Research on Rainfall Prediction and Yield Responses to Water and Nitrogen in Different Environment for Cutting Crop Selection and Farm Practices in Semiarid Areas in Kenya

Abstract

The semiarid areas of Kenya are peopled by small holders, farming mostly at the subsistence level. Their numbers are burgeoning, not only due to the Latiomrice 49 population growth rate, but to migration from the well wavered highlands. This is a rather recent develop, and experience in coping with the problems of limited and highly variable rainfall is lacking. One facet of the Kenya Government's response to this growing problem is the USAID/Kenya Agriculture Research Institute "Dryland Cropping Systems Research Project".