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A note on the response by smallholder farmers to soil nutrient depletion in the East African highlands
(WFL Publisher Science and Technology, 2003)
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 ...
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 ...
Effect of organic and inorganic nutrient sources on soil mineral nitrogen and maize yields in central highlands of Kenya
(Soil and Tillage Research, 2009-05)
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 ...
Evaluation of agrometeorological indices as maize yield predictors in a high rainfall Kenyan environment
(East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 1990)
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 ...
Climate Change, Excess Land-Uses and Farmers’ Water Demand: An Induction from Smallholder Farms In Muooni Dam Site, Kenya.
(Journal of Agri - Food and Applied Sciences, 2013-12)
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 ...
Improvement of drought adapted tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius a. Gray var. latifolius) yield through biological nitrogen fixation in semi-arid SE-Kenya
(European Journal of Agronomy, 2002-01)
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 ...
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 ...
Trends in Mean Annual Minimum and Maximum Near Surface Temperature in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Advances in Meteorology, 2010)
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 ...