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Table 18.3 Agroecological conditions and drought-resistant status of grain crops grown
in Kenya (derived from Jaetzold and Schmidt, 1982; Ashley, 1993, 1999)
Range of
Range of altitude
rainfall (mm)
a.m.s.l. (m)
per growing
according to the
Drought-resistant
Co
mmon name
Scientific name
periods
growing periods
status
Barley
Hordeum vulgae
150-650
>
2100
Not drought-
resistant
>
600
Kidney beans
Phaseolus vulgaris
230-450
Not drought-
resistant
Tepary beans
Phaseolus
acutifolius
120-320
>
600
Drought- and
heat-resistant
Soya beans
Flycine max
350-750
<
400
Not drought-
resistant
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Bonavist beans
Lablab niger
or
Lablab
purpureus
200-2000
1200-2100
Very drought-
resistant
Line
——
*
55.
——
Norm
* PgEn
Bu
lrush millet
(or pearl
spiked or
cat-tail millet)
Pennisetum
(syn.
P
.
typhoicles
,
P
.
typhoideum
,
P
.
glaucum
,
P. spicatum
)
220-800
<
1200
Both drought-
tolerant and
drought-evading
Cowpeas
Vigna unguiculata
190-700
<
1500
Drought-resistant
Finger millet
Eleusine coracana
230-900
900-2400
Drought-resistant
Green gram
Vigna aureus
190-400
<
1500
Drought-resistant
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Black gram
Vigna mungo
200-400
<
1500
Drought-resistant
Gr
oundnuts
(or peanuts)
Arachihypogea
280-550
<
1500
Mildly drought-
resistant
Maize
Zea mays
240-1100
<
2400
Not drought-
resistant
<
1500
Pigeon peas
Cajanus cajan
370-800
Drought-resistant
<
1200
Rice
Oryza sativa
(or
O. glaberrima
)
75-1200
Not drought-
resistant
Simsim
Sesamum indicum
300-600
<
1500
Moderately
drought-resistant
Sorghum
Sorghum bicolour
(or
Sorghum
vulgare
)
200-450
900-1500
Very drought-
resistant
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
180-650
<
2600
Very drought-
resistant
Wheat
Triticum aestivum
350-750
1200-2900
Not drought-
resistant
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