Browsing by Author "Mwendia, C.W."
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Item Land Use Fodder And pasture production And Conservation In Relation to dairy Cattle Management(Mwendia, C.W., 1997) Mwendia, C.W.Livestock industry in Kenya contributes a tenth of the recorded national gross domestic product and provides half of the employment in the agricultural sector (KARl, 1993).According to the latter report, nearly 48% of the land used for food crop and livestock production is accounted for by dairying especially in the wetter districts. Dairy cattle population is estimated at 3 million with an approximate contribution of 80% of the total milk produced in Kenya (Mukisira, 1996) with the rest of the milk coming from beef breeds. This milk production is estimated at 2 billion litres of which 65% comes from exotic dairy breeds and their crosses and the rest from the zebu herds. At this rate of production therefore, it is clear that the burden of maintenance of the dairy animals lies most squarely on the medium and high potential areas which form approximately 18% of the Kenya land mass (Kusewa and Guiragossian, 1991) and which, incidentally, happen to be the most densely populated with highly fragmented land units.Item Review of Kenyan Agricultural Research Vol. 32(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1996) Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Mwendia, C.W.These reviews have been produced as part of the Kenya Agricultural Research Database Project which was funded by the Netherlands government over the years 1992 to 1995. The aim of the project was to document all investigations and research related to agriculture in Kenya undertaken since the end of the last century, especially those items which had not been published. The computerised database now contains around 40,000 records, most of which contain abstracts or summaries, full bibliographic details, and information about where the documents can be found. We are conscious however, that many items have not been included, especially the earlier material and many consultancy reports produced by foreign and international donor, development, and research organizations. Specialists who read the reviews nay be aware of important topics which have been omitted by the reviewer. If this is the case, we would ask that both the reviewer and KARI's Library and Information Services be informed so that the topic can be included in future revisions. Constant up-date will be required as new research information becomes available with the National Agricultural Research System in Kenya
