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The Socio-economic and Ecological Impacts of Small-scale Irrigation Schemes on Pastoralists and Drylands in Northern Kenya
(2001)
Northern Kenya, as in other sub-Saharan
arid and semi-arid regions, has faced challenges related
to the prevailing socio-economy, ecology and polity
in the last quarter of last century. In some of these
areas, pastoralists ...
Medium-term impact of tillage and residue management on soil aggregate stability, soil carbon and crop productivity
(2013)
Conservation agriculture is widely promoted for soil conservation and crop productivity increase, although rigorous empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa is still limited. This study aimed to quantify the medium-term ...
Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?
(2012-07)
Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt improved land management practices which can improve yields and incomes? The reason is not always because these practices are uneconomical but sometimes it is because resource ...
Gender mainstreaming in organisational culture and agricultural research processes
(2011)
Despite increased attention to gender issues in the international development arena since the rise of feminism in the 1970s, few agricultural research organisations have integrated gender in their problem diagnosis and ...
Charcoal production and strategies to enhance its sustainability in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
In sub-Saharan Africa, 72 per cent of urban and 98 per cent of rural households use fuelwood for energy. In Kenya use of charcoal in urban areas has risen by 64 per cent in two decades. Despite the charcoal industry providing ...