Organic Resource Management in Kenya Perspectives and Guidelines Edited by Canon E.N. Savala, Musa N. Omare and Paul L. Woomer Forum for Organic Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies FORMAT, Nairobi Organic Resource Management in Kenya Perspectives and Guidelines Published by Forum for Organic Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies (FORMAT), P.O. Box 79, The Village Market 00621, Nairobi, Kenya. Email:
[email protected] © 2003 FORMAT This publication may be reproduced in its entirety or in part for non-commercial application provided that the chapter authors and FORMAT are acknowledged. ) Visit the FORMAT internet site at www.formatkenya.org This publication was made possible through grants from the Rockefeller Foundation to the Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research, Extension and Development in Africa (SACRED Africa) and the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme of UNESCO’s Nairobi Office Front cover photographs: Traditional green vegetable cooking in a clay pot (upper left) and burning fuel briquettes prepared from paper and dried leaves (lower right). Cover and chapter logo designs by Adeline Sirengo. Citation: Savala, C.E.N., Omare, M.N. and Woomer, P.L. (Eds.). 2003. Organic Resource Management in Kenya: Perspectives and Guidelines. Forum for Organic Resource Management and Agricultural Technologies, Nairobi, Kenya. 184 pp. Organic Resource Management in Kenya Perspectives and Guidelines Table of Contents Introduction: Forward Organic Resource Management 1 Contributing Authors 3 Part 1 Agricultural Resource Management 5 Chapter 1 Organic Resource Management in Smallhold Agriculture 6 John K. Lekasi Chapter 2 Livestock Management and Manure Quality 13 John K. Lekasi and Stephen K. Kimani Chapter 3 Organic Resource Management in Smallholds of Central 18 Kenya Lucy W.