Detailed Soil Survey of New Thigirie Farm (Nairobi), 1986
| dc.contributor.author | Ita, B.N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Waruru, B.K. | |
| dc.contributor.corpauthor | Ministry of Agriculture | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-29T12:13:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-29T12:13:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1986 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | At the request of the owner of the farm, a detailed soil survey of New Thigirie farm was carried out from 15th to 19th May, 1984, and in addition one week was spent in taking fertility samples of the whole farm. The fieldwork was executed by the authors with assistance of Mr. H. Onyono. Acknowledgements are made to the National Agricultural Laboratories, Soil Physics and Chemistry sections for analysing the samples. The report describes the soils and other ecological conditions of the New Thigirie farm in Western Division of Nairobi Province. It also assesses the land suitability for horticultural crops i.e. fruits and vegetables as well as field crops under rainfed and overhead irrigation method. | en |
| dc.format.pages | 54 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ita, B. N. and Waruru, B. K. (1986). Detailed Soil Survey of New Thigirie Farm (Nairobi), 1986. (Report No.D38). Ministry of Agriculture. https://kalroerepository.kalro.org/handle/0/7061 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kalroerepository.kalro.org/handle/0/7061 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Ministry Of Agriculture | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Nairobi | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | Climate | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | Soil surveys | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | Soil fertility | en |
| dc.subject.agrovoc | Land use | en |
| dc.title | Detailed Soil Survey of New Thigirie Farm (Nairobi), 1986 | en |
| dc.type | Report | * |
| dc.type.specified | Survey report | en |
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