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Assessing Climate Variability Adaptation and Coping Strategies Among Rural Households in Kenya.
(Journal of Water Sciences & Environment Technologies, 2018)
The aim of this study is to assess the adopted water scarcity adaptation and coping strategies of rural households to climate variability. It also identifies suitable strategies that minimize the impact of climate variability ...
Impacts of Bush Encroachment on Wildlife Species Diversity, Composition, and Habitat Preference in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya
(Hindawi International Journal of Ecology, 2017)
Savannah ecosystems are currently facing a biome shift that changes grasslands to woody dominated landscapes, attributable to habitat degradation. In Ol Pejeta Conservancy (OPC), Eucleadivinorum, an unpalatable and invasive ...
Relationships Between Cattle and Biodiversity in Multiuse Landscape Revealed by Kenya Long-Term Exclosure Experiment
(Elsevier, 2018-05)
On rangelands worldwide, cattle interact with many forms of biodiversity, most obviously with vegetation and other large herbivores. Since 1995, we have been manipulating the presence of cattle, mesoherbivores, and ...
Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya
(Hindawi International Journal of Forestry Research, 2018-10-02)
Grevillearobusta is widely interplanted with crops in Maragua subcounty,a practice that enhances biomass quantities in farmlands. However, quick tools for estimating biomass of such trees are lacking resulting in undervaluation ...
Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya
(Hindawi International Journal of Forestry Research, 2018)
Grevillea robusta is widely interplanted with crops in Maragua subcounty, a practice that enhances biomass quantities in farmlands. However, quick tools for estimating biomass of such trees are lacking resulting in ...
Challenges of elephant conservation: insights from oral histories of colonialism and landscape in Tsavo, Kenya
(American Geographical Society, 2017)
Understanding the reasons for conflict between elephants and people who live adjacent to conservation areas remains key to recruiting them as allies in preserving elephant populations. The Tsavo region of Kenya has become ...
A Public-Private Partnership Scheme To Avert Desertification in the Drylands of Kenya: Lessons for Social Scientists
(University of Dar es Salaam, 2016)
The drylands of Kenya make up about 80% of the total land area and are defined by aridity, thermal stress, soil moisture deficiency and general human want. The poverty bedevilling the drylands leave their inhabitants without ...
The challenges of wild game on forest plantations management objectives in forest ecosystems in kenya
(Emerging Academy Resources, 2013)
Forests in Africa and Asia host various wildlife populations that cause varying levels of damages to forest resources. The economic damage is more severe in forest plantations meant for timber production that require huge ...
The Role of Selected Environmental Factors on the Regeneration of (Ocotea usambarensis ) in Mount Kenya Forest, Kenya
(International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 2018)
Despites the propagation efforts, density of Ocotea usambarensis has continued to diminish in the southern slopes of Mount Kenya. The species which is native in the montane forest is seldom on farm and found as remnant ...
A Review on the Potential of Aquaculture Development in Kenya for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2017-03)
On the global scene, aquaculture accounts for about 50% of total fish production amounting to about 80 million metric tonnes. It is estimated that another 40 million metric tonnes of aquatic food will be required by the ...