In order to make ends meet, many poor urban households in sub-Saharan Africa fall back on farming activities, either within the city boundaries or in the rural areas from which they come. The central question raised in this article is whether access to farmland influences a household's food situation. The findings come from a study on urban agriculture in Korogocho, one of two slum areas in Nairobi, Kenya, where a survey was conducted in 1994.
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A study on factors affecting honey production and indigenous knowledge of the Kibwezi Communities
in honey production was conducted using formal and informal interviews by questionnaires between January and
Sepicmber, 199). Honey plants were determined using pollen analysis, field observation and indigenous
knowledge. Botanical composition of trees and shrubs in unsettled University of Nairobi site and adjacent settled
area was determined and data ana lysed for density: frequency: diversity. similarity and dissimilarity indices. -
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In Kenya and the sub-Saharan Africa generally, there have been little systematic discussions
on the post-colonial struggles over control and ownership of land. Studies ignore that the "land
question" is not about production alone and consequently have failed to assess its wider
consequences on the society. This raises the question, "what is the current socio-political
dimension to the land question and what is the consequence of their interplay with other
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The influence of soil, climate, and land use on soil water balance was investigated in 3
agroclimatic zones within the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Basin. Water balance was quantified
for various land uses and management systems in each zone. These were natural forest (NF),
grazing land (GL) and potato cropland (PC) on a mollic Andosol at Karuri; conventional
tillage (CT), mulch tillage (MT), overgrazing (OG) and controlled grazing (CG) on a ferric
Luvisol at Kalalu; and perennial grass (PO), enclosed perennial grass (PE), bare ground
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