Land Use Data for Latitude 0.25 Longitude 34.75

Locations

Kakamega forest Kakamega Forest Reseve North Nandi forest South Nandi forest

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Pastoralism if moderate or higher
Forestry - Agro forestry
Grasslands - Intensive pastoralism
Cropped Agriculture with mod. intensive livestock
Cropped Agriculture with intensive livestock
Agriculture in protected areas
Urban land

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics humid

Livestock

Cattle
Goats
Poultry
Sheep

Crops

Bananas (also in forestry plantations)
Beans Dry
Cereals and cereal products
Coffee
Grain (dried)
Maize
Spices (forestry plantations only)
Stimulant crops

Growing Period (days)

270 to 299
300 to 329

Soil Types

Acrisols
Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Ferralsols (Red and yellow tropical soils with a high content of sesquioxides)
Gleysols (Soils with clear signs of groundwater influence)
Nitisols (Deep, well-drained, red, tropical soils with a clayey subsurface)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km²)

0
10 to 50
50 to 250
above 250

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75
75 to 100