Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Land use"
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Effects Of Land Use Change On Soil Qualities In The Sasumua Catchment Of Tana River Drainage System In Nyandarua District, Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2008)Effects of land use conversion from forest (F) to annual crop cultivation (AC) and grazing land (LG) on soil qualities were investigated in Sasumua catchment with the aim of (a) determining the changes in selected physical ... -
Impact of land use types and farming practices on occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Taita-Taveta district in Kenya
(CIAT-Tropical Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF)Nairobi University, College of Biological and Physical SciencesJomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyUnited States International UniversityNational Museums of Kenya, Botany Department, 2012)A study was undertaken along land use gradients in Taita-Taveta district, southeast Kenya to evaluate the occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in seven land use types (LUT). The gradient was from indigenous ... -
Land Use and Spatial Distribution of Two Gum And Incense Producing Tree Species In The Blue-nile Valley of Wogidi District, Ethiopia
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 2003)The study was conducted in the Blue-Nile valley of Wogidi district in Ethiopia, where woody vegetation degradation associated with intensive land use activities has become a national concern. It was undertaken with an ... -
Land Use, Ecology, and Socio-economic Changes in a Pastoral Production System
(University of Nairobi,Department of land resource management and agricultural technology,, 2004)This study was conducted in the northern part of Kenya, in Kakuma division, Turkana district. Kakuma is a semi- arid area under nomadic pastoralism as the main activity. The presence of a refugee camp has attracted many ...