Detailed Soil Survey Of Mathina Farm (Keini East Division , Nyeri District)

Abstract

Mathina farm was formerly a ranch owned by the white settlers who later sold it to a group of local people. The farm was subdivided into individual plots, most of which are in general about Y.z of a hectare. However, a few are bigger but rarely more than 5 hectares. The former settler had developed an irrigation canal drawing water from. the Nairobi river wnkh borders the farm. The canal provided water for irrigating grass.