Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya: I. Heterogeneity at region and farm scale

P Tittonell, B Vanlauwe, PA Leffelaar, EC Rowe… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2005 - Elsevier
… its impact on nutrient flows and soil fertility status at region and farm scales, as a first step in
… for targeting of soil fertility management strategies and technologies. Transects for soil profile …

Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya: II. Within-farm variability in resource allocation, nutrient flows and soil fertility …

P Tittonell, B Vanlauwe, PA Leffelaar… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2005 - Elsevier
soil fertility gradients within smallholder farms must be considered when designing integrated
soil fertility management … the farm system, especially in the context of farming systems in …

Soil fertility and biodiversity on organic and conventional smallholder farms in Kenya

JW Kamau, L Biber-Freudenberger, JPA Lamers… - Applied Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
… semi-arid region in south-western Kenya covers an area of almost … were related to soil fertility,
and abundance and diversity of … farms had more fertile soils and greater arthropod diversity

Exploring diversity of crop and soil management within smallholder African farms: A dynamic model for simulation of N balances and use efficiencies at field scale

P Tittonell, PA Leffelaar, B Vanlauwe, MT Van Wijk… - Agricultural …, 2006 - Elsevier
… Gradients of soil fertility within smallholder African farms are … processes associated with land
use and management practices, … data on farming system characterisation in western Kenya. …

The diversity of rural livelihoods and their influence on soil fertility in agricultural systems of East Africa–A typology of smallholder farms

P Tittonell, A Muriuki, KD Shepherd, D Mugendi… - Agricultural systems, 2010 - Elsevier
… of soil fertility management and status among farm types. We … and management data from
a survey of households in Kenya … of farmers, as illustrated for four localities in Western Kenya

Soil fertility management among smallholder farmers in Mount Kenya East region

AW Wawire, Á Csorba, JA Tóth, E Michéli, M Szalai… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
… in the Eastern region of Mount Kenya. It explores the various soil fertility management strategies
employed … dominated mostly by smallholder farmers and diverse agricultural production. …

Exploring diversity in soil fertility management of smallholder farms in western Kenya: I. Heterogeneity at region and farm scale

B Vanlauwe, P Tittonell, PA Leffelaar, EC Rowe… - ir-library.ku.ac.ke
… its impact on nutrient flows and soil fertility status at region and farm scales, as a first step in
… for targeting of soil fertility management strategies and technologies. Transects for soil profile …

Heterogeneity of crop productivity and resource use efficiency within smallholder Kenyan farms: soil fertility gradients or management intensity gradients?

P Tittonell, B Vanlauwe, N de Ridder, KE Giller - Agricultural systems, 2007 - Elsevier
… of within-farm soil fertility gradients. Field … soil fertility (S factors) and management decisions
(M factors) affecting crop variability, we combined field research conducted in western Kenya

Farm typologies, soil fertility variability and nutrient management in smallholder farming in Sub-Saharan Africa

R Chikowo, S Zingore, S Snapp, A Johnston - Nutrient cycling in …, 2014 - Springer
… unpacking and understanding the wide diversity among smallholder farms to improve targeting
of … This is in contrast to farming systems in western Kenya, where soil fertility was largely …

Soil heterogeneity and soil fertility gradients in smallholder farms of the East African highlands

P Tittonell, A Muriuki, CJ Klapwijk… - Soil Science Society …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
soil fertility in Africa must be designed to target such diversity … of two farms from Vihiga district,
western Kenya, illustrating … ; here we further explore patterns of soil variability at farm scale, …