Gibson Mwatete, Joel Sumukwo

Technical Efficiency in Rice ProductionFor Improved Food Security

Saving 64% of water, 95% of chemicals, to increase rice yield by 43% in West Kano Irrigation Scheme, Kenya

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study was conducted at West Kano Irrigation rice scheme in Western Kenya, adjacent to Lake Victoria, involving field surveys and field experiments to compare Conventional paddy with System of Rice Intensification (SRI) production methods. The SRI method saved about 64% of water compared with the Conventional paddy method. Conventional method used 95% chemicals (inorganic fertilizers) compared to SRI method (5%). The average increase in grain yield through SRI rice production method was 43.4 %, while the net revenue margins for SRI was higher by KSh. 58,275 (US $ 583) per acre of land. Improved technical efficiency of the rice in Western Kenya, and other similar agro-ecological zones was important, considering its contribution to the improved food security, increased smallholder rice farmers' income and poverty alleviation, employment creation, reduction of national rice import bill and optimization of the scarce water. The book can therefore be recommended for environmental scientists, agricultural scientists, water resource managers and engineers, natural resource managers and policy formulators.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 203g
• ISBN-13: 9786200570574
• ISBN-10: 6200570574
• Artikelnr.: 58768755

Autorenporträt

El autor es un experimentado economista ambiental y director de proyectos, con una maestría en economía ambiental de la Universidad de Eldoret y un doctorado en gestión de proyectos de la Universidad de Agricultura y Tecnología Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya). Tiene 14 años de experiencia de trabajo con organizaciones no gubernamentales de conservación (Sociedad de Vida Silvestre de África Oriental y Nature Kenya).