Agriculture provides a major share of national income and export earnings in many developing countries while ensuring food security, income and employment to a large proportion of the population. Many people in developing ...

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 ...

High population pressure in the central highlands of Kenya has led to continuous cultivation of land with minimal additional inputs leading to soil nutrient depletion. Research work has reported positive results from use ...

Maize is the most important food crop in Kenya and occupies more than 25% of the total land area in many high rainfall areas of the country. Investigations were carried out to test which agrometeorological crop yield ...

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 ...

Tepary bean (TB), a drought adapted bean variety has recently assumed prominence among resource poor farmers in semi-arid SE-Kenya. However, its productivity is still low because of inadequate inputs. Greenhouse experiments ...

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 ...

This paper examines the long-term urban modification of mean annual conditions of near surface temperature in Nairobi City. Data from four weather stations situated in Nairobi were collected from the Kenya Meteorological ...