Forschungseinheit „Landnutzung & Biokonvention“

"Farm Management Handbook of Kenya", revision of 1st edition 1982/83

• 1st  phase  2003 – 2007: Western Province, Central Province, Eastern Province
• 2nd phase  2007 – 2012: Nyanza Province, Rift Valley Province, Coast Province 
  
  

Publications:

1. Volumes are published as:

• JAETZOLD, R., HORNETZ, B., SHISANYA, C.A. & SCHMIDT, H. (Eds., 2005- 2012): Farm Management Handbook of Kenya.- Vol. I-IV (Western, Central, Eastern, Nyanza, Southern Rift Valley, Northern Rift Valley, Coast), Nairobi

also available as internet files:

• Western Province: 
• Central Province:
• Eastern Province: 
• Southern RiftValley Province:
• Northern RiftValley Province:
• Nyanza Province:    
• Coast Province: 

1. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A1: Western Province Busia County
2. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A1: Western Province Bungoma County
3. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A1: Western Province Kakamega and Vihiga County
4. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A2: Nyanza Province Homa Bay and Migori County 
5. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A2: Nyanza Province Kisii and Nyamira County
6. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A2: Nyanza Province Kisumu County
7. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart A2: Nyanza Province Siaya County
8. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1a: Southern Rift Valley Province Kajiado County
9. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1a: Southern Rift Valley Province Kericho County
10. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1a: Southern Rift Valley Province Nandi County
11. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1a: Southern Rift Valley Province Narok County
12. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1a: Southern Rift Valley Province Nakuru County 
13. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province Baringo County
14. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province West Pokot County
15. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province Laikipia County
16. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province Samburu County
17. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province Trans Nzoia County
18. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province UasinGishu County
19. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B2:Central Province Nyandarua County
20. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B2:Central Province Kiambu County
21. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B2:Central Province Kirinyaga County
22. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B2:Central Province Murang´a County
23. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B2:Central Province Nyeri County
24. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C1: Eastern Province Embu County
25. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C1: Eastern Province Kitui County
26. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C1: Eastern Province Machakos and Makueni County
27. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C1: Eastern Province Meru County
28. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C1: Eastern Province Tharaka County
29. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C2: Coast Province Kilifi-Malindi County
30. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C2: Coast Province Kwale County
31. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C2: Coast Province Lamu County
32. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C2: Coast Province Taita-Taveta County
33. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart C2: Coast Province Tana River County
34. Farm Management Handbook of Kenya. Volume II: Natural Conditions and Farm Management Information. Annex: Atlas of Agro-Ecological Zones, Soils and Fertilising by Group of Districts. Subpart B1b: Northern Rift Valley Province Keiyo Marakwet County

2. HORNETZ, B. & JAETZOLD, R. (2006): Bodenverarmung, die größte Gefahr für die ländliche Entwicklung, insbesondere in dicht besiedelten Tropenländern (mit Beispielen aus West-Kenya).
- Denkschrift an die GTZ

3. Paper presentedby Prof. Dr. Berthold Hornetz at Geographische Gesellschaft Trier (GGT) on 10th of June 2010: „Lässt sich die kenianische Agrarwirtschaft nachhaltig entwickeln? Beobachtungen aus der Rift Valley Province, dem “breadbasket“ des ostafrikanischen Landes“ Bilder zum Vortrag

4. HORNETZ, B. (2011): Methodology of the Farm Management Handbook of Kenya (FMHB).- I.: General Methodological Aspects, II.: Crop Simulation and ENSO Model, III.: Soils and Soil Fertility Aspects.- In: Proceedings of the PSDA-FMHB Symposium, 14th – 15th of April 2011.- KARI Headquarters, Nairobi 

5. TEUCHER, M. (2011): Present and Future Planning of the Farm Management Handbook to Users.- In: Proceedings of the PSDA-FMHB Symposium, 14th – 15th of April 2011.- KARI Headquarters, Nairobi

6. MAIRURA, Z. (2011): Data and Information in Agribusiness.- In: Proceedings of the PSDA-FMHB Symposium, 14th – 15th of April 2011.- KARI Headquarters, Nairobi          

7. SHISANYA, C.A. (2011): FMHB Project – Aims and Constraints.- In: Proceedings of the PSDA-FMHB Symposium, 14th – 15th of April 2011.- KARI Headquarters, Nairobi

8. GIRKENS, B., HORNETZ, B., JÄTZOLD, R. & TEUCHER, M. (2013): Handbuch für kenianische Bauern – Biogeographen wirken an Standardwerk maßgeblich mit –Unijournal No. 2 (28-31)

9. TEUCHER, M., HORNETZ, B., MAIRURA, Z.  & JÄTZOLD, R. (2014): Assessing the users’ need for a spatial decision support system of smallholder farming in Kenya - Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics,Vol. 115, No 2. (101-110).

10. HABEL, J., TEUCHER, M., HORNETZ, B., JÄTZOLD, R., KIMATU, J.N., KASILI, S., MAIRURA, Z., MULWA, R.K., EGGERMONT, H. & LENS, L.(2015):  Real-world complexity of food security and biodiversity conservation: Examples from East Africa.- Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 24 (6), pg. 1531-1539.

Participating institutions:

Trier  University  (Germany)

(Prof. Dr. B. Hornetz, Prof. em Dr. R. Jaetzold, Dipl.-Geogr. Markus Fiebiger, Dipl.-Geogr. Martin Müller,Dipl.-Biogeogr.Björn Girkens,Dipl.-Biogeogr. Mike Teucher, Ruben Kempf) 

Kenyatta University Nairobi (Kenya)

(Prof. Dr. C. Shisanya) 

GIZ - PSDA, Nairobi (Kenya) 

MinistryofAgriculture, Nairobi (Kenya)