Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya

This chapter focuses on the management of agricultural land by smallholder households in the highlands of Kenya. It draws mainly from several recent studies from the central highland areas near to the south and west of Mt. Kenya and the western highland areas to the north and west of Kisumu, which w...

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Main Authors: Place, Frank, Njuki, Jemimah, Murithi, Festus, Mugo, Fridah
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160561
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description This chapter focuses on the management of agricultural land by smallholder households in the highlands of Kenya. It draws mainly from several recent studies from the central highland areas near to the south and west of Mt. Kenya and the western highland areas to the north and west of Kisumu, which were led by the authors. The chapter also draws from a set of studies under the KAMPAP project.1 See the appendix for a description of the key papers used in this synthesis. The main purpose of this synthesis is to understand constraints and opportunities for improving agricultural productivity in a sustained manner. The comparison between the central and western highlands offers considerable insights because one area consists of relatively dynamic and productive agricultural systems (central), and the other is relatively stagnant and unproductive (western).
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spelling CGSpace1605612025-11-06T03:58:49Z Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya Place, Frank Njuki, Jemimah Murithi, Festus Mugo, Fridah land use land policies agriculture land management highlands sustainability This chapter focuses on the management of agricultural land by smallholder households in the highlands of Kenya. It draws mainly from several recent studies from the central highland areas near to the south and west of Mt. Kenya and the western highland areas to the north and west of Kisumu, which were led by the authors. The chapter also draws from a set of studies under the KAMPAP project.1 See the appendix for a description of the key papers used in this synthesis. The main purpose of this synthesis is to understand constraints and opportunities for improving agricultural productivity in a sustained manner. The comparison between the central and western highlands offers considerable insights because one area consists of relatively dynamic and productive agricultural systems (central), and the other is relatively stagnant and unproductive (western). 2006 2024-11-21T09:51:09Z 2024-11-21T09:51:09Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160561 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Place, Frank; Njuki, Jemimah; Murithi, Festus; and Mugo, Fridah. 2006. Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya. In Strategies for sustainable land management in the East African Highlands. Pender, John; Place, Frank; and Ehui, Simeon K. (Eds.) Chapter 8. Pp. 191-216. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160561
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land management
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sustainability
Place, Frank
Njuki, Jemimah
Murithi, Festus
Mugo, Fridah
Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya
title Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya
title_full Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya
title_fullStr Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya
title_short Agricultural Enterprise and Land Management in the Highlands of Kenya
title_sort agricultural enterprise and land management in the highlands of kenya
topic land use
land policies
agriculture
land management
highlands
sustainability
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160561
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