Participatory research on compost and liquid manure in Kenya
Soil fertility is declining in Kenya's low potential areas, and more appropriate soil fertility management technologies are needed, which fit into farmers' socio-economic circumstances. This issue of the series Managing Africa's Soils, presents a comparative analysis between two on-farm experiments in Kenya for improving soil fertility by applying compost and liquid manure in maize, using a Participatory Technology Development (PDT) approach. One group of farmers used a participatory and low external input approach. The other group was formed by conventional farmers applying fertilisers.