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Dissemination of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies Using Participatory Approaches in the Central Highlands of Kenya

Mugendi, D.N.; Mugwe, J. N.; Mucheru-Muna, M.; Karega, R.; Muriuki, J.; Vanlauwe, B.; Merckx, R. (Springer Netherlands, 2011)

Declining soil fertility and productivity is a critical problem facing smallholder farmers in the central highlands of Kenya. A study to improve soil fertility and farm productivity within the smallholder farming systems ...

Effect of Organic Inputs and Mineral Fertilizer on Maize Yield in a Ferralsol and a Nitisol Soil in Central Kenya

Mucheru-Muna, M.; Mugendi, D.N.; Pypers, P.; Mugwe, J. N.; Vanlauwe, B.; Merckx, R.; Kung'u, J.B. (Springer Netherlands, 2011)

Declining land productivity is a major problem facing smallholder farmers in Kenya today. This decline primarily results from a reduction in soil fertility caused by continuous cultivation without adequate addition of ...

Changes in Soil Organic Matter as Influenced by Organic Residue Management Regimes in Selected Experiments in Kenya

Waswa, B. S.; Mugendi, D.N.; Vanlauwe, B.; Kung'u, J.B. (Springer Netherlands, 2007)

The failure to understand the dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) is a major limitation to the sustainability of smallholder production systems that predominantly relied on organic resources for the maintenance of soil ...

Fertilizer nitrogen recovery as affected by soil organic matter status in two sites in Kenya

Karunditu, M.W.; Mugendi, D.N.; Kung'u, J.B.; Vanlauwe, B. (Springer Netherlands, 2007)

Management of nitrogen (N) nutrition is a vital aspect in maize production systems ofKenya. In Central andWestern parts of Kenya, high population density has eliminated the use of traditional fallow farming systems for ...