Water scarcity and its unsustainable use are threatening farming efficiency in most “Arid et semi -arid lands” (ASALs) of Kenya. More significantly, these factors lead to recurrent food shortage in Machakos District of ...

The aim of this study is to predict the impact of rainfall fluctuation on farmers’ water demand in Muooni catchment. In particular, it seeks to assess the impact of land-use change on soil and water at Muooni dam site, and ...

Erratic rainfalls, heavy winds pressure and erosional processes due to El Niño floods and droughts are major causes of as farmlands degradation in the catchment, as well as Muoonidam siltation and its water storage capacity ...

Farmers living in most Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics (ASATs) of Kenya face the great challenge of fetching water from alternative sources to curb the effect of drought on rain fed agriculture and forestry. They recourse to ...

The study objectives were to: (i) assess socio-economic and environmental externalities affecting efficient use of water and land resources in farming activities at Muooni dam site; (ii) determine the extent to which land ...

South-East Kenya is vulnerable to increased siltation and pollution of drainage channels and dams as well as to high risk of crop failure under fluctuation of rainfall regimes. This increases the cost of water for the ...

This study attempts to explain food shortage in a water scarce Muooni catchment using operational research inventory models. It seeks specifically to evaluate farmers" water economic order quantity (EOQ), limit average ...

Water depletion, sheets, rills, inter-rills and big gullies have an impact on water and land productivity in a catchment area, endangering thus substantial wealth creation in agriculture. An assessment of 66 farms selected ...