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Adoption of appropriate technologies among smallholder farmers in Kenya

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Filho, Walter L. (Taylor & Francis, 2016-07)

The adoption of appropriate technologies in small-scale farming is an important response to the effects of climate change and variability, especially in Africa. This study investigates the levels of awareness and adoption ...
Assessing the Impact of Rainwater Harvesting Technology as Adaptation Strategy for Rural Communities in Makueni County, Kenya

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Filho, Walter L.; Mbuge, Duncan O.; Cheruiyot, Hillary K. (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015)

Rainfall scarcity is a constraint to productivity in arid and semiarid regions of Kenya. This chapter identifies the common rainwater harvesting technologies used in Makueni County, a semiarid region, both for domestic and ...
Climate change responses among the Maasai Community in Kenya

Nzengya, Daniel; Muasya, Gladys; Chemuliti, Judith; Kalungu, Jokastah W. (Springer Verlag, 2017-10-17)

The impacts of climate change to the dryland areas of East Africa are especially strong, especially if it is considered that these areas have weak institutions and governance systems. Climate change has also affected many ...
Effect of different irrigation applications levels and Potassium doses on tomatoes grown in greenhouse under mulched soil conditions in São Paulo, Brazil

Kalungu, Jokastah W. (Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", 2008)
Effect of irrigation water depths and fertigation to tomato yield and water use efficiency in south east Brazil

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Folegatti, M. V.; Sánchez-Román, R. M.; Santos, R. dos; Ndegwa, G. M. (2008)

The objective of the study was to evaluate effects of four different drip irrigation levels equivalent to 50, 75, 100, and 125% of crop water requirement (CWR) and three potassium doses of 10.4, 20.8 and 31.2 g plant-1 ...
Exploring gender dynamics on perception of climate change on farming with focus groups in Machakos and Makueni Counties, Kenya

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Filho, W. L.; Harris, D. (2013-10)

This paper presents findings from 16 focus group discussions (FGDs) which took place in June 2012 at Makueni and Machakos Counties with a view to understanding farmers’ perception on gender role in regard to climate change ...
Gender and climate change adaptation in Kenya

Kalungu, Jokastah W. (2017-03-20)

Climate change and variability is a major threat to sustainable development across the globe. Paradoxically, smallholder farmers to a great extend contribute to the spread and also hold the key to effective management ...
Irrigation application depths and potassium doses on tomatoes under protected environment in southeast Brazil

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Monteiro, R. O. C.; Folegatti, M. V. (2012-06)
Irrigation technology in South Africa and Kenya

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Monteiro, Rodrigo O. C.; Coelho, Rubens D. (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2010)

This paper reviews various irrigation technologies in both South Africa and Kenya that enable improvements in their socio-economic conditions. The two countries are located in semi-arid areas that experience extreme ...
Responding to food production challenges in the face of global warming at community level in Kenya: the role of a local University

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Leal, Walter; Mwangi, Moses (Springer Netherlands, 2013)

Africa’s population is expected to rise to 1.8 billion by 2050 (Gregory 2009). In Kenya the population was 15.3 million in 1979 and by 2009 it had grown by 23.3 million to reach 38.6 million (MOP 2009) population and housing ...
Smallholder farmers’ perception of the impacts of climate change and variability on rain-fed agricultural practices in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Kenya

Kalungu, Jokastah W.; Filho, Walter L.; Harris, David (2013)

Despite the widespread scientific debate concerning the impacts of climate change and variability (CC & V), not much is known about rural farming households’ perceptions of these impacts on their agricultural practices. ...

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