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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Agroecological<br />
Zone<br />
UH0<br />
Forest Zone<br />
LH1<br />
Tea/Dairy<br />
Zone<br />
UMI<br />
Tea / coffe<br />
zone<br />
UM2<br />
Main Coffee<br />
Zone<br />
Table 19: Land Use Potential<br />
Potential land<br />
use<br />
Current<br />
Land use<br />
Location Extent<br />
(Ha)<br />
Forest Forest Forest 276 - Illegal<br />
logging<br />
-Soil<br />
erosion<br />
deep/gulley<br />
- Land<br />
slides<br />
-Annual crops<br />
-Maize<br />
-Beans<br />
-Irish potatoes<br />
kales<br />
-Permanent<br />
crops<br />
-tea<br />
-pyrethrum<br />
Pasture<br />
-<br />
Livestock/dairy<br />
-Fallow<br />
-Other use<br />
Dairy cows<br />
sheep and<br />
poultry<br />
- Coffee<br />
-Tea<br />
Annual crops<br />
-permanent<br />
crops<br />
-coffee<br />
Pasture<br />
-other uses<br />
-Maize<br />
-tea<br />
-pyrethrum<br />
-coffee<br />
-Dairy cows<br />
-grazing and<br />
storage<br />
-Local<br />
improved<br />
cattle<br />
-sheep and<br />
goats<br />
-Local<br />
improved<br />
cattle<br />
-sheep and<br />
goats<br />
- Coffee<br />
-Tea<br />
-Maize<br />
-Beans<br />
-Coffee<br />
-Bananas<br />
-Grazing<br />
forage<br />
-Sheep and<br />
goat<br />
-cattle<br />
-Mwimbi<br />
-Muthambi<br />
-Chuka<br />
-Magumoni<br />
Same as<br />
above<br />
Same as<br />
above<br />
34<br />
-115<br />
93<br />
Constraints Proposed<br />
Interventions<br />
-Reduce soil<br />
fertility<br />
-reduction<br />
in crop<br />
yields<br />
-reduce<br />
livestock<br />
yields<br />
-decreased<br />
agricultural<br />
yields.<br />
- Animal/<br />
crop<br />
diseases<br />
-Animal<br />
diseases<br />
-Crop<br />
diseases<br />
-information<br />
source<br />
-Riverbank<br />
cultivation<br />
92 Same as<br />
above 2<br />
-Plus<br />
Pollution of<br />
water/lives<br />
of coffee<br />
factories<br />
-controlled<br />
entry<br />
Areas by<br />
forest officers<br />
-tree planting<br />
-Enhancing<br />
conservation<br />
-Good<br />
maintenance<br />
of soil organic<br />
matter by<br />
manure<br />
residual and<br />
other biomass<br />
retention<br />
-Well<br />
controlled soil<br />
erosion<br />
-Directed by<br />
soil analysis<br />
-Avoid acid<br />
fertilizers for<br />
food crops<br />
-increase<br />
seedling of<br />
trees out puts<br />
-River bank<br />
-Soil erosion<br />
control as<br />
through<br />
maintenance<br />
of terraces<br />
-manure<br />
should be<br />
added in the<br />
cultivation
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