Detailed Soil Survey Report No. D51 December, 1991

Abstract

The University of Nairobi, Kibwezi dry land irrigation farm, was formerly under sisal a plantation, forming part of the Dwa sisal plantations. This section of land was latter donated to' the University of Nairobi rangeland department, by the government of Kenya for research purposes. The total acreage of land that- was donated to the University was about 1600 ha. The first phase of the irrigation project surveyed covered about 16.7 ha. The second phase (covering about 30 ha) will be executed in future depending on the success of the first project.