Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Soil productivity"
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Effects of soil fertility management practices on soil aggregation, carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a long-term experimentat Kabete
(University of UniversityDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies,University of Nairobi, 2009)Poor resource farmers cultivate steep slopes without soil conservation measures and apply insufficient plant nutrients thus degrading the soils. Integrated soil fertility management using organic and inorganic sources ... -
Prediction of erosion rates and the effects of topsoil thickness on soil productivity
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 1987-01)Part one of this study involved the determination of quantitative parameters for predicting erosion rates using runoff plots. The treatments on the runoff plots included: Bare fallow, maize with minimum tillage, maize ...