Nursery bed operators have commended Mout Elgon Tree Growing Enterprise (METGE) for coming up with biodegradable potting bags to replace polythene potting bags.
The farmers say the biodegradable potting bags are environment friendly as opposed to the polythene bags.
Nursery bed operators like Bernard Muboki, Iddi Khaweka and Sarah Wekesa says the biodegradable potting bags will improve the productivity of the soils since they decompose; adding manure to the soils.
They asked government to provide the biodegradable potting bags at affordable prices to enable more people to embrace them.
Kamende God Mercy, the project officer at METGE says polythene bags destroy the environment by disabling air penetration into the soil hence lowering its productivity.
He urged farmers to embrace the biodegradable potting bags as one of the ways of conserving theTags
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