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Description: Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
Road runoff harvesting is not practiced widely, but farmers in Kenya have demonstrated multiple benefits of this approach for water supply, agricultural productivity, agroforestry; and buidling resilience to drought conditions. The author explains how RRH is practiced in rural Kenya and its significance to building resilience to drought and famine.
Author(s)
Joyce Njuguna
SourceArticle from World Water: Stormwater Management Magazine Winter Issue
Project IDSWM53
SubjectWinter Issue
Document typeMagazine article
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Dec 2018
Volume / Issue6 / 4
Content sourceWorld Water: Stormwater Management
First / last page(s)22 - 23
Copyright2018
Word count1,530
Subject keywordsWater Harvesting
Associated keywords:road runoffagricultural reusedrought resilienceretention

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Description: Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
Research findings
Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
From July to September 2018, the author conducted research on RRH practices in the region, including visits of farms in Kitui and Machakos counties in Kenya that harvest road runoff to supply water for their agricultural crops and trees. Overall, it has been observed that runoff harvesting, where practiced, has increased agricultural productivity and agro-ecosystem sustainability. Crop yields are...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count572
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Description: Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
Future prospects
Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
RRH could be scaled up in size significantly, but this process requires collaboration, networking, and partnership among local farmers and stakeholders in research, government, and development agencies. Training conducted by MetaMeta on RRH practices in Machakos reaped positive results in agricultural yields – as well as increased interest from other farmers in the area who are seeing the...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count149
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Description: Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
Author’s Note
Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply
The article is based on the report “Experiences with road runoff harvesting and agroforestry in Kitui and Machakos County, Kenya,” written by Joyce Njuguna, a student at the University of Nairobi, while working with the World Agroforestry Centre and the Flood-Based Livelihoods...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
Word count61
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Road runoff: Kenya captures new source of agricultural water supply