A new tomato grafting technology from China has significantly boosted tomato production on pilot farms in Kenya, offering local farmers a more sustainable and productive method to grow this essential crop.
As demand for tomatoes rises and challenges from pests, diseases and climate change intensify, grafting is emerging as an innovative solution that enhances yields and improves livelihoods.
Tomato grafting involves attaching the shoot of a high-yielding but disease-sensitive tomato variety (scion) to the rootstock of a hardy, disease-resistant variety, explained Liu Yutao, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at Egerton University in Nakuru County, Kenya.
This technology results in high-quality tomato fruit production of the scion and the resilience of the rootstock, said Liu, who is from China's Nanjing Agricultural University.
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