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Assessment of farmers' perceptions of soil quality indicators within smallholder farms in the central highlands of Kenya
(Springer, 2007)A study was conducted to determine farmers' perceptions of soil quality and soil management practices that influenced soil fertility within farmers' fields in Chuka and Gachoka divisions in central Kenya highlands. Soils ... -
Evaluation of the Potential of using Nitrogen Fixing Legumes in Smallholder Farms of Meru South District, Kenya
(Springer, 2007)Soil fertility depletion in sub-Saharan Africa is a big constraint to increased food production to feed the ever-growing human population. Use of legumes to improve soil fertility is an option in the central highlands of ... -
Gender-land degradation-livelihood nexus: lessonsfrom Ndome and Ghazi, Taita Taveta, Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE, 2004)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 ... -
Farmer participation in enhancing food productivity through agroforestry in the central highlands, Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE, 2004)Declining food production is a major concern in Kenya. This decline is brought about by continuous cultivation of soils without adequate external inputs. A multidisciplinary farmers' participatory trial aimed at offering ... -
The place of agroforestry in the rehabilitation and utilisation of semi-desert environments of northern Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE, 2004)Increasing destruction and degradation of the natural resource base in the sand-duned landscapes of North Horr, Marsabit District, northern Kenya, are jeopardising efforts towards sustainable economic development. The ... -
Impact of soil nutrient management practices on plant parasitic nematodes of maize in central Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE), 2004)Maize (Zea mays L.) is the staple food in Kenya. The current average production of 1.5-2 t per ha is far below the germ plasm potential of 3-7 t per ha. Low soil fertility, nematode and insect pests, diseases and poor ... -
Nitrogen Fertilizer Equivalency Values for Different Organic Materials Based on Maize Performance at Kabete, Kenya
(Academy Science Publishers, 2004)Decline in crop yields has been a major problem facing small holder farming in Kenya and the entire sub-Saharan region. This is attributed mainly to the mining of macronutrients due to cropping without external addition ... -
The African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility: New Challenges and Opportunities
(Academy Science Publishers, 2004)Soil fertility degradation has been described as the single most important constraint to food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Soil fertility decline is not just a problem of nutrient deficiency but also of ... -
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 ... -
The Role of Forestry Education in Rural Strategies to Cope With HIV/AIDS in SSA
(ANAFE, 2008)The HIV pandemic is deeply entrenched in many countries and has had dramatic effects on rural livelihoods. In poor rural communities only a few people have access to treatment due to high prices of conventional medicine, poor ... -
Assessment of Occupational Safety Concerns in Pesticide Use Among Small-Scale Farmers in Sagana, Central Highlands, Kenya
(Springer, 2011)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 ... -
Status of Wetlands in Kenya and Implications for Sustainable Development
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Science, Kenyatta University, 2007) -
Socio-economic and environmental concerns of Water resources management in the Tana Basin, Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Science, Kenyatta University, 2007) -
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 ... -
A Review of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and their Implications for Environmental Governance in Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)Newscientific evidence indicates that many global ecosystems are reaching dangerous thresholds that raise the stakes for policymakers 0NWI, 2001). For example,the Arctic ice cap has already thinned by 42 percent, and 27 ...
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Assessment of farmers' perceptions of soil quality indicators within smallholder farms in the central highlands of Kenya
(Springer, 2007)A study was conducted to determine farmers' perceptions of soil quality and soil management practices that influenced soil fertility within farmers' fields in Chuka and Gachoka divisions in central Kenya highlands. Soils ... -
Evaluation of the Potential of using Nitrogen Fixing Legumes in Smallholder Farms of Meru South District, Kenya
(Springer, 2007)Soil fertility depletion in sub-Saharan Africa is a big constraint to increased food production to feed the ever-growing human population. Use of legumes to improve soil fertility is an option in the central highlands of ... -
Gender-land degradation-livelihood nexus: lessonsfrom Ndome and Ghazi, Taita Taveta, Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE, 2004)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 ... -
Farmer participation in enhancing food productivity through agroforestry in the central highlands, Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE, 2004)Declining food production is a major concern in Kenya. This decline is brought about by continuous cultivation of soils without adequate external inputs. A multidisciplinary farmers' participatory trial aimed at offering ... -
The place of agroforestry in the rehabilitation and utilisation of semi-desert environments of northern Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE, 2004)Increasing destruction and degradation of the natural resource base in the sand-duned landscapes of North Horr, Marsabit District, northern Kenya, are jeopardising efforts towards sustainable economic development. The ... -
Impact of soil nutrient management practices on plant parasitic nematodes of maize in central Kenya
(African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE), 2004)Maize (Zea mays L.) is the staple food in Kenya. The current average production of 1.5-2 t per ha is far below the germ plasm potential of 3-7 t per ha. Low soil fertility, nematode and insect pests, diseases and poor ... -
Nitrogen Fertilizer Equivalency Values for Different Organic Materials Based on Maize Performance at Kabete, Kenya
(Academy Science Publishers, 2004)Decline in crop yields has been a major problem facing small holder farming in Kenya and the entire sub-Saharan region. This is attributed mainly to the mining of macronutrients due to cropping without external addition ... -
The African Network for Soil Biology and Fertility: New Challenges and Opportunities
(Academy Science Publishers, 2004)Soil fertility degradation has been described as the single most important constraint to food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Soil fertility decline is not just a problem of nutrient deficiency but also of ... -
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 ... -
The Role of Forestry Education in Rural Strategies to Cope With HIV/AIDS in SSA
(ANAFE, 2008)The HIV pandemic is deeply entrenched in many countries and has had dramatic effects on rural livelihoods. In poor rural communities only a few people have access to treatment due to high prices of conventional medicine, poor ... -
Assessment of Occupational Safety Concerns in Pesticide Use Among Small-Scale Farmers in Sagana, Central Highlands, Kenya
(Springer, 2011)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 ... -
Socio-economic and environmental concerns of Water resources management in the Tana Basin, Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Science, Kenyatta University, 2007) -
Status of Wetlands in Kenya and Implications for Sustainable Development
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Science, Kenyatta University, 2007) -
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 ... -
A Review of Multilateral Environmental Agreements and their Implications for Environmental Governance in Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)Newscientific evidence indicates that many global ecosystems are reaching dangerous thresholds that raise the stakes for policymakers 0NWI, 2001). For example,the Arctic ice cap has already thinned by 42 percent, and 27 ... -
Issues in the Application of Participatory Environmental Management
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)Current thinking in the field of environmental management recommends application of integrated mechanisms that include utilizing local, regi traditional and scientific knowledge in the identification, assessment and ... -
Economic Environmental Valuation
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)This chapter attempts to place a monetary value on environmental resources describing various methods of valuing an environmental resource with respect to costs and benefits. This is because externalities do arise from ... -
Environment and Sustainable Development A Guide for Higher Education in Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)Over the last five decades the world has witnessed a number of significant and unprecedented environmental problems on scales not witnessed before, such as environmental deqradation and pollution, loss of biodiversity, ... -
Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in Pupils' Perception: Challenge for Tertiary Education in Kenya
(School of Environmental Studies and Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, 2007)Education is acknowledged as the vehicle by which humanity establishes conceptual understanding. Alllevels of education (primary to Tertiary) are interlinked in a casual chain like pattern, with the preceding laying the ... -
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 ...
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