Soil Stamina Project
This project is important to the region because healthy soil is the
backbone of sustainable, productive and profitable farming. Developing
effective, efficient, long-term techniques to improve soil health is
essential to sustainable agriculture. Improved soil heath leads to better
production performance and better financial returns.
The current drought and the possibility of climate change, highlights
that farmers need to be flexible and adaptive. With the increased prices
of fertiliser and its reduced availability, farmers need to consider
options and alternatives to improving soils and pasture production.
To make informed decisions, farmers need to be able to measure and understand
their soil tests and the different management options available.
The objectives of this project are;
The objectives of this project will be achieved by encouraging farmer
leaders in the community to establish demonstration areas for showing
best management practices such as improving soils through increasing
soil organic matter and worms. It will also demonstrate how to improve
soil structure with better pasture management.
The demonstration farmers and other farmers will be initially trained
in gathering soil and production data to scientifically back up the
claims of increased production. They will be trained in taking soil
tests and understanding soil structure, worm activity, soil organic
matter, moisture and soil test data.
The three demonstration areas to be established by these farmers will
then provide the basis for a variety of community engagement such as
field days. Farmers listen to farmers who are leaders in their field.
They are more likely to adopt measures if they can hear about the pros
and cons from a farmers perspective and see the results for themselves.
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