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Peter W. Mtakwa

Publications (2)

Planting Pits’ Effects on Soil Nutrients in a Sorghum and Pigeon Pea Rotation in Semi-arid Areas of Eastern Kenya

Rebecca Yegon, Peter W. Mtakwa, Geoffrey C. Mrema & Felix K. Ngetich · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2016

Planting pits are rain water harvesting structures that trap water and nutrients in surface runoff and rain water falling directly into the pits. Planting pits have been promoted for improving crop yields without considering the nutrient dynamics. To contribute to this knowledge,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2016/30127

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