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Land and water management in Kenya: towards sustainable land use.
(2000)
Preliminary findings on the effects of land use in the Masinga Dam catchment, Kenya, on the storage capacity of the reservoir are presented. Remote sensing and GIS techniques, supplemented with ground reports, were used ...
Legume cover crops for soil fertility improvement in the highlands of eastern Africa region. Report of an AHI workshop
(2000)
This report reviews work on legume cover crops in eastern Africa and provides a summary of recommendations of the appropriate germplasm, management and posible niches for these plants in farming systems. It briefly identifies ...
Crop response to soil water content under fertilized and non-fertilized conditions
(2000)
Observations on crop response to soil water content were made over a 2-year period from 1991 to 1992 on 3m by 10m plots at Kabete, Kel1ya. The total anmial rainfall was 948 and 1125mm in 1991 aind 1992 respectively with ...
Soil erosion effects on productivity of a humic nitisol
(2000)
This study was carried out with the aim of assessing the effect of accelerated erosion on soil productivity of a humic nitisol at Kabete, Kenya. Twenty runoff plots which had been subjected to varying levels of ero¬sion ...
Soil erosion and reservoir sedimentation: a case study of Nguu Tatu catchment.
(University Of Nairobi, 2000)
The types, patterns and rates of soil erosion within the sub-humid tropical Nguu Tatu catchment in north-east Mombasa District, Kenya, was studied and the impact of soil erosion on water quality and quantity in reservoirs ...