Trends in land use and agricultural intensification in Kakamega, Western Kenya:
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1 INTRODUCTION_______________.__________________________._________________________1
1.1 Problem Statement and objectives..............................................................................................2
1.2 Justification of the study..............................................................................................................3
1.3 agricultural intensification in kakamega................................................................................5
2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND ECONOMIC THEORIES___________________________8
2.1 nature and process of agricultural intensification...............................................................8
2.2 Conceptual framework................................................................................................................10
2.3 Drivers of agricultural intensification..................................................................................17
3 methodology_____..~~-._~_______-..________________________________21
3.1 Geographical location.................................................................................................................21
3.2 origin and generation of secondary data................................................................................24
3.3 Generation and processing of primary data............................................................................28
3.4 Statistical analysis of primary data........................................................................................30
4.1 Description of the household socio-economic characteristics...........................................39
4.2 Trends in land use in the study area..........................................................................................56
4.3 Agricultural intensification strategies in Kakamega..........................................................61
4.4 Factors influencing agricultural intensification strategies.............................................64
5 DISCUSSION_______________.........._________________......................................................_____72
5.1 Socio-economic characteristics of households in the study area......................................72
5.2 Trends in land use..........................................................................................................................74
5.3 Agricultural intensification strategies in Kakamega..........................................................76
5.4 Factors influencing agricultural intensification strategies.............................................78
6 GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS_____________.....-----------------------------------87
6.1 Conclusions and recommendation.............................................................................................91
7 REFERENCES____________________________...............____________________________.___93
g APPENDICES______...............___________*___________________________________________100
List of Tables
Table 1: Explanatory variables and hypothesized effect on agricultural intensification
strategies.................................................................................................................................................37
Table 2: Socio-economic characteristics of households according to zones, (soil types,
predominant industrial crops) and farm see (smaller or larger than ! .5 ha) in kakamega
District in the year 2005........................................................................................................................40
Table 3: Household per capita income in sugarcane zone (Navakholo and Lurambi Divisions) and
the tea zone (Shinyalu Division) of Kakamega District ln 2004.....................................................43
Table 4: Share (%) of income sources to the total household income among farmers ln the
sugarcane zone (navakholo and lurambi) and the tea zone (shinyalu) in kakamega district
in the year 2004........................................................................................................................................44
Table 5: Major crops grown by farmers in Kakamega District in 2004..................................................44
Table 6: Land use change in Navakholo, Shinyalu and Lurambi Divisions of Kakamega District
(1991 -2004) using selected sample villages of namirama, ikoli and eshisiru..............................60
Table 7: Inorganic fertilizer use on food crops in selected administrative divisions of Kakamega
District dm 2004.........................................................................................................................................63
Table 8: Farm management practices and selected input use in maize production as reported by the
surveyed farmers em kakamega district in 2005 (% of farmers surveyed)..................................64
Table 9: Tobit regression estimates to explain factors influencing land use intensity (R-value) in
Kakamega District in 2005.....................................................................................................................65
Table 10: Tobit estimates of factors affecting use of improved maee seed in tea and sugarcane
zones of Kakamega District in 2005.....................................................................................................67
Table 11: Probit results of factors affecting the adoption of fertilizer by farmers in tea and
sugarcane zone of Kakamega District in 2005...................................................................................69
Table 12: ToBrr estimates of factors influencing hired labor in Kakamega District in 2005............70
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of Kakamega District in Western Kenya and the respective administrative Divisions
....................................................................................................................................................................21
Figure 2: Monthly average rainfall of Kakamega District in 2004 and cropping periods of annual
field crop (maize).....................................................................................................................................23
Figure 3: Changes in land use at a similar site (aerial photographs of Navakholo village)............26
figure 4: steps of land use change detection using sample aerial photos............................................27
Figure 5: Labor allocation according to farm see in the tea zone of Kakamega in 2004..................47
Figure 6: Labor allocation according to farm see in the sugarcane zone of Kakamega in 2004.....48
Figure 7: Hired and family labor share (%) in the tea zone and the sugarcane zone according to
farming systems in kakamega district in 2004..................................................................................49
Figure 8: Family labor use per ha according to farm types: (a) farms with tea -Ultisols, (b) farms
without tea -Ultisols, in Kakamega farmland in 2004 (Bars indicate Standard error)...........50
Figure 9: Family labor use per ha according to farm types: ((c) farms with sugarcane - Alfisols
and (d) farms without sugarcane - alfisols in kakamega farmland in 2004 (bars indicate
Standard error)......................................................................................................................................51
Figure 10: Hired labor use per ha according to farm types: (a) farms with tea - Ultisols, (b) farms
without tea -ultisols. in kakamega farmland in 2004 (bars indicate standard error)...........52
Figure 11: Hired labor use per ha according to farm types: (d) farms without sugarcane - Alfisols
in Kakamega farmland in 2004 (Bars indicate Standard error)....................................................53
Figure 12: Three distinct phases in a) maee yield and b) maize production levels in Kakamega (1979-
2005)...........................................................................................................................................................55
Figure 13: Trends in the area under maize during the short rainy and long rainy season (1992 to
2005) in Kakamega, District. Kenya.....................................................................................................56
Figure 14: Land use trends (.area, type of land use) cm Kakamega District (1986-2004).......................57
Figure 15: Land maps of 1991 and 2004 in selected sample villages of: 1) Navakholo. 2) Shinyalu
and 3) lcrambi in kakamega district..................................................................................................59
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