Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya
This is the report of the village baseline study of Kamuana village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Nyando, Kenya, which took place from 18 to 20 May 2011. Population pressure has created land fragmentation and reduction in the area of land that families have under cultivation. These conditions plus...
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| author | Onyango, Leah Mango, Joash Kurui, Zena Wamubeyi, B. Orlale, Ruth Ouko, Edward |
| author_browse | Kurui, Zena Mango, Joash Onyango, Leah Orlale, Ruth Ouko, Edward Wamubeyi, B. |
| author_facet | Onyango, Leah Mango, Joash Kurui, Zena Wamubeyi, B. Orlale, Ruth Ouko, Edward |
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| description | This is the report of the village baseline study of Kamuana village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Nyando, Kenya, which took place from 18 to 20 May 2011. Population pressure has created land fragmentation and reduction in the area of land that families have under cultivation. These conditions plus unpredictable rainfall patterns have reduced agricultural production but attempts to increase production have led to over-cultivation, soil exhaustion and erosion. Meanwhile, demarcation of land, private ownership and commercialization has reduced access to natural resources. Increased demand and commercialization has led to cultivation of cash crops and use of modern technology, but farming families have very limited resources. Not surprisingly, cultivated land has expanded at the expense of the area left under forest.
Eighteen out of the 19 organisations operating in the community were engaged in food security, which shows the importance and the fragility of food security in the community. The same organisations engage in times of food crisis. Twelve organisations are involved in supporting natural resources management. Radio Ramogi and Radio Lake Victoria are the most popular sources of agriculture-related information. The community primarily relies on observations of the environment for information on weather conditions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace244552024-01-09T09:47:15Z Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya Onyango, Leah Mango, Joash Kurui, Zena Wamubeyi, B. Orlale, Ruth Ouko, Edward climate crop management natural resources management household food security participation This is the report of the village baseline study of Kamuana village in the CCAFS benchmark site of Nyando, Kenya, which took place from 18 to 20 May 2011. Population pressure has created land fragmentation and reduction in the area of land that families have under cultivation. These conditions plus unpredictable rainfall patterns have reduced agricultural production but attempts to increase production have led to over-cultivation, soil exhaustion and erosion. Meanwhile, demarcation of land, private ownership and commercialization has reduced access to natural resources. Increased demand and commercialization has led to cultivation of cash crops and use of modern technology, but farming families have very limited resources. Not surprisingly, cultivated land has expanded at the expense of the area left under forest. Eighteen out of the 19 organisations operating in the community were engaged in food security, which shows the importance and the fragility of food security in the community. The same organisations engage in times of food crisis. Twelve organisations are involved in supporting natural resources management. Radio Ramogi and Radio Lake Victoria are the most popular sources of agriculture-related information. The community primarily relies on observations of the environment for information on weather conditions. 2012-10 2012-10-17T21:13:02Z 2012-10-17T21:13:02Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/24455 en Open Access application/pdf Onyango L, Mango J, Kurui Z, Wamubeyi B, Orlale R, Ouko E. 2012. Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate crop management natural resources management household food security participation Onyango, Leah Mango, Joash Kurui, Zena Wamubeyi, B. Orlale, Ruth Ouko, Edward Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya |
| title | Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya |
| title_full | Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya |
| title_short | Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Nyando – Katuk Odeyo, Kenya |
| title_sort | village baseline study site analysis report for nyando katuk odeyo kenya |
| topic | climate crop management natural resources management household food security participation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/24455 |
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