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Soil variability within Ruma National Park Lambwe Valley.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Production in semi-arid areas of Kenya using the agricultural production systems simulator (APSIM)
(2000)
Managing crop production risks associated with inter-annual climate variability and climate change has received insignificant attention in the semi-arid areas of Kenya. Against this backdrop, the potential impact of climate ...
The geochemistry and mineralogy of parent materials and soils in two catchments in Laikipia district, Kenya.
(2000)
Rock and subsoil samples were taken for geochemical and mineralogical studies from Sirima and Mukogodo catchments in Laikipia District. Rock samples from Sirima catchment showed an average content (in per cent) of 52.4 ...
Impacts of land-use changes on the soils of the Nguruman area, Kajiado district.
(2000)
This paper considers the impact on soils physical (texture and structure) and chemical (pH, electrical conductivity and exchangeable sodium percentage) characteristics of changes in land use following clearing of vegetation ...
Erosion susceptibility of the soils of Mukogodo catchment.
(2000)
Erosion susceptibility was studied in soils of the Mukogodo catchment in the Laikipia District of Kenya. Factors studied were: climate, relief, soil erodibility, land use, land management, surface cover, and conservation. ...
Effect of tea cropping on the structure of some Kenyan soils
(2000)
Experiments were conducted on humic Andosols to investigate the effect of tea cropping on the structural aspects of the soil. Selected fields had the following: moribund tea, tea planted in 1959, tea planted in 1979 and a ...
The wetland soils of central Kenya: Characteristics classification and current use.
(2000)
This study was carried out in one of the agriculturally high potential and densily populated areas of Kenya The data presented in this paper was collected during soil survey carried out to asses the suitability of some of ...
Degradation of soil physical properties in overgrazed rangelands in Laikipia district.
(2000)
Infiltration rate, bulk density, saturated hydraulic conductivity, organic carbon content, particle size distribution and water content, for bush cover, grass cover and bare ground sites within four representative soil ...