Healthy Plants
Plant pests and diseases reduce crop yield, lower the farmers‘ income and often lead to overuse of fragile soil.
In Biovision’s projects, methods of ecological agriculture are disseminated among farmers:
- Organic pest control instead of chemical insecticides and pesticides.
- Soil improvement with compost, manure and nitrogen-fixing plants instead of with artificial fertilisers.
- Soil protection and water retention using mulch and ground-covering plants.
Biovision promotes plant health through the use of organic methods of pest control.
Maize is an important staple food plant in large areas of Africa. But harvests are often reduced by insect and plant pests. In this way the maize is protected naturally, and harvests enormously increased.
Biovision projects for healthy plants
Sebeta Biofarm
Securing income for marginalised small farmers and disabled people through integrated organic farming methods.
Push-Pull Strategies
Sustainable agriculture and rural development at Lake Victoria: Dissemination of Push-Pull cultivation methods among small-scale farmers through specific promotion of women as users and farmer teachers.
Push-Pull Dissemination
Push-Pull methods for sustainable agriculture in Central Kenya; the main activity is large-scale dissemination of methods of sustainable agriculture (Push-Pull) to as many farming families as possible.
System Comparison
Long-term system comparison in Kenya: What can organic agriculture contribute to sustainable development?
