Caught between Energy Demands and Food Needs: Dilemmas of Smallholder Farmers in Njoro, Kenya

Smallholders in rural Kenya, like their counterparts in tropical Africa currently face acute shortage of fuel wood for domestic use. There has been rapid population increase in the last few decades resulting in increased demand for food crops. This has led to the expansion of area under subsistence...

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Main Authors: K. A. Ngetich, R. J. Birech, D. Kyalo, K. E. Bett, B. Freyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kassel University Press 2009-04-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics
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Online Access:http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/download/38/35