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Executive Dean Meeting with Chairmen of Department: The new Executive Dean Prof David Minja had a meeting with the Chairmen of departments in the school. Als
The School of Law, Arts, and Social Sciences at Ke: The School of Law, Arts, and Social Sciences at Kenyatta University welcomed its new Executive Dean, Prof
LIDERAFRICA Erasmus+ Call KA171: In the process of promoting joint research and dissemination through various initiatives, we are glad to
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THE 32nd Christ of Heyns AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS MOOT: Kenyatta University School of Law participated in this year’s Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot
THE TOYIN FALOLA AT 70 CONFERENCE: THEME: POST-COLONIAL AFRICA: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY REALITIES CONFERENCE DATES:  10- 12 MAY 2023
Testdaf and testas examinations: We are pleased to announce that the Kenyatta University Department of Literature, Linguistics and Foreign
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Chemchemi –International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN: 1563-1028 Chemchemi-Internati

MASTERS PROGRAME: MASTERS IN AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

AGE 803

Agricultural Systems and Rural Land-Use

 

Course content Including topics

Definitions, General overview and scope of Agricultural Geography; The different agricultural systems and their physical and ‘traditional’ land use bases. Spatial organization of farming types; Farmers management strategies in regard to the utilization of soils, labour and other inputs; Approaches of modernization or improvement of ‘traditional’ agricultural systems including extension, education and research; Agricultural changes and farmers’ perceptions, attitudes and response to planned agricultural development projects; Agricultural decision-making and crop choice procedures, economic behavioral approaches to agricultural decision-making

AGE 804:

Agricultural Development Issues in Africa

 

Course content Including topics

General overview of Agricultural Development issues such as government policy and agricultural marketing problems of organization and distribution of agricultural and food products (in Africa, in Kenya); Challenges and opportunities in Agricultural Development and Regional Food Security, underlying causes of food crisis in Africa; Geographical consequences of government intervention in agriculture; Agricultural and Economic Development; Policies and Agricultural Development; Evolution and impact of the global political economy on agricultural development; Land tenure and reforms and agricultural development with special emphasis on Kenya; Climate and Agriculture

AGE 805:

Methods and Techniques of Agricultural Geography

 

Course content Including topics

Application of theoretical considerations in empirical studies including decision-making techniques, such as game theoretic models, linear programming, regulation techniques, point score analysis, sentence completion and verandah story telling and repertory grid techniques aimed at gaining an insight into the working of agricultural land-use; Agricultural data sources and problems, land use classifications; remote sensing of land use; and problems of agricultural censuses.

AGE 806:

Special Topics in Agricultural Geography

 

Course content Including topics

Agriculture in the tropics, Special problems of Tropical Agriculture, African agricultural crisis and transformation; problems of precipitation and desertification, soils, pest infestation and crop diseases in tropical agriculture, per capita food production, population explosion and government infrastructure facilities; Sustainable Agricultural Production, Environmental Sustainability and agricultural systems; Case studies

 

 

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