Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Soil quality"
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Effects of land use change on soil qualities in Sasumua catchment
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resources Management and Technology, 2008)Sustainability of natural resource base is dependent on good land management. Land use change from forest to agricultural land can endanger sustainability of soil productivity if not well managed. Effects of land use ... -
Factors Influencing Shift from Pastoralism to Irrigated Agriculture and its Impact on Soil Quality in Kajiado
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)Crop cultivation in the arid and semiarid ecosystems is mainly constrained by inadequate and unreliable rainfall. Smallholder irrigation in such areas is therefore necessary to supplement l rainfall to meet crop water ... -
Impact of land use and cover change on soil quality and pasture productivity in semi-arid rangelands
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2011-11)The impact of land use and cover change on soil quality and pasture production was investigated in the rangelands of Nakasongola District, Uganda, Landsat (TM) images of 1986 and 1990 and Landsat (ETM+) of 2000 and 2004 ...