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The impacts of human activities on tree species richness and diversity in Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
(Academic Journals : International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 2014-06-01)
Tropical rain forests are species rich ecosystems that are being depleted at very high rates through human encroachment. Kakamega forest is one of the heavily fragmented and disturbed tropical rain forests due to the high ...
Forage availability and quality for the Impala (aepyceros melampus (brian) kathryh) of Impala sanctuary, Kenya
(International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 2014-10-28)
Brian) Kathryh) in three ecosystems of the Impala sanctuary, Kenya was assessed during the wet and dry seasons. The grazing behavior of the impalas was observed to identify the preferred forage species and patterns grazing ...
Effects of N and K fertilization of sugarcane (Saccharum oficinarum) on acrisols in western Kenya
(Elixirpublishers : Agriculture, 2014-01-01)
Sugarcane fertilization in Kenyan plantations is largely concentrated on Nitrogen and Phosphorus. Use of Potassium, secondary nutrients and micronutrients is altogether missing. Recent soil analysis results indicate that ...
Sugarcane response to liming, manuring and inorganic fertilizers on acid acrisols in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 2014-01-01)
Effects of agricultural lime, organic manure and selected inorganic fertilizers on sugarcane growth, yield and quality were determined in four trials conducted from 2009-2011 on acid acrisols in western Kenya. Predominantly ...
Spatial modeling of sorghum (sorghum bicolor) growing areasin Kenyan arid and semi-arid lands
(Elixirpublishers : Agriculture, 2014-01-10)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) is an important African cereal crop and is listed among Africa’s lost crops but is now gaining popularity as other cereals are declining in production due to climatic change. To promote food ...
Detection of trends in extreme streamflow due to climate variability in the lake Naivasha basin, Kenya
(2014-11-17)
Variability of streamflow has far-reaching impacts especially in developing countries. This is aggravated by climate change which has adversely affected the water resources and food security. This paper presents the ...
Analysis of drought effect on annual stream flows of river Malewa in the lake Naivasha basin, Kenya
(Radiance Research Academy, 2014-09-15)
The main parameters of drought phenomenon are the longest duration and largest severity for a desired return period. These
parameters form the basis for designing water storage structures to cope with drought effects. In ...
A review for hydraulic analysis of irrigation canals using HEC-RAS model: a case study of Mwea irrigation scheme, Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2014-12-19)
Hydraulic simulation models could be suitable tools for understanding the hydraulic characteristics of irrigation
systems. In this study HEC-RAS model will be tested in terms of error estimation and used to determine canal ...
Drought forecasting using indices and artificial neural networks for upper Tana river basin, Kenya-a review concept
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2014-01-01)
Due to increased impact of drought on water availability at different scales there is need to understand droughts especially in upper Tana River basin which is a critical and largest water system in Kenya. There is need ...
Simulation of catchment hydrologic response under changing land use: case of upper Molo river catchment, Kenya
(2014)
The urban and agricultural developments have led to changes in catchment hydrologic response. To clearly understand the effect of land use change on catchment hydrologic response, a study was carried out in the Upper Molo ...