Intensity of Cultivation: Kenya, 2000

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Abstract: This polygon shapefile portrays the percentage of land under cutivation in Kenya. Cultivated lands, are intensively farmed land. Areas of more than 80 percent cropland represent only a small proportion of Kenya’s agroecosystems. These densely cropped areas are found predominantly in the highlands of central and western Kenya and in small patches of lowlands. They include intensively produced crops such as wheat, tea, sugarcane, irrigated rice, and high-yielding maize (see Map 4.4 for a more detailed view). The majority of Kenya’s agroecosystems consist of landscapes with 50 or 60 percent active cropland, mixed with less intensively managed land. The latter can include, for example, forests or woodlands that can support mixed activities such as wood extraction and livestock grazing. This layer is a WRI calculation based on the FAO Africover Legend for Croplands (2000).
Purpose: Used in Map 5.4 of Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	14.45
Place	Washington, D.C., US
Publisher	World Resources Institute
Date valid	2000
Publication date	2000
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; E 33°56ʹ49ʺ--E 41°54ʹ41ʺ/N 4°26ʹ40ʺ--S 4°40ʹ10ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

Creator	World Resources Institute

Supplemental information	Original data are downloadable at www.africover.org.
Use limitation	Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, WRI, cannot assume liability for any damages, or misrepresentations, caused by any inaccuracies in the data, or as a result of the data to be used on a particular system. WRI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Referenced by	Title Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Associated with International Livestock Research Institute Kenya. Central Bureau of Statistics World Resources Institute Imprint World Resources Institute, 2007
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pp138rt8492

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Preferred citation: World Resources Institute. (2000). Intensity of Cultivation: Kenya, 2000. World Resources Institute. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pp138rt8492

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