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Adoption and adaptation of nutrient replenishment technologies by farmers in Kirege sub-location of Central Kenya
(African Crop Science Society, 2003)
Soil erosion, continuous cultivation, reduced land productivity, population pressure on land, low income, inappropriate and inadequate use of farm inputs such as fertilizers are some of the interrelated problems experienced ...
Potential of Dryland Farming in Kenya and Environmental Implications
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences,
Kenyatta University, 2006)
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 ...
Gender and Environmental Management
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences,
Kenyatta University, 2006)
The terms gender and development converge in various ways among them
the consideration of varied roles that both sexes can play in development,
the gendered distribution of benefits accruing from development together
with ...
Environmental Philosophy, Education and Sustainable Development Nexus
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)
Since the United Nations Conference on Human Environment, of 1972,
governments have made it a policy to integrate sustainable development
concerns in national agenda at all levels. The universities globally have responded
by ...
Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa
(Springer Netherlands, 2007)
Low inherent soil fertility in the highly weathered and leached soils largely accounts for low and unsustained crop yields in most African countries. But in particular, the major nutrients, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), ...
Agroforestry for Land and Water Management in Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)
A groforestry is an age-old practice that contains a strong element of
r\management. It is a collective name for land-use systems and technol .
where woody perennials are deliberately used on the same land-management ...
Developing Agroforestry Curricula: A practical Guide for Academic Institutions in Africa and Asia
(World Agroforestry Centre, 2005)
We promote the view that agroforestry is not only a set of practices, but also about the processes in society that influence, and are influenced by, those practices. Recent advances in participatory approaches are heavily ...
Energy for Sustainable Development
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences,
Kenyatta University, 2006)
The concept of sustainable development refers to development that 'meets
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs' (WCED, 1987). This has social,
economic ...
Soil Fertility Enhancing Community Extension
(Manilla, 2006)
This book ia an attempt to equip the extension personnel with soil fertlity packages that can easily be disseminated to farmer. The language is simple, while illustrations are used exclusively to explai technology usage ...
Application of Ecosystem Modelling in Environmental Management in Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences,
Kenyatta University, 2006)
Ecosystems are dynamic entities made up of several interactive biotic and
abiotic factors that determine their production and productivity levels.
Equally complex are the ecological processes that govern ecosystem ...