Design and Implementation of an Adaptive, Integrated Approach to Health and Sustainability in a Smallholder-Dominated Agroecosystem - Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems - page 42

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fIGuRe 2.7 Lorenz curve showing the distribution of sheep and goats in all intensive study
sites, Kiambu District, Kenya, 1997. See CD for color image.

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fIGuRe 2.8 Lorenz curves of eight key resources in Githima intensive study site, Kiambu
District, Kenya, 1997. See CD for color image.

site) was not operational, reportedly because of silting of the main dam. The Ngecha
water scheme, covering Gitangu village, was also not operational following theft of
the pumping equipment. In both cases, the water supply infrastructure (pipes and
tanks) was still present but in a state of disrepair.

2.3.3.4 agriculture

The main agricultural products in Githima were coffee and tea, while in Gitangu,
Mahindi, Thiririka, and Kikuyu they were dairy and vegetables. In Gikabu, the