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Land Resources Information and Services for Land use Planning
(2014-05-21)
The experience in soil science is based on interaction with some of you professionals in the course of duty, interaction with academic in the universities and my own experience as a small-scale farmer. Although Iam not a ...
Numerical simulation of rainfall and temperature over Kenya using Weather Research and Forecasting-Environmental Modelling System (WRF-EMS)
(2016-06)
This paper focuses on one of the high resolution models used for weather forecasting at Kenya Meteorological
Department (KMD). It reviews the skill and accuracy of the Weather Research and Forecasting
(WRF) - Environmental ...
Climate Variability and Adaptive Capacity in Semi-arid Tharaka District, Kenya.
(Open Access Library, 2017)
This study assessed the state of adaptive capacity in four agro-ecological zones
of Tharaka sub-county, Kenya. The study utilized two data sets: household
survey and key informants. At total of 326 household respondents ...
Green Water Credits for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry in Arid and Semi - Arid Tropics of Kenya
(Blue Apple Publications, 2014-04-30)
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 ...
Analysis of Factors Influencing Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies in Ngaciuma Sub-Catchment, Kenya
(African Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 2012)
The main study objective was to determine and examine factors influencing the adoption of soil and water conservation (SWC) technologies for sustainable watershed management and planning in the Ngaciuma sub-catchment. To ...
Farm diversity, resource use efficiency and sustainable land management in the western highlands of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2014-10)
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces further population growth in the coming decades and it is essential to increase food production in rural areas. However, development programs to enhance agricultural productivity have achieved ...
Comparison of satellite remote sensing derived precipitation estimates and observed data in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2019)
This study evaluated the accuracy of four satellite remote sensing (SRS) based products in predicting rainfall
(amounts and spatial distribution) over Kenya between 1998 and 2013. The four SRS products used include; ...