats are shameless and rob even those with little! Can you install pond liner since you already have it dug, fence it to protect animals from falling in and use it while you save money for a borehole?
Whom would you call an 'agriculture expert'? A hands-on farmer or academician/ 'researcher'?
The nay sayer is amusing. This thing works
Who has contacts of this farmer?
Seems like they solved one problem but a new potential problem with mosquitos... how would they manage the mosquitos that would make these water pans home?
Kuna mosquito bombs zinawekwa, kills the larvae
Weka samaki ndani
Just asking is there a case where this was done in turkana or western?
you should take your governor to account
Good question sis
Good question sis
I have seen them in Machakos but another channel. But Turkana I haven’t seen, which is heartbreaking how several governments keep ignoring these region!
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As usual another pessimistic kenyan" analyst".
7:44 this mzee is not thinking right how do you colect in the middle of a hill ...by what means ?? do plants use clean water or dirty water ???doctor pascal i think you have negative sentiments
This guy actually has some valid points. In the Middle East, they dig and store water in underground tanks as they’d otherwise lose all the water to evaporation. Its a great idea too as you can grow vegetables on top of the burried tanks. Permaculture should be encouraged also
I felt so too. Should give constructive criticism