Browsing by Author "Ita, B.N."
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Item Detailed Soil Survey of Katumani National Dryland Farming Research Station Farms (Machakos District) 1987(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1987) Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Gicheru, P.T.; Ita, B.N.; Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteA detailed soil survey of Katumani National Dryland Farming Research Station and its associated farms (Maruba and Katoloni) was carried put at the request of the Station Director National dryland Farming Research Centre Katumani with the purpose of mapping the distribution of the characteristics. The field survey operation was funded by the Australian Dryland Project, a collaborative research project between the G.K. Ministry of Agriculture and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) with funds provided by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural (ACIAR)Item Detailed Soil Survey of Kerio Valley Development Authority Farm Tot Elgeyo Marakwet District(Ministry of Agriculture, 1986) Ita, B.N.The soil survey was carried out at the request of the Kerio Valley Development Authority with the aim of assessing the suitability of the soils for production of commonly grown field and horticultural crops under surface irrigation.Item Detailed Soil Survey of New Thigirie Farm (Nairobi), 1986(Ministry Of Agriculture, 1986) Ita, B.N.; Waruru, B.K.; Ministry of AgricultureAt the request of the owner of the farm, a detailed soil survey of New Thigirie farm was carried out from 15th to 19th May, 1984, and in addition one week was spent in taking fertility samples of the whole farm. The fieldwork was executed by the authors with assistance of Mr. H. Onyono. Acknowledgements are made to the National Agricultural Laboratories, Soil Physics and Chemistry sections for analysing the samples. The report describes the soils and other ecological conditions of the New Thigirie farm in Western Division of Nairobi Province. It also assesses the land suitability for horticultural crops i.e. fruits and vegetables as well as field crops under rainfed and overhead irrigation method.Item Detailed Soil Survey of Ng'ang'a's Farm Langata (Nairobi) 1986(Ministry of Agriculture, 1986) Waruru, B.K.; Ita, B.N.; Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of AgricultureAt the request of the owner of the farm (Plot no. 2327/94), Kenya Soil Survey carried out a detailed soil survey with the aim of assessing the suitability for horticultural and field crops under overhead irrigation.
