Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
table 6.5
Researcher-Proposed study-site-level Indicators of Health and sustainability
for the Kiambu agroecosystem, Kenya, 1998
classification
Indicator
name
Biophysical
Biophysical
efficiency
Allocative
1.Proportion of LUU with
napier
Napier
2.
Proportion land under
indicator crops/LUU
3.
Cattle per available labor
CattleLabor
4.
Proportion of LUU renting
land
Landrent
5.
Cattle per acre
CattleAcre
6.
Available labor per acre
AcreLabor
7.
Leasing out land
LandLease
Technical
8. Yield/acre of indicator
crops
10. Milk yield per cow/day
MilkYield
Environmental
degradation
Chemical
pollution
13. Average expenditure on
agrochemicals
AgChemExp
14. Proportion LUU using
agrochemicals
PropAgChem
Rainfall
Mean monthly rainfall
Rainfall
Tree cover
15. Proportion of LUU with
woodlots
Woodlots
Pests, diseases,
and health
Animal
16. Proportion LUU with
animal diseases
AnimDcz
Crops
17. Proportion LUU with crop
pests and disease
PlantDcz
Demographics
Persons per LUU
LUUSize
LUU per square kilometer
Density
Human health
18. Proportion of LUU with
health cards
HealthCards
Human
diseases
19. Proportion of LUU with
hospital visits
HospVisits
20. Proportion of LUU with
hospitalizations
Hospitalized
21. Sick days/person/month
Sickdays
Soil fertility
Physical
Soil classification
Soil
Water
Availability
22. Proportion LUU far from
water source
WaterDist
23. Average expenditure on
water
WtrExpend
Quality
24. Coliform counts/LUU
Coliforms
Economic
Capital
Credit
25. Proportion of LUU that
took credit
Credit
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