Runoff harvesting for crop production: Experience in Kitui District, 1984-1986

Critchley, W.R.S. . Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Development Project

Runoff harvesting for crop production: Experience in Kitui District, 1984-1986

1989

Critchley, W.R.S. (Ministry of Agriculture, Kitui (Kenya). Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Development Project)

Runoff harvesting as a technique for improving crop performance by increasing water availability and simultaneously conserving soil in semi-arid areas is currently attracting considerable interest in Kenya. Trials in Baringo and Turkana districts are well established and have promising results. Three trials were instigated in Kitui district to test two systems which had proved successful in Baringo. This paper presents and discusses the results of the three trials and gives recommendations

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AGROVOC Keywords

captage d'eau eau de ruissellement escorrentia kenia kenya

Bibliographic information

Publisher

Nairobi Univ.

Other Subjects

Captacion de aguas; Produccion vegetal/ conservacion de suelos; Zone semi aride; Production vegetale/ conservation des sols; Zona semiarida

Language

English

Note

2 tables; 2 fig. 8 ref.

Type

Conference; Non-Conventional

Source

Soil and water conservation in Kenya: Proceedings of the Third National Workshop Kabete, Nairobi, 16-19 Sep 1986, Nairobi Univ. (Kenya). Dept. of Agricultural Engineering; Swedish International Development Authority - SIDA, Nairobi (Kenya).- Nairobi (Kenya): Nairobi Univ., 1989. p. 396-406

Conference

Soil and Water Conservation in Kenya, Nairobi (Kenya), 16-19 Sep 1986

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