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Assessing perceived impacts of climate change and how small scale farmers adapt in N in North Kinangop Location, Kenya.
(2014)
Climate variability and change has been considered to be posing the greatest threat to agriculture and food security in many of the poor, agriculture-based countries in Africa. In recognition of this, an assessment of ...
Enhancing Maize Productivity and Profitability using Organic Inputs and Mineral Fertilizer in Central Kenya Small-Hold Farms
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Declining land productivity is a major problem facing smallholder farmers today in Sub-Saharan Africa,
and as a result increase in maize grain yield has historically staggered behind yield gains that have been
achieved ...
Perceived Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Small-Scale Farmers in North Kinangop Location, Kenya
(2013)
Climate variability and change has been considered to be posing the greatest threat to agriculture and food security in many of the poor agriculture-based countries in Africa. In recognition of this, an assessment of climate ...
Effects of Organic and Mineral Fertilizer Inputs on Maize Yield and Soil Chemical Properties in a Maize Cropping System in Meru South District, Kenya
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2007)
Soil nutrient depletion as a result of continuous cultivation of soils without adequate addition of external inputs is a major challenge in the highlands of Kenya. An experiment was set up in Meru South District, Kenya in ...
Climate Change Impacts on Small Scale Farmers in North Kinangop Location, Kenya
(The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 2014)
Climate variability and change has been considered to be posing the greatest threat to agriculture
and food security in many of the poor, agriculture
-
based countries in Africa. In recognition of t
his, an
assessment ...
Potential role of cereal-legume intercropping systems in integrated soil fertility management in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa
(Third RUFORUM Biennial Meeting, 201-09)
The sub-Saharan Africa’s population is growing exponentially and it has to fulfill its food and nutrition requirement. An attractive strategy for increasing productivity and labour utilization per
unit area of available ...
Adoption potential of selected organic resources for improving soil fertility in the central highlands of Kenya
(Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2009)
Soil fertility decline is the major cause of
declining crop yields in the central highlands of
Kenya and elsewhere within the African continent.
This paper reports a study conducted to assess
adoption potential of two ...
Effects of selected soil and water conservation technologies on nutrient losses and maize yields in the central highlands of Kenya
(Elsevier Masson, 2014-05)
Mitigating nutrient loss is a prerequisite of sustainable agriculture in the tropics. We evaluated three soil and water conservation technologies (mulching, minimum tillage and tied ridging) for two cropping seasons (long ...
Effects of Different Maize (Zea mays L.) – soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) Intercropping Patterns on Soil Mineral-N, N-uptake and Soil Properties
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2014-01)
The adoption of ISFM technologies such as maize-soybean intercropping system is being promoted as one of the options to address low soil fertility and crop productivity among the farmers of the central highland of Kenya. ...
Length of growing season, rainfall temporal distribution, onset and cessation dates in the Kenyan highlands
(Elsevier Masson, 2014-05)
Dependence on uncertain rainfall and exposure to unmitigated climate risk are major obstacles in efforts to sustainably intensify agricultural production and enhance rural livelihoods. There is generally enough seasonal ...