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Item Dryland Beans: Plant KALRO Dry Land Beans to Reduce Poverty and Raise Incomes in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands(Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization, 2017) Kathuli, P.; Golicha, D.; Kimotho, L.M.; Ngutu, M.N.; Maingi, P.M.; Adongo, A.; Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research OrganizationBeans are the most widely used pulses in the dry lands. They are grown in low, dry and warmer areas and are a major source of proteins in cereal-based diets. Large amounts of beansare sold locally in urban centres and are alsoexported in green, dried and processed forms. Majority of beans fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, thus contributing significantly to the sustainability of soil fertility in the dry lands, cropping systems and hence reduce the requirements for inorganic fertilizers.Item Grow Duma Wheat in Dry-Lands to Reduce Dependency on Relief Food( Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, 2017) Golicha, D.; Ngutu, M.; Adongo, A.; Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research OrganizationWheat (Triticum Aestivum) is a self polli nating cereal crop. It has many uses as human food. Bread wheat is more common. It is largely milled into flour, which is used mainly for baking bread, making chapatti, mandazi, and assorted confectionery. Duma, having been bred for drought tol erance, can grow in the semi-arid arable areas. Duma requires at least 400-600mm of rain fall. Fertile, well drained soils with a neutral pH (6 -7). Duma can be grown in the mountain hills, uplands and foot of slopes of dry areas.
