dc.contributor.author | Gichuki, FN | |
dc.contributor.author | Mungai, DN | |
dc.contributor.author | Gachene, CKK | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-29T13:07:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-29T13:07:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Shaabani, S. B., Herlocker, D. J., Gichuki, F. N., Mungai, D. N., Gachene, C. K. K., & Thomas, D. B. (2000). The range management handbook of Kenya: a database for planning development in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. In Land and water management in Kenya: towards sustainable land use. Proceedings of the Fourth National Workshop, Kikuyu, Kenya, 15-19 February, 1993. (pp. 325-327). Soil and Water Conservation Branch, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9966-9690-0-4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/52117 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper briefly presents a methodology for planning development in arid and semi-arid areas. It highlights the issues of problem identification and assessment of the natural and socio-economic environment, and describes the database contained in the Range Management Handbook. The handbook makes available baseline data for planning development in arid and semi-arid areas following a successful Farm Management Handbook that covers the high- and medium-potential areas of Kenya. In three parts, the Range Management Handbook covers: the status, principles and applications in Kenya; texts and maps relating to climate, landforms and soils, vegetation types, water sources, range unit inventory, livestock marketing and human ecology; special reports (guide to tolerant plants, pictorial key for goat stocking rates, large scale remote monitoring of vegetation, and a survey method for classification of range conditions) relevant to land planning and use in arid and semi-arid areas | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi, | en |
dc.title | The range management handbook of Kenya: a database for planning development in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. | en |
dc.type | Book chapter | en |
local.publisher | college of agriculture and veterinary sciences, | en |