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Item Climate Change Adaptation Planning In Kenya: Do Scientific Evidences Count?(2012) Kwena K.,; Ndegwa W.,; Esilaba A.O.,The effects of climate variability and change are undeniably clear in Kenya. Climate _ change extremes such · as floods and seasonal droughts are already underming Kenya's economic growth and the prosperity of her people. Precise estimates of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and cost and benefits of potential mitigation and adaptation measures are required to develop policies, plans and strategies to reverse this trend. A study was conducted in Kenya to assess the extent which scientific information has been used to inform climate change adaptation policies, plans and strategies. The study interrogated two major policy documents guiding climate change adaptation planning in the country, namely, the National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) and the National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP) for use of scientific information in their formulation.Item Intergration and Dissemination of green Manure Cover crops in small scale Farming System Successes and constraints in Eastern Uganda(2002) Esilaba, A.; Miiro, R.; Sonia, D.; Department of Agricultural Extension/Education, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, UgandaThe integration Mucuna lab lab and Crosalaria into the farming system of eastern Uganda was studied int he year 2000 Quantitative ans qualitative survey methods of data collection were used with 52 households including former experimenting farmers and their neighbors Mucuna and lab lab and crotalaria were consistently used for 7 seasons with a mean season use of 15, 10 and 7 experimental farmers,respectively. The quick restoration of soil fertility on the farms presence of support technologies like clean cassava planting materials, and the selling of green manure seed enhanced crops use. The use of crotalaria however, dropped from 34% in the first season to 10% in the last season. Constraints to the integration included drought, labour bottlenecks, and storage difficulties particularly for lablab and crotalaria seed. The crops had been adapted for domestic and farm uses with the women dominating their dissemination. Aspects of non-adoption and dis-continuance of the crops were traced to poor partner group management and lack of information, Soil fertility improvement, sale of seed and size of land were among the factors advance to explain to explain the integration of crops, Participatory extension can reinforce the existing successes, while an in-depth adoption study of the green manure can be part of further research.Item Soil Conservation Organization in Fort Hall District as Adapted From the Indigenous "Ngwatio" System(1947) Hughes, R. J.From time immemorial Bantu tribes have followed the practice of communal assistance in many of their clan activities, ranging from clan warfare to agriculture and the building of huts. The main authority has been vested in the tribal elders, who have been accepted as elders by virtue 01 their wisdom and powers of leadership, and their council direct the lives of the people in their areas. The actual communal assistance or Gwatio was not however directed originally by the elders, but was a purely good neighbour policy" whereby mutual help was given in need by groups of neighbours
