Patrick T. Gicheru

Financial Returns of Maize and Bean Production under Selected Tillage Practices in Semi-arid Area of Mwala Sub County, Kenya

Anne N. Karuma, Patrick T. Gicheru & Charles K. K. Gachene · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2020

An on-farm experiment was carried out to assess the short term financial returns over four cropping seasons of selected tillage practices and cropping systems in semi-arid Mwala Sub County of Kenya. The tillage treatments were Disc Ploughing (DP), Disc Ploughing and Harrowing (DP...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030424

Soil Morphology, Physico - Chemical Properties and Classification of Typical Soils of Mwala District, Kenya

Anne N. Karuma, Charles K. K. Gachene, Balthazar M. Msanya, Peter W. Mtakwa, Nyambilila Amuri & Patrick T. Gicheru · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2014

A soil profile representative of typical soils of Mwala District, Kenya, was dug to study its morphology, soil physico-chemical characteristics and to classify it using two internationally known soil classification systems. Disturbed and undisturbed soil samples were taken from d...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13467