Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya
Thesis: M. Eng. in Environmental Engineering Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015.
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| author | Wang, Wenjia |
| author2 | Dennis B. McLaughlin. |
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| description | Thesis: M. Eng. in Environmental Engineering Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/996272019-04-10T09:17:51Z Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya Wang, Wenjia Dennis B. McLaughlin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Thesis: M. Eng. in Environmental Engineering Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70). With increasing food deficits and growing population, Kenya is facing strong challenges to meet the food demand of the country, as the majority of the domestic consumption of some staple food sources, such as wheat and rice, is heavily relied on food relieve. This report aims to investigate the potential in increasing food production in by evaluating the availabilities of land and water resources. A land suitability analysis is carried out in this report to identify the arability of land of Kenya for the selected crops including maize, wheat and rice. The results of the report show that there is a huge potential for intensifying the food productions of the selected crops. And a discussion of the inefficiencies in the current crop production in Kenya is also included at the end of the report. by Wenjia Wang. M. Eng. in Environmental Engineering Science 2015-10-30T19:02:11Z 2015-10-30T19:02:11Z 2015 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99627 926717914 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 70 pages application/pdf f-ke--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Civil and Environmental Engineering. Wang, Wenjia Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya |
| title | Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya |
| title_full | Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya |
| title_short | Evaluating land suitability to increase food production in Kenya |
| title_sort | evaluating land suitability to increase food production in kenya |
| topic | Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99627 |
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