Farmers’ perspectives on factors limiting tomato production and yields in Kabete, Kiambu county, Kenya.

dc.contributor.author	Karuku, G.N.
dc.contributor.author	Verplancke, H.
dc.contributor.author	Cornelis, W.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-25T14:49:54Z
dc.date.issued	2013-01
dc.identifier.citation	Standard Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol 1(1) pp.1 –12, January 2013	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://standresjournals.org/journals/SRJAS/index.html
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11241
dc.description.abstract	A survey was carried out at Kabete, Central Kenya to establish the limitations and constraints experienced by farmers’ growing tomatoes. A structured questionnaire was prepared and tested in the field before actual survey was carried out. Fifty farmers were interviewed and with the data analyzed it was established that most farmers lacked enough land; irrigation water; cash and technological know-how to enable them optimize tomato production especially during dry spells when they could fetch premium prices.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Standard Research Journals	en
dc.subject	Tomato	en
dc.subject	Irrigation	en
dc.subject	Inputs	en
dc.subject	Optimal	en
dc.subject	Yields	en
dc.subject	Yields	en
dc.subject	Constraints	en
dc.subject	Limitations	en
dc.title	Farmers’ perspectives on factors limiting tomato production and yields in Kabete, Kiambu county, Kenya.	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology	en