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Land Use Change Scenarios for Subdivided Ranches in Laikipia District, Kenya

Huber, Martin; Opondo, Chrisostom J. (Laikipia Research Programme LRP, Nanyuki, Kenya and Group for Development and Environment Institute of Geography, University of Berne, Switzerland, 1995-04-30)

Since Kenya's Independence in 1963, former large-scale ranches of white settlers in Laikipia District have been bought up and subdivided into smaller units. In schemes organised through the government under the million ...

Resources, Actors and Policies Towards Sustainable Regional Development in the Highland - Lowland System of Mt. Kenya

Ojany, Francis F; Maro, Paul S; Kairu, Edward N; Mutambirwa, Chris C; Wachs, Ted; Wiesmann, Prof.Dr Urs (Eastern and Southern Africa Geographical Journal , C/o Department of Geography ,University of Nairobi, 1998-09)

GIS Application In Designing Potential Ecological Corridors (Alora Case Study,Spain)

Njuguna, E.C; Stuiver, Ing.H.J; Heitkonig, Dr.Ir. I.M.A. (Wageningen University (WU)and the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC), Netherlands, 2000-02)

Habitat fragmentation has been identified as one of the main cause of wildlife population decline and even extinction. To mitigate the problem, the development of migration corridor routes has been recommended for maintaining ...

Mitigating Conflicts Over Scarce Water Resources in the Highland-Lowland System of Mount Kenya

Wiesmann, Prof.Dr Urs; Gichuki, Francis N; Kiteme, Dr. Boniface; Liniger, Hanspeter (Mountain Research and Develoment, 2000-02)

The Mount Kenya region offers a great deal of beautiful scenery and attracts tourists from all over the world. What these tourists may not see, however, is the crucial function of Mount Kenya as a water tower for its ...

GIS Application in Designing Potential Ecological Corridors

Njuguna, Evanson C.; Stuiver, Ing. H.J.; Heitkonig, Dr.Ir. I.M.A.; Leeuw, Dr. J. de; De Jong, Prof. Dr. S.M. (WU) (2000-02-01)

Habitat fragmentation has been identified as one of the main cause of wildlife population decline and even extinction. To mitigate the problem, the development of migration corridor routes has been recommended for maintaining ...

Farming Methods, Crop water Use and Conservation technologies:Water Users Association Support Initiative Support

Gichuki, F.N;; Kihara, J.;; Ndung'u, J. (University of Nairobi, Kenya and Bern , & CDE Switzerland, 2000-08)

This document aims to address the theme ‘to contribute to improved water resources management through the development of appropriate water management tools, leading to informed decision making in water resource management ...

Challenges of Conservation of Dryland Shallow Waters, Ewaso-Narok Swamp, Laikipia District, Kenya

Thuita, Thenya (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001)

Ewaso Narok Swamp, formed along the Eng’areNarok river, is located in the semi-arid part of the Laikipia District,Kenya. The area, of bushy grassland, is characterised by low rainfall (less than 750 mm annually) and episodic ...

Drought Monitoring Project – Mwingi District: A Framework for Developing Benchmarks and Indices for Drought Risk Assessment

Mathuva, Joseph M. (LAIKIPIA RESEARCH PROGRAMME, 2001-10)

The Drought Monitoring Project (DMP) Mwingi has been undertaken within the confines of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Laikipia Research Programme and GTZ /IFSP-E Mwingi. The two institutions have run this joint ...

Agriculture: Crop and Irrigation Sub-Sector

Laikipia Research Programme (LRP) (Laikipia Research Programme (LRP), 2001-11)

The basin mainly consists of areas where water scarcity is the main constraint to development. However, it is not simply the low levels of rainfall that make rain-fed agriculture largely unviable in these areas, it is also ...

Water Users Association Support Initiative : An overview

Gichuki, F.N; Liniger, H.P (University of Nairobi, Kenya and Bern , & CDE Switzerland, 2001-11)

In the Upper Ewaso Ngiro North River Basin concerns of fresh water shortage, pollution, aquatic habitat and community modification and unsustainable exploitation of fisheries resources are growing. Upstream water users ...

Participatory Appraisal Of River Water Situation : Methodology Issues

Gichuki, F.N; Kihara, J.; Gikonyo, J.; Liniger, H.P (University of Nairobi, Kenya and Bern , & CDE Switzerland, 2002-01)

The Ewaso Ngiro River Basin, is characterized by a rapid highland to lowland climatic change with the vast parts being a semi-arid to an arid environment. During the dry season, water demand is much higher than the supply ...

Water Management Information Platform

Ehrensperger, A (ESSAP, 2003)

It provides, at the conceptual and technical levels, the basis for the building up and the sustainable running of a platform aiming at providing adequate information for water related negotiation and decision making ...

Alternative water sources in Ewaso Ng'iro North River Basin

NRM3 Team (University of Nairobi, Kenya and Bern , & CDE Switzerland, 2003-08)

Water resources are increasingly becoming scarce in Ewaso Ng’iro North river basin just as in other basins of the world. As a result water resource competition is the most important single factor inhibiting economic growth ...

Upper Ewaso Ngiro River Basin Sub Catchment Directory.

Kiteme, Dr. Boniface; Ehrensperger, Albrecht (Centre for Training and Integrated Research in ASAL Development (CETRAD), 2005)

Upper Ewaso Ngiro River Basin Water Management Information Platform - Survey on Development Priorities, Information Needs and Conflict Management Efforts

Kiteme, Boniface; Ehrensperger, Albrecht (CETRAD, 2005-01)

The Ewaso Ngiro River Basin, is characterized by a rapid highland to lowland climatic change with the vast parts being a semi-arid to an arid environment. During the dry season, water demand is much higher than the supply ...

The Beera Community (Mt. Kenya East) Solar Fence Baseline Survey

Makali, Sam K. (Centre for Training and Integrated Research in ASAL Development (CETRAD), 2005-02)

The Beera community has been spending sleepless nights since they settled around Mt Kenya.They have been faced with frequent wildlife raids especially from the big mammals (elephants). During the raids, 75 percent of the ...

Hydro-Economic Evaluation of Rainwater Harvesting and Management Technologies: Farmers Investment Options and Risks in Semi-Arid Laikipia District of Kenya

Ngigi, Stephen N;; Savenije, Hubert H.G.;; RockstrÖm, Johan;; Gachene, Charles K. (Elsevier LTD, 2005-08)

Smallholder farmers in Laikipia district of Kenya, like their counterparts in water scarce semi-arid environments, are facing the challenge of improving agricultural productivity and livelihoods. A number of viable options ...

Evaluating Ecotourism in Laikipia, Kenya: Accessing the Socio-economic Impact and Conservation Attitudes in Multiple Case Study

Ramser, Tobias; Wiesmann, Urs (University of Bern, 2007)

Summary Tourism, one of the world’s largest industries, is a frequently cited tool of development for developing economies. Economic benefits to destination countries however often turn out to be below expectations due ...

The Importance of Trans- Spatial Economic and Social Networks in Household Strategies of Peasants Rural Kenya.

Karin, Holdener; Wiesmann, Prof.Dr Urs (Center for Development and Environment, University of Bern, 2007)

Peasants in the semi arid Laikipia district in Central Kenya are exposed to many different challenges within the attempt to ensure their livelihoods. The area has a great variability in precipitation and generally low ...

Participatory Appraisal of River Water Situation - Methodological Issues

Gichuki, Francis; Kihara, Fredrick; Gikonyo, John; Liniger, Hanspeter (2007-01)

The Ewaso Ngiro River Basin, is characterized by a rapid highland to lowland climatic change with the vast parts being a semi-arid to an arid environment. During the dry season, water demand is much higher than the supply ...

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