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The role of plant residues in soil productivity: farmers'knowledge and practices in Embu District, Kenya
(Soil Science Society of East Africa, Nairobi (Kenya), 2003)
Plant residues from trees, crops or weeds play an important role in determining the soil fertility status in smallholder farmers of the central highlands of Kenya region. A study was conducted in Embu district of Kenya, ...
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 ...
Participatory Evaluation of Residue Management Effects of Green Manure Legumes on Maize Yield in the Central Kenya Highlands
(2005)
An on-farm study to evaluate three methods of applying legume residues in maize-based cropping systems in the central Kenya highlands was initiated in 1997 and conducted for three years. The legumes involved in the study ...
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 ...
Temporal variability of crust strength and thickness as influenced by tillage methods and soil management practices in semi arid areas of Kenya, p. 59-76
(2003)
Studies were conducted in a semi arid area of Kenya to determine the effects of tillage methods and soil management practices on crust strength and thickness during the 1998/1999 cropping seasons. Conventional and minimum ...
Assessment of erosion damage in Ndome and Ghazi, Taita Taveta, Kenya: Towards an integrated erosion management approach
(2002-03)
Aerial photograph interpretation on erosion trends from 1961 to 1998 showed that by 1998, approximately 17 and 50% of agricultural land in Ndome and Ghazi respectively had been permanently lost due to the combined effect ...
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 ...
Grain maize yield improvement using Tephrosia vogelii and Tithonia diversifolia biomass at Maseno, Kenya
(2003)
This study aimed at assessing the response of maize crop
to application of Tephrosia vogelii and Tithonia
diversifolia biomass obtained six month-old fallows. The
biomass were chopped into 5-cm long pieces and
incorporated ...