Umuntu Agrobiotics

Small holder farmers contribute to over 80% of East Africa’s total agricultural output and yet their production potential is continuing to be threatened by the adverse impacts of climate change. Crop yields especially for the staple crops are declining and this is projected to continue to decline by 15 to 40% by 2050 according to Adhikari, (2015). Crop yield decline is greatly attributed to reduced soil productivity even as drought hits and soil microbial bio-diversity is lost. The available solutions for the above issues are very costly to small holder farmers (AFAP,2023) and this exacerbates more pain to them, keeps them in poverty and threaten their household and regional food security.