Agro-ecological land Resources Assessment for agricultural Development Planning

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AGRO-ECOLOGICAL LAND RESOURCES ASSESSMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
A CASE STUDY OF KENYA
RESOURCES DATA BASE AND LAND PRODUCTIVITY
Technical Annex 8

Contents

Crop Productivity Assessment:
Results at District Level

G.W. Fischer, M.M. Shah, A.H. Kassam and H.T. van Velthuizen

Any part of the computer programs and the corresponging data sets used in the assessment may be modified in the light of new knowledge and/or new objectives. The model is part of a larger district and national planning tool and is expected to be expanded and refined with use.

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ISBN 92-5103436-2

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Land and Water Development Division
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and
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
1991

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REPORTS AND TECHNICAL ANNEXES

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Overview of the AEZ-CCS Software Package

2. CROP PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT -5 a brief summary of the AEZ approach

2.1 Climatic Inventory

2.2 Soil inventory

2.3 Land Resources Inventory

2.4 Crop Climatic Suitability

2.5 Crop Edaphic Suitability

2.6 Slope Evaluation

2.7 Crop Productivity Assessment and Production Potential

3. CROP PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT - results at national level