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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2014
    Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Philippines

    Following the example of Tiffen et al. on Machakos, Kenya, new macro-based evidence was collected in Machakos, the neighbouring Kitui district and in Benin, Cameroon and the Philippines, to assess the factors à la Boserup, inducing transitions towards sustainable land management, such as terracing, stone bands etc. We find that relative scarcity of land can be seen to induce technical changes, in the sense of Hayami & Ruttan, that correspond to the new relative scarcity, making higher man-land ratios the optimal choice.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2015
    Kenya, Norway, United States of America

    Constrained access to land is increasingly recognized as a problem impeding rural household welfare in densely populated areas of Africa. This study utilizes household and parcel level data from rural Kenya to explore the linkage between land access and food security. We find that a 10% increase in operated land size would increase household total food consumption per capita, cereal consumption per capita, non-cereal consumption, and home produced food consumption by 2.6%, 2.1%, 2.7% and 5.4%, respectively.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Kenya

    Urban Sprawl is the spreading out of a city and its suburbs over more and more rural land at the periphery of an urban area. This involves the conversion of rural land into built up, developed land over time. Sprawl is characterised by one or more existing patterns of development. Those most frequently mentioned are low-density, leapfrogging, distance to central facilities, dispersion of employment and residential development, and continuous strip development.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1989
    Kenya

    Local Authority
    The section of Githurai west of the highway falls under the
    jurisdiction of the Nairobi City Commission. The rest, which
    is east of the highway falls under the jurisdiction of the
    Kiambu County Council.
    Ownership and Acquisition
    Until 1967 the land belonged to a dairy farmer. His workers
    had set up a co~operative with the intention of buying off
    the farm from him. They formed a compa~y called Githurai
    Thinganga. The land they bought consisted of three plots,

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2019
    Kenya

    Cenchrus ciliaris L. (African foxtail grass) and Eragrostis superba Peyr. (Maasai lovegrass) grass
    species that are native to the rangelands have been promoted for rehabilitation of degraded areas
    and improve forage production. A major challenge to successful reseeding of the rangelands has
    been lack of certified seeds of these species in the formal seed systems except through collections
    from the wild. The main objective of the study was to contribute to improved livestock production

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Kenya

    Tropical rainforests are characterized by habitat stability and complexity. Hence, the forests
    support a rich biological diversity, including 40% of all bird species. However, these rain
    forests have been shrinking due to increasing rate of deforestation, fragmentation, and other
    forms of resource exploitation. Degradation and loss of rainforests has threatened their rich
    biological diversity and the life-support systems. However, the rate at which birds are
    displaced by forest clearing and the potential for birds' conservation on farmlands are not

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