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Item KARI-NCST - Mapping and Monitoring Land Cover Changes in Oroba-Kibos Using GIS, July 2000(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2000) Were, K.O.; Owenga, P.O.; Wagate, P.N.; Orlale, R.; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteLand cover links different aspects of the physical and human environment in addition to driving the global environmental changes. It plays a fundamental role in environmental processes and ecosystems functions and services such as the cycling of water, energy and carbon, which in turn affects the concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and magnitude of greenhouse effect. Land cover, also, reflects the availability of ecosystem goods and services such as food, fuel, timber, fibre and biodiversity. Thus, alterations in land cover status have significant implications at the global, regional and local scales ranging from changes in ecosystem functions, surface-atmosphere energy fluxes, climate, livelihoods and socio-economic processes to loss of soil and biodiversity. Due to this, land cover changes have assumed global importance and, a profound appreciation of their interactions with the global earth systems requires quantitative information on what changes occur, where and when they occur, the rates at which they occur, as well as, the driving forces and processes behind the changes.Item The soils of Eldoret International airport farm and their suitability for arable crops: Uasin Gishu District. Kenya Soil Surveys No S31 2002(Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, 2002) Njoroge, C.R.K.; Owenga, P.O.; Kimotho, P.W.; Gicheru, P.T.; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Kenya Soil SurveyThe request to carry out a soil survey of Eldoret International Airport Farm was made by the General Manager of Kenya Airports Authority, Nairobi. The objective of the survey was to carry out soil investigations on approximately 327 hectares of land and to assess the soils suitability for rain fed arable crops (e.g. maize, wheat and beans) growing. Fieldwork was done between and 24th June and 8th July, 2002. The authors are grateful to the Director KARI, Director NARL, the Head KSS and Engineer M. Mukwana for facilitating the soil mapping and to Engineer J.K. Talamu for the support rendered when carrying out the fieldwork. Acknowledgement is also extended to the other staff of Eldoret International Airport who in one way or the other made the survey work successful. The Agricultural extension staff of Kapsaret Division (Uasin Gishu District) assisted in supplying information on the important arable crops in the area. Acknowledgements are also due to the Kenya Soil Survey GIS and Laboratory staff for drawing the soil map and for carrying out soil analysis respectively
