49 Crops You Can Plant In Karachuonyo, Homabay County

For years, the main agricultural activity in Homabay County has been fishing. Most residents in the county take part in fishing practices, either from Lake Victoria or through fish farming. But a walk through the county will prove that there are so many opportunities in crop farming.

We took a trip across Homabay last week, specifically in Karachuonyo to find out the type of crops that do well in the area. Combined with our online research and conversation with farmers on the ground, we established that at least 49 crops do well in this area.

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For Cereals, farmers in Karachuonyo prefer:

• Maize
• Forktail Millet
• Sorghum
• Upland Rice and
• Wheat

For maize, the following varieties are the ones that marry well with the soil in Karachuonyo:

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• Pan 4M-11
• SC Pindamilia 55
• DKC 8053
• EMBU POA
• KH50013E
• Pan 3M05
• PAN 7M 83
• SC Duma 419
• SC Pundamilia 545
• SC Simba 649, Simba, SY 5344

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For sorghum, the following varieties will be suitable for the soil in Karachuonyo:

• SC Smile, 2K x 17
• KS -Sorg2
• RUT53
• Hybrid Mtama-1(KSBH-01
• Egerton Sorghum Hybrid
• KS-SWEET SORGH 4
• Kak sweet Sorgh1,
• IS8595
• IS 8193
• KENSORG 11
• KENSORG 12

Most of the farmers in this region grow the above cereals in small scale portions for consumption. Most of the cereal sold on the market comes from other counties.

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In terms of the fruits, avocado, grape fruits, lemons, limes, mango, sweet oranges, and pawpaws do well in this place.

For avocados, use the following varieties: Hass, Fuerte, Pinkerton, Entigger, Puebla, Linda, reed. For mangoes, use the following varieties: Van Dyke, Tommy Atkins, Apple, Haden, Sensation, Kent, Sabine, Sabre, Keit, Maya, Boribo.

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The soil is also the best for bananas and the mushrooms.

For bananas, the following varieties do well: Grand naine (Ripening), Uganda Green (Cooking types), Giant Cavendish (Ripening), Fhia 17 (Ripening), Williams (Ripening), GT-Kisii sweet (Apple), Vallery (Ripening), Lacatan (Ripening), Ngombe (Cooking types), Nusu Ngombe(Cooking types), Pelipita (Dual), Bokoboko (Dual).

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