With the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) accounting for more than 70%of Kenya's total land area, and supporting an increasing population of both humans and animals, investment in water resources development will be a ...

Despite technological advances in land management (i.e. use, care and improvement) across the world, land degradation not only persists, but also continues to escalate, thus threatening the livelihood of many agriculturally ...

To appreciate the link between the environment and sustainable development, one needs to understand the basic concepts within ecology. While numerous literatures exists on this subject, ecology generally refers to the ...

As the world continues to grapple with the realities of sustainable development, it is becoming increasingly acceptable that meaningful progress cannot be made without active involvement of women and the youth at critical ...

Small-scale farmers in Sagana area of central Kenya constitute a population at risk due to intensive use of pesticides in the production of mainly horticultural crops for commercial purposes. This chapter examines the ...

The word conflict is commonly used in everyday speech to label various human experiences, ranging from indecision, disagreement and stress. A conflict situation thus contains the following four elements; a condition ...

It is widely acknowledged that ecosystems in their various types and characteristics are life's support systems because of the goods and services (tangible and intangible benefits) humans and other life forms derive from ...