Development of Health and Sustainability Indicators for a Tropical Highlands Agroecosystem - Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - page 156

table 6.2
Village-level community-based agroecosystem Health Indicators, Kiambu
district, Kenya, June 1998

attribute mahindi Kiawamagira Gitangu

Lifestyle 1. Number of people

with proper personal
hygiene

1. Farming techniques:

new versus old

1. Personal hygiene

2. Types of crops and

livestock 2. Types of houses

2. Types of diets 3. Time usage

3. Dress habits

Social
organization

Number of completed
community projects
Number of people
attending meetings

Frequency of meetings
Number of community
plans executed
Number of people
gainfully employed

Number and severity of
needs in the community
Number of needs met over
the past year

Equity Distribution of work by

age and gender

Meeting attendance by
age and gender
Distribution of chores,
household incomes
Unfair cultural practices

Distribution of leadership
positions by gender and
age

Quality of
environment

Distance to water
Coloration of water
Smell of water

Frequency of waterborne
diseases
Air quality (bad odors)
Personal and homestead
hygiene
Garbage dumps in public
places (road, river)

Types of chemicals used on
farm
Storage of chemicals in
homestead
Disposal of containers

Soil fertility Color of soil

Types of weeds

Quantity of harvest
Soil color and texture
Types of weeds

Soil erosion measures by
farms
Number of livestock per
farm
Quantity of harvest taken to
market

Farm
productivity

Number of homesteads
with granaries
Expected yields of crops

Types and quantity of
foods bought from
market

Quantity of produce sold
versus purchased

Pests and
diseases

Number of hospital visits
Number of livestock
deaths

Human mortality
Human morbidity

Human morbidity