?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4954%2F&rft.title=Agro-Ecological+Assessments+for+National+Planning+in+Kenya%3A+Database+Structure+for+District+Analysis&rft.creator=Onyeji%2C+S.C.&rft.creator=Fischer%2C+G.&rft.creator=Kamau%2C+W.&rft.description=The+database+structure+for+agro-ecological+land+resources+assessment+for+development+planning+in+Kenya+comprises+two+broad+categories+of+data%3A+the+Land+Resources+Inventory+(LRI)+and+socio-economic+data+or+statistics.+Socio-economic+data%2C+compiled+primarily+from+Kenyan+sources%2C+are+records+of+actual+population%2C+land+use%2C+crop+production%2C+livestock+population%2C+farming+inputs%2C+food%2C+demand%2C+etc.+The+agro-ecological+zones+(AEZ)+methodology+utilizes+the+LRI+to+assess%2C+for+a+given+level+of+input%2C+all+feasible+agricultural+land+use+options+as+well+as+expected+production+of+relevant+and+agro-ecologically+feasible+cropping+activities.+With+the+benefit+of+socio-economic+parameters+which+are+used+to+define+constraints%2C+targets%2C+production+and+consumption+levels+for+planning+objectives%2C+optimal+resource+allocation+schemes+corresponding+to+the+desired+objectives+can+be+derived.+The+administrative+districts+of+Kenya+cover+a+wide+range+of+physical+conditions+and+socioeconomic+characteristics.+It+has+been+necessary%2C+therefore%2C+as+part+of+the+update+of+the+socioeconomic+database+for+Kenya+to+disaggregate+socioeconomic+data%2C+where+possible%2C+at+the+district+level.+This+update+includes+also+new+estimates+of+socio-economic+parameters+that+will+facilitate+analysis+at+the+district+level.+These+new+estimates+and+disaggregation+represent+certain+methodological+improvements+in+the+application+of+the+AEZ+methodology+to+development+planning+in+Kenya.&rft.publisher=WP-96-073&rft.date=1996-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4954%2F1%2FWP-96-073.pdf&rft.identifier=++Onyeji%2C+S.C.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2263.html%3E%2C+Fischer%2C+G.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F89.html%3E%2C+%26+Kamau%2C+W.++(1996).++Agro-Ecological+Assessments+for+National+Planning+in+Kenya%3A+Database+Structure+for+District+Analysis.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-073+++++