14. agroforestry research in kenya: an overview

	An e-publication by the World Agroforestry Centre
	AGROFORESTRY EXTENSION MANUAL FOR KENYA

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2. Trees for food in a semi-arid area of Turkana

3. Fruit Production in a high-potential area

4. Trees for food in a semi-arid area of West Pokot

5. Food from Coconuts

6. Fuelwood production from Grevillea Planted along boundaries

7. Fuelwood production from sesbania sesban

8. Woodlots of Acacia mearnsii

9. Kenya Woodfuel and Agroforestry Project

10. Interview with a fuelwood save

11. Use of an improved institutional stove at Kubukubu Memorial Boarding School

12. Tree growing at Murray Hill Secondary School

13. Pole production from Markhamia

14. Grevillea for timber production

15. Hedges of Croton megalocarpus

16. Another farmer with hedges

17. Trees for medicine

18. Trees for many uses

19. Mango Production for market

20. Avocado production for market

21. Fruit production for sale

22. Coconut for cash

23. Tree fodder in ASAL

24. The importance of diversity in cattle feed

25. Calliandra for fodder

26. Trees for supplementary feed in ASAL

27. Side Pruning of Grevillea

28. Coppicing for fodder in ASAL

29. Pollarding different species

30. Pollarding Grevillea robusta

31. Managing the Shoots from stools

32. Coppicing Cassia spectabilis and Markhamia lutea for poles and fito

33. Coppicing techniques for Markhamia

34. Root Pruning to minimize competition

35. Management of cocnout trees

36. Natural regeneration of an Acacia mearnsii woodlot

37. Use of Wildings in Embu

38. Direct sowing of an Acacia mearnsii woodlot

39. Direct sowing of a croton megalocarpus hedge

40. Propagation of Coconut

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SOURCE OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 The concepts of agroforestry and extension

1.2 Introduction to this book

2.0 THE HISTORICAL SETTING

2.1 The history of land use in kenya

2.2 Increased pressurre on land

2.3 Trends in tree growing outside gazetted forests

3.0 FARMING SYSTEMS IN KENYA AND THEIR AGROFORESTRY POTENTIAL

3.1 Kenyas ecological diversity

3.2 Farming systems and their agroforestry potential

4.0 THE ROLE OF TREES IN LAND USE

4.1 Products and services derived from agroforestry systems

4.2 Food and nutrition

4.3 Woodfuel and efforts to reduce consumption

4.4 Trees for shelter and other structures

4.5 Trees for medicine

4.6 Other products from trees

4.7 Trees for cash savings and investment

4.8 Trees and agriculture

4.9 Trees and livestock including beekiping

4.10 Trees and climate

5.0 INTERACTION BETWEEN TREES AND CROPS

5.1 Introduction

5.2 How trees improve soil

5.3 Adverse effects of trees on soils

5.4 Competition for moisture by the roots

5.5 Shade

5.6 Pests and diseases

6.0 THE CROP COMPONENT

6.1 Factors of importance for interaction with trees

6.2 Some important crops in relation to agroforestry

7.0 THE TREE COMPONENT

7.1 Factors of importance

7.2 Criteria for a good agroforestry tree

7.3 tree management

8.0 SOME AGROFORESTRY PRACTICES IN KENYA

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Trees dispersed in cropland

8.3 Trees on boundaries

8.4 Live fences and hedges

8.5 Trees on soil conservation structures

8.6 Improved fallows

8.7 Trees along roads and paths

8.8 Alley croping

8.9 Trees as windbreaks

8.10 Trees in homesteads and around schools

8.11 Woodlots

8.12 Fodderlots

8.13 Tree in rangelands

8.14 Trees along streams and rivers

8.15 trees in gullie

9.0 TREE PROPAGATION METHODS

9.1 Existing methods

9.2 Use of wildings

9.3 Direct seed sowing at the desired site

9.4 Cutting

9.5 On farm nurseries

9.6 Group school and central nurseries

9.7 Tree-planning techniques

9.8 Tree planting in ASAL areas

9.9 Tree planting in waterlogged areas

10.0 SEEDS

10.1 Obtainig tree seed

10.2 Seed provenances

10.3 Selection of mother trees

10.4 Time for seed collection

10.5 Local seed collection

10.6 Seed from central institutions

10.7 Seed extraction

10.8 Seed storage

10.9 Pre-sowing treatment

11.0 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES IN AGROFOFORESTRY

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Tenure

11.3 Gender

11.4 Other cultural factors

11.5 Policy issues and legislation

11.6 Economics of agroforestry

12.0 EXTENSION

12.1 The role of the extension worker

12.2 Extension planning and communication techniques

12.3 Extension methods

12.4 Agroforestry extension approaches in Kenya

13.0 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

14.0 AGROFORESTRY RESEARCH IN KENYA:AN OVERVIEW

14.1 The development of agroforestry research in kenya

14.2 Icraf afrena and collaborating institutions

14.3 Icrafs research station at Machakos

14.4 Kefri kari icraf maseno National Agroforestry Research Centre

14.5 Kari kefri icraf agroforestry research project embu

14.6 Kefri kari ndfsrs midp icraf dryland agroforestry research project kakuyuni

14.7 Kefri and kari

14.8 Other organisations involved in agroforestry research

14.9 Discussion of research findings

REFERENCES

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