How Homegrown Fertilizer is Revitalizing Uganda's Coffee Farms
How Homegrown Fertilizer is Revitalizing Uganda's Coffee Farms
#AfricanCurrents | "Looking at Uganda's degraded soils, collagen has, as we have seen, a property of releasing these nutrients on an osmotic potential, that is, as the plant demands it. So, it is different from other fertilizers, where you give the plant ad libitum, and the plant just feeds, and then the rest is waste. One will limit the waste of the fertilizers in the soil, and also it helps keep the integrity of the soil without losing its organic nutrients, so the degradation of the soil will be stopped. So, that is how collagen will help this collagen fertilizer," Dr. Richard Musinguzi, senior lecturer at Uganda Martyrs University and the lead researcher behind the project, said.
A new fertilizer made from collagen extracted from animal waste is helping Uganda’s coffee farmers recover from years of poor harvests. Developed by local scientists, the organic solution comes as the country races to meet its goal of exporting 20 million of 60-kg coffee bags by 2030.
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