Growing of the tradition food crops, intercropped with maize and regumes will be a solution to the current food crisis in Kandara area. Johari is on a pilot project training the guardians on the importance of indigenous crops, which are adaptive to and /or hardy to drought conditions.
Looking forward to a successful project, the guardians will be able to suppress demand and supplement other sources of food stuff from farm and/or the market. This will increase the rate of survival for the households even when the rains are not sufficient hence reducing the level of dependency.
Common indigenous crop in the programme include yams, cassava, local banana and sweet potatoes which take a short while to grow and require less rains. When these indigenous crops are intercropped with other crops like maize and beans, the farmer is assured of a harvest even if one crop fails.
Food security being our core objective we are venturing into the best but simple ways of realizing this dream. You could please help us achieve this dream too?
