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Aerobic mineralization and recovery of nitrogen as affected by soil organic matter status in three sites in Kenya

Karunditu, M.W.; Mugendi, D.N.; Kung'u, J.B.; Vanlauwe, B. (The Soil Science Society of East Africa National Research Laboratories, 2005)

Pressure on available land has increased due to high population density and other competing land-use demands which have led to reduced use of traditional fallows and subsequent decline in soil fertility. Aerobic Nmi ...

Organic residue effects on soil physical and chemical properties in Kenya

Mugendi, D.N.; Waswa, B. N.; Vanlauwe, B.; Nandwa, S.; Kung'u, J.B. (The Soil Science Society of East Africa National Research Laboratories, 2005)

This study was designed to evaluate the influence of organic resource management on selected soil chemical properties in central and western highlands of Kenya. Three ongoing experiments (Kabete, Masenoand Embu) ...

Nursery media effects on tamarindus indica seedling establishment

Kung'u, J.B.; Kihara, J.; Jaenicke, H.; Mugendi, D.N. (The Soil Science Society of East Africa National Research Laboratories, 2005)

Trees are an important component of farming systems and contribute to human needs both directly through tree products andindirectly through their influence in soil fertility. Efforts by small-scale farmers to increase ...

Nitrogen uptake and use efficiency as affected by soil organic matter status in Embu, Kabete and Maseno, Kenya

Mugendi, D.N.; Karunditu, M. W.; Kung'u, J.B.; Vanlauwe, B. (2003)

Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient most limiting to crop production and effective management is inevitable to minimizeits losses through the many pathways. Nitrogen uptake and use efficiency as affected by soil organic matter ...

The role of plant residues in soil productivity: farmers' knowledge and practices in Embu District, Kenya

Gitari, J. N.; Mugendi, D.N.; Mureithi, J. G.; Kung'u, J.B.; Gachene, C.K.K. (The Soil Science Society of East Africa National Research Laboratories, 2005)

Plantresidues from trees, crops or weeds playan important role in determining the soil fertilitystatus in smallholder farmers of the centralhighlands of Kenya region. A study wasconducted in Embu district of Kenya, locatedin ...

Cost-benefit analysis of farmer-tested soil fertility replenishment technologies in Kirege Location, Chuka Division, Eastern Kenya

Kangai, R.; Mugendi, D.N.; Kung'u, J.B.; Mucheru-Muna, M.; Otor, S.C.J.; Waswa, B. S.; Mugwe, J. N. (The Soil Science Society of East Africa National Research Laboratories, 2005)

A study was conducted in Chuka Division, eastern Kenya to assess trends in adoption of soil fertility replenishment strategies. Eighty farmers adopted the soil fertility improvement technologies during the short rains ...

Low Cost Soil Fertility Management Strategies for Improving Maize Production in the Central Highlands of Kenya

Micheni, A.; Mugendi, D.N.; Mucheru, M.; Mugwe, J.; Kung'u, J.B.; Otor, S.C.J.; Murithi, F.; Gitari, J. (Soil Science Society of East Africa, 2003)

Continuous decline in soil productivity is a major constraint to the improvement of livelihoods of Smallholder farmers of Kenya. In highlands, levels of soil nitrogen, phosphorus and sometimes Potassium are low and the ...