Adam Bemma

  • Tanzania: Animals and crops provide mutual benefits in mixed farming

    Madanji Awe holds a recently-picked maize stalk which he has stripped clean of cobs. He places the long, yellowy-green stalk into a forage chopper and pulls the cord to start the motor. After a few attempts, the machine roars to life and shreds the stalk into bite-sized animal feed. Mr. Awe grows maize, beans, cowpeas,…

    Adam Bemma

  • Tanzania: Intercropping and companion planting get results

    Just three kilometres south of Arusha’s dusty, congested streets, the village of Engo Sengiu sits at the end of a long, bumpy dirt road, surrounded by fertile farmland. The village’s rutted roads are bordered everywhere by lush, green vegetation invigorated by the recent rains. John Melau-Laizer grew up here studying his father’s planting techniques, the…

    Adam Bemma
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