• English
    • français
  • English 
    • English
    • français
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Repository Home
  • Research Papers (RP)
  • RP-School of Pure and Applied Sciences
  • RP-Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
  • View Item
  •   Repository Home
  • Research Papers (RP)
  • RP-School of Pure and Applied Sciences
  • RP-Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Smallholder coffee irrigation research in Kenya

Thumbnail
View/Open
abstract (3.803Kb)
Date
1999
Author
Gathaara, M. P. H.
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
A field study was conducted to investigate the feasibility of developing irrigation methods for smallholder coffee farms using basins and readily available packaging materials such as polythene bags, bottles and plastic containers, to supply 25 water per tree per month. All treatments, except the polythene bag resulted insignificant yield increases. The best overall treatment (0.5 x 0.5 x 0.2 m basin supplying water to four trees) resulted in 4672 kg clean coffee per ha equivalent to 6.3 kg cherry per tree. The unirrigated control resulted in 1003 kg clean coffee per ha (2.4 kg cherry per tree). The results are discussed. It is concluded that the smallholder yields can be substantially increased by using materials that are readily available in their homes
URI
http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/10711
Collections
  • RP-Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences [274]

Designed by Library ICT Team copyright © 2017 
Contact Us | Send Feedback

 

 

Browse

All of RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Designed by Library ICT Team copyright © 2017 
Contact Us | Send Feedback