Soil erosion, continuous cultivation, reduced land productivity, population pressure on land, low income, inappropriate and inadequate use of farm inputs such as fertilizers are some of the interrelated problems experienced ...

The paper reports the preliminary results from a young (three years) clonal field trial from a cross between clones SFS 150 and TN 14-3 as the female and male parents respectively. Clone SFS 150 is drought tolerant and is ...

A 12 week feeding study was conducted to evaluate the effect of various dietary levels of poultry waste and/or grain sorghum on dry matter intake (DMI), in vivo dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), nitrogen balance (NB), blood ...

In this article, household data collection procedures for socio-economic research in agriculture under conditions prevalent in developing countries are described. Using relevant examples for Kenya, the sources and types ...

This paper discusses socio-cultural and economic factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation measures in Kenya. These include farm size, land tenure systems, farm capital, and soil conservation benefits. A ...