Optimizing livelihood and environmental benefits from crop residues in smallholder crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: regional case studies. Progress and preliminary research findings for East African sites
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3. 1. Study sites in East Africa Kobo (North-Eastern Eth) and Nekemte (Western Eth)- sites in Ethiopia Kakamega (Western Kenya)- a site in Kenya
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7. 3. Preliminary research findings a) Characteristics of the 3 study sites Kobo Nekemte Kakamega Altitude 1416-1634 1748-2418 1426-1719 Major soil types Vertisol Nitisol Oxisol Mean annual RFall (mm) 768 1037 2009 Mean annual temp ( o C ) 30 29 28 Total village population 330-2250 196-391 400-5000 Total village HHs 66-245 35-70 80-1200 Total village land 308-3640 74-164 200-900 Total cultivated land 264-1120 61-149 160-810
8. b) Dominant crop and livestock types in EA sites Kobo Teff, sorghum, maize, chickpea and vegetables Nekemte Maize, teff , sorghum, finger millet, wheat, barley, oat, faba bean, noug, vegetables and beet root, potato, anchote Kakamega Maize , finger millet, sorghum, beans , bambara nuts, groundnuts, vegetables, sweet potatoes, cassava, taro, banana and sugarcane
10. c) Cultural practices in the EA sites ( % HH practicing ) Manure application in Kakamega Tillage practice in Kobo Kobo Nekemet Kakamega Hand weeding 100 97 98 Chemical fertilizer 0 95 80 Manure application 33 93 47 Tillage by animal 100 100 64 Tillage by tractor 10 0 11 Herbicide application 57 91 0
13. f) Trends on the use of crop residues Bars above the lines indicate increase in the last 10 yrs while bars below graphs indicate decreases.
14. g) Drivers/challenges of agriculture in the 3 EA sites Poor and unreliable rainfall – limit crop productivity and biomass production, create shortage of drinking water Kobo : High human population, small land holding, very low employment opportunities Feed shortage – high livestock population, less quantity and quality feed
15. Soil erosion and gully formation – competing farming land and affecting the quality and quantity of crop product and by-products Competing use of CR and dung for fuel, free dung collection, deforestation
16. Nekemte: Soil acidity – high rainfall, P-fixation, Al toxicity- limits crop productivity Declining soil fertility- deforestation, soil erosion, depletion of nutrients, crop and biomass yield reduction Poor infrastructure and market - high price of inputs and low price of products
17. Kakamega: Soil fertility decline- intensive cropping, soil acidity More livestock technological packages, high price of inputs and services High population, low employment opportunity, declining of landholding