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Dissemination of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies Using Participatory Approaches in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2011-06)
Declining soil fertility and productivity is a critical problem facing smallholder farmers in the central highlands of Kenya. A study to improve soil fertility and farm productivity within the smallholder farming systems ...
Household's socio-economic factors influencing the level of adaptation to climate variability in the dry zones of Eastern Kenya
(Elsevier, 2015-11)
Climate variability has a negative impact on crop productivity and has had an effect on many small-holder farmers in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). Small-holder farmers in Eastern Kenya are faced with the constraint ...
Conservation tillage, local organic resources and nitrogen fertilizer combinations affect maize productivity, soil structure and nutrient balances in semi-arid Kenya
(Springer, 2011-01)
Smallholder land productivity in drylands can be increased by optimizing locally available resources, through nutrient enhancement and water conservation. In this study, we investigated the effect of tillage system, organic ...
Soil Inorganic N and N Uptake by Maize Following Application of Legume Biomass, Tithonia, Manure and Mineral Fertilizer in Central Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2011-05)
In the smallholder farms of central Kenya soils suffer from nitrogen (N) deficiency due to
inability to replenish it through application of chemical fertilizers and/or manure. This study
evaluated the effect of some ...
The Potential of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources in Sub-Saharan African Crop Farming Systems
(2012-02)
he Potential of Organic and Inorganic Nutrient Sources in Sub-Saharan African Crop Farming System
The diversity of rural livelihoods and their influence on soil fertility in agricultural systems of East Africa – A typology of smallholder farms
(2010)
Technological interventions to address the problem of poor productivity of smallholder
agricultural systems must be designed to target socially diverse and spatially heterogeneous farms and farming systems. This paper ...