A Guinea Corn Farm - Photography
This is a guinea-corn farm which I captured aong the road while heading heading to my own farm. They have grown too tall and will soon start bringing out fruits. This one is even taller than maize.
They were planted by some Fulani cattle headers. Their crops always germinate well because they do drop enough manure on their farms. Some months towards the planting time, they will leave their cows to sleep in their farms.
As they stay there, they drop some substantial amount of waste products there which turn out to be manure for the soil.
It is fascinating to see how the natural fertilization from the cattle creates such healthy, towering stalks of guinea corn. I had never realized that the Fulani cattle herders' practice of letting their cows sleep on the land provided such an effective boost for the soil health. Do you find that this traditional method results in a significantly higher yield compared to farms that rely on commercial fertilizers?
Yes, they grew very tall compared to other farmer's own who planted around there.
Yes, I never knew too until when I farmed in that community. Natural manure are good cause they don't contain chemicals unlike fertilizers.
Those Cattle herders are good in farming but some of them do allow they cow to destroy other people's farm which is very bad.
Curated by: @wilmer1988
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