The Lake Victoria wetlands serve many different purposes for the different communities living around them. They are valuable ecosystems and are of significance particularly to the biota and water quality of the lakes where ...

Declining soil fertility is a key problem faced by most farmers in Eastern Kenya. The problem has been worsened by increased population growth and consequently high demand for agricultural produce. To solve the problem, ...

Recurrent rainfall inconsistency experienced across Kenya brings about a reduction in crop production that relies on rain fed agriculture. Nairobi peri-urban farmers have turned to irrigate their residential plots using ...

Most of the world's water (about 97.5%) exists as salt water in the oceans and seas. Of the world's 2.5 per cent of fresh water, roughly 99 per cent is either trapped in glaciers and ice caps, held as soil moisture, or ...

Water is the most important resource issue in the 21St Century, given the current conflicts over the use of the resource both by human and wildlife. There is therefore need for better methods of conservation and management ...

This study set out to investigate the effects of shifting irrigation system on community livelihood and environmental quality along the Ewaso Nyiro river basin. The land area under irrigation schemes in Kenya is estimated ...

Despite the declaration of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and its accompanying global awareness of the need for sustainable development, the entire concept of ESD has not been wholly integrated in the ...

In spite of its significant role in soil and water conservation, production of wood and non-wood products, carbon sequestration, conservation of biodiversity and social benefits, the status of Mount Kenya forest ecosystem ...

Pastoralism is the main source of livelihood for Boran community inhabiting Northern Kenya. Over time, they have developed coping strategies aimed at rninimising losses from aridity. Although the strategies may have ...

This study was set to examine positive deviance in the adoption of agroforestry technologies by some farmers in Kadibo Division, lower Nyando river basin in Western Kenya. The study was necessitated on understanding that ...