1. Soil Degradation in Eastern Africa
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2. Outline
Colonization of Kenya
Land Degradation
Food Production Today
3. Colonization of Kenya
Early 20th Century colonists from Europe
1930s approximately 30,000 white farmers.
World War II
Independence 1963
Government shift of land to Africans.
4. Land Degradation
65% Agricultural land degraded.
31% Permanent pasture degraded.
19% Forest and woodland degraded.
Water erosion responsible for 46%.
Wind erosion responsible for 38%.
Chemical degradation is 12%
Physical degradation is 4%
5. Causes of Degradation
49% Overgrazing
28% Mismanagement
14% Deforestation
13% Overexploitation
6. Crop Production
Over the past two decades crop production has decreased in Sub Saharan Africa.
Only area in the world.
Monocultures
Soil is depleted of nutrients.
7. 8. Conclusion
Education!!!
Farming Practices
Environment
Crops
Aid
9. Works Cited
"Agriculture - Kenya." Encyclopedia of the Nations. Advameg, Inc. 9 July 2009 .
Koning, Niek, and Eric Smaling. "Environmental crisis or lie of the land? The debate on soil degradation in Africa." Land Use Policy 22 (2005): 3-11. ScienceDirect. 2 Mar. 2004. Elsevier Ltd. 8 July 2009.
Muchena, F. N., D. D. Onduru, G. N. Gachini, and A. De Jager. "Turning the tides of soil degradation in Africa: capturing the reality and exploring opportunities." Land Use Policy 22 (2005): 23-31. ScienceDirect. 5 Mar. 2009. Elsevier Ltd. 8 July 2009.