Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1738588467

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-115043

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Title:: Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

Place of publication:: Nairobi

Publisher:: East African Standard

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: VI, 337 Seiten; Ill.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. Agriculture

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PART 11. CHAPTER VI—NATIVE AGRICULTURE. (Items in this Chapter were discussed at joint meetings of the Agricultural and Cotton Sections.) NATIVE AGRICULTURE IN KENYA, IMPROVEMENT, Etc. The following paper by Mr. E. Harrison, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Kenya, was read (paper referred to in Agenda as T.C.(C)Ag.3): Naturally this is a problem of more than ordinary interest to Kenya Colony, and it is a peculiarly difficult problem on account of the many and varied kinds of interest taken in our natives and their reserves. 1t is a matter with which Departments of Agriculture in similar Territories are very much acquainted and it is hoped that a statement of our position with a sketch of what we are trying to do and what we hope to evolve will give grounds for discussion by and an opportunity for advice from those attending this Conference. Almost the greatest asset possessed by Kenya is its native population and it is an asset which may be realised fully only if its development is undertaken seriously and continuously. With people the wealth of the land may be rendered available so that progress of Kenya may be said in great measure to be bound up in the develop- ment and organisation of the people and of the fundamental industry of the major population. Briefly, Kenya natives are said to fall into two categories, namely, Pastoral and Agricultural tribes. At least most, if not all, tribes are pastoralists, but some have been induced by circumstance to take up agriculture. ~~ There is a slow process of differentiation going on so that we hope we shall find our pastoralists settled in pastoral areas and our agriculturists using all the agricultural areas in the reserves. At present, to cite two cases only, the Nandi and the Lumbwa are two tribes, inhabiting agricultural areas, whose agricultural effort is meagre in the extreme, their interest being centred on livestock. The Colony falls into five main divisions in respect of its native population : (1) Nyanza Province: This I should term an agricultural province, although great numbers of stock are kept, and the Nandi and the Lumbwa above mentioned are included in this area. On the whole agricultural work is bound to increase in Nyanza. (2) Kikuyu: This is an agricultural area, but here again great numbers of stock are kept. (3) Masai-Ukamba: Mainly pastoral areas. (4) The Coast: Agricultural for 10-30 miles from the sea, behind that pastoral. (5) The Northern Frontier District: Purely pastoral. The pastoral areas are in the drier areas of the country and the people live a semi-nomadic if not an entirely nomadic life. Of the pastoral areas the highest degree of settlement is found in the Ukamba Reserve which is partly agricultural, and it is expected that more agricultural work will be carried on in the Ukamba Reserve, particularly if the grazing areas of the tribe are not extended. 7]

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