Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Gichuki, F. N"

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    • Development of a streamflow model for rural catchments in Kenya. 

      Gichuki, F. N; Mungai, D. N; Gachene, C. K. K; Thomas, D. B. (University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1993)
      A stream flow model was developed for use in rural catchments in Kenya. In the model the physical environment was divided into three zones: the unsaturated zone (consists of multiple hydrological response units defined by ...

    • Erosion and sedimentation problems in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya. 

      Denga, F. O; Ongwenyi, G. S; Kitheka, J. U.; Gichuki, F. N; Mungai, D. N; Gachene, C. K. K; Thomas, D. B. (University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1993)
      This paper examine past and present trends in the development of Kenyan water resources, and the status of Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands. It considers the parameters linked with soil erosion and sedimentation processes ...

    • Riverbank protection and food security. 

      Gichuki, F. N; Mungai, D. N; Gachene, C. K. K; Thomas, D. B. (University of Nairobi,Department of soil science,, 2000)
      This paper reflects on the role of root crops (cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta or C. antiquorum) as a case study in riverbank protection and food security in Kenya. Field performance, water erosion control, ecologically ...

    • Some conceptions about sediment rating equations. 

      Gichuki, F. N; Mungai, D. N; Gachene, C. K. K; Thomas, D. B. (University of Nairobi,Department of soil science,, 2000)
      This paper examines the anomalies in the sedimentation rating equations in terms of existing notions of statistical analysis and concludes that c=aqb is the preferred relationship. The method of estimating parameters a and ...