Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (DFIDEA)

Project Code: 031-506-001	Start Date: 20-May-87	End Date: 31/10/1993
Commitment: £690,000	Status: Completed Type of Funding Bilateral - TC

Project Objectives:
The purpose of the EMI Dryland Farming Project (DFP) is to identify, promote and implement measures that are technically, economically and socially viable with a view to achieving a greater reliability of food crop production in the Embu and Meru Districts. The project will detail: Farming Systems Survey to provide an understanding of farmers perceptions and aspirations and identify key constraints to present farm operations. Soil conservation. Applied agronomic research through the establishment of eight trial sites (four in Embu and Meru respectively) to compare single crop legume yields impact on food crop yield of interplanting single rows of trees or pigeon pea the effect of single season bare fallow and plant spacing on yields to compare yields of sorghum and cowpea varieties planted dry or after the first rains and, evaluate different means for conserving or enhancing soil moisture. Seed bulking following the establishment of which improved varieties are in demand. Irrigation rehabilitation and water conservation. The programme will also cover the Isiolo Livestock Development Project.