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Economic Assessment Of Best Management Practices In The Mara River Basin : Toward Implementing Payment For Watershed Services, George Atisa
Economic Assessment Of Best Management Practices In The Mara River Basin : Toward Implementing Payment For Watershed Services, George Atisa
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The Mara River in East Africa is currently experiencing poor water quality and increased fluctuations in seasonal flow. This study investigated technically effective and economically viable Best Management Practices for adoption in the Mara River Basin of Kenya that can stop further water resources degradation.
A survey of 155 farmers was conducted in the upper catchment of the Kenyan side of the river basin. Farmers provided their assessment of BMPs that would best suit their farm in terms of water quality improvement, economic feasibility, and technical
suitability. Cost data on different practices from farmers and published literature was collected. The …