Muriuki, Anne; Musyoka, Martha; Fließbach, Andreas and Forster, Dionys (2012) Resilience of Organic versus Conventional Farming Systems in Tropical Africa: The Kenyan Experience. In: Tielkes, E. (Ed.) Tropentag 2012 - Resilience of agricultural systems against crises - Book of abstracts, CUVILLIER VERLAG, Göttingen, Germany, p. 180.
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In Kenya, agriculture is largely carried out by smallholder farmers, in a mixed farming noncommercialised setting where application of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides is minimal.
Agricultural production is low and constrained by declining soil fertility, pest and diseases and increasingly unpredictable weather due to global warming. This calls for more resilient farming systems.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | Baby corn, conventional, grain, maize, organic, stover, Afrika, Kenya, organic farming, climate change, Bodenwissenschaften, Systemvergleich |
| Subjects: | "Organics" in general Crop husbandry "Organics" in general > Countries and regions > Africa |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Soil Kenya |
| Related Links: | http://www.tropentag.de/ |
| Deposited By: | Fließbach, Dr. Andreas |
| ID Code: | 21835 |
| Deposited On: | 21 Nov 2012 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2021 11:50 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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