[PDF] Top 20 Emerging Land Use Changes-Climatic Variability Nexus in Meru County, Kenya

... in land use and land cover results from their direct relationship to land productivity and hence ecosystem services necessary for human well-being (Remankutty and Foley, ...local land ... See full document

... 2015. Meru County has 49 trading markets, dealing with agricultural produce (Republic of Kenya, ...in Meru County, a reconnaissance visit to the twelve markets was ...in Meru ... See full document

... Postbank is ISO 9001:2008 certified in line with initiatives by the bank to improve service quality to customers within the requirements by the Ministry of Finance. The study objective was to establish the influence of ... See full document

... of Kenya were attended and got useful leading information to the identification of potential key ...and Meru council of elders (Njuri-Ncheke), had also very useful leading information on traditional animal ... See full document

... 2009). Land quality varies with the impacts of human interventions on the ...in land quality is higher now than at any time in the past, due to the need to increase food production and its importance to ... See full document

... of land, Housing and Urban Development guideline for ensuring development effectiveness and it is aimed at aligning the Ministry of land, Housing and Urban Development priorities, expected outcomes and ... See full document

... Similarly, over half 51.3% of the respondents were satisfied with the way they spent their spare time, with only 12% reporting being very dissatisfied. This finding is not a surprise because the respondents had stated ... See full document

... According to Kimanthi (2013:27), in Imenti South sub-county, children and the community have abandoned some elderly people. As the young migrate to urban centers in search for education and job opportunities, they ... See full document

... in Meru County. According to Meru County Government database 2016, there were 80 members of staff who were in management positions in the thirteen (13) departments of Meru County ... See full document

... The study was guided by the following objectives ; to establish the relationship between the performance in the theoretical and practical aspects of physics , to find out the factors tha[r] ... See full document

... Stream flow discharge decreased from 1980 to 2010 as signified by the slope (-0.0097). The river discharge was above normal between 1982 and 1994. However, there was a depression in 1995, 2004 and 2009 (Fig. 4). This ... See full document

... the use for land. Location of land also determines the value of that land in the sense; land located where urbanization is expected is more valuable than rural ...Such land rises ... See full document

... thoughtful use of land and water, sustainable agricultural development and environmental improvement (FAO, 1995; FAO, ...water, land holding, soil fertility, and crop ... See full document

... Climate variability is a major constraint in the attainment of food security among households in water-stressed ...yield variability patterns in Baringo South ...Semi-Arid Land (ASAL), a ... See full document

... teachers‟ use of inquiry based instructional approaches in science ...influences use of inquiry based instructional approaches in teaching science in early childhood development education, determine the ... See full document

... Machakos County revealed that 93% of electricity adopters were within a radius of two kilometers from the main electricity grid as well as the tarmac roads (Kembo, ... See full document

... including land. These land-related cases are dealt with at the lowest of four levels (cellule level) where GACACA courts have jurisdiction (cellule, secteur, commune, and prefecture) (Mensa, ... See full document

... According to FGD participants, rainfall onset and ces- sation have changed, and within-season rainfall distribu- tion has become irregular when compared to the past 20 years. For instance, in the past, onsets of MAM and ... See full document

... the Land Use data and the rainfall data, the agricultural activities is less in the year 2009-2012 where the rainfall was less is considered as one of the reasons for the decrease of agricultural activities ... See full document

... spatial variability over an area at multiple scales and at different times, it is therefore an appropriate tool for studying urban environmental quality given its unique characteristics [4, 9, 19, ... See full document