Browsing by Subject "Agroforestry"

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COMPARATIVE GROWTH OF MULTIPURPOSE TREES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOIL MOISTURE AND MAIZE PERFORMANCE IN SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS, CENTRAL KENYA

T.W.Wamugunda1, S.Kuyah2, Catherine Muthuri3, Peter Mwangi4and Fergus Sinclair5 (JKUAT-JOURNALS, 2021-11-11)

Maintaining trees in cropland can help reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, increase agricultural productivity and achieve climate resilience. However, it is unclear how trees impact on soil ...
Effect of tillage, mulching, herbicide application, intercropping and agroforestry on soil moisture maize yield and rainwater use efficiency in semi-arid Kenya: A case study of Laikipia East

Waweru, Geofrey; Lenga, Florence Kanze; Gicheha, Mathew Gitau; Ndegwa, George Maina (JKUAT-CoANRE, 2024-04-05)

Conservation agriculture (CA) is promoted in Sub-Saharan Africa to address land degradation and low productivity among small-scale farmers. However, contrasting results have been reported from studies testing the impact ...
ON THE AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM AND IN SITU CONSERVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANT GERMPLASM IN TRANS- NZOIA DISTRICT, KENYA

Ochora, J. M.; Onguso, J. M.; Kany, J. I. (JKUAT, 2017-05-22)

In sub-Saharan Africa about 80% of the ever increasing population depends on ethnomedicine for their healthcare since modern medicine is mostly expensive or unavailable in rural homesteads. However, ethnomedicine is the ...

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