SUMAWA : Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Management of Rural Watersheds: the River Njoro, Kenya

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Details

Project Code:
SUMAWA

Start Date:
2002

End Date:
2009

CRSP Phase:
Phase 1; Phase 2

Budget:
Not Available

Countries:

Participants

Lead University:

Other Partners:
Egerton University, Department of Environmental Science, Kenya Fisheries Department, Kenya Wildlife Services, Kenyan Ministry of Health, Moi University, Department of Fisheries, River Njoro Water Resource Users Associations (WRUA), Kenya (Kenya); University of California, Davis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (US)

Principal Investigator(s):
Scott Miller (Lead), Marion Jenkins (US); William Shivoga (Kenya)

Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Francis Lelo; Charles Maina-Gichaba; Mucai Muchiri

Overview

The SUMAWA project is a multidisciplinary research effort focusing on biophysical, livestock and human-related factors governing watershed processes for the purpose of improving long-term sustainability of rural watersheds in Kenya and east Africa. Recent project activity has focused on assembling representative conceptual and mathematical models of the biophysical and human dimensions of the watershed as they relate to watershed and human health and sustainability.

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