Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
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Type of<br />
Soil<br />
Fig 3: Road Run-off Gullies<br />
A road turned to a gully by runoff from the road and a banana crop on a cut off drain (COD)<br />
used to harvest road runoff.<br />
Table 18: Distribution, Use and Degradation Status of the Major Soil Types<br />
Characteristics Distribut<br />
ion<br />
Andosols -well drained<br />
-very deep<br />
-dark, red brown<br />
-very friable<br />
-clay loam<br />
-Humic top soil<br />
Km 2<br />
%<br />
cove<br />
rage<br />
Potential<br />
Use<br />
299.57 29% -Annual<br />
crops,<br />
maize,<br />
beans, cash<br />
crops, tea,<br />
pyrethrum,<br />
pasture and<br />
foliage<br />
crops.<br />
Livestock,<br />
dairy cows,<br />
sheep,<br />
poultry<br />
fallow<br />
land.<br />
32<br />
Current<br />
Use<br />
- Annual<br />
crops<br />
maize<br />
Cash crop<br />
tea and<br />
coffee<br />
Livestock,<br />
dairy cows<br />
-Grazing<br />
for foliage<br />
Degradation<br />
hazards<br />
-deep gullies<br />
resulting from<br />
steep slopes<br />
-river bank<br />
erosion<br />
-soil pollution<br />
due to farm<br />
inputs<br />
-soil fertility<br />
degradation<br />
due to poor<br />
agronomic<br />
practices<br />
-water/river<br />
pollution from<br />
factories i.e.<br />
coffee factories<br />
-soil erosion<br />
Proposed<br />
interventions<br />
-good<br />
maintenance of<br />
organic matter<br />
by manure<br />
application<br />
-soil erosion<br />
control<br />
-avoid acid<br />
fertilizers in<br />
food crops<br />
-recycling and<br />
conservation of<br />
nutrients within<br />
the farm units<br />
- Water<br />
harvesting<br />
along feeder<br />
roads.
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