Declining soil fertility hinders agricultural production for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, prompting the need to evaluate their soil management strategies.
This study focuses on soil fertility management in the Mount Kenya East region and investigates factors influencing the adoption of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) practices.
Data collected in early 2019 reveals that socio-economic and farm-related factors significantly affect farmers' decisions to invest in ISFM techniques, which can be categorized into three distinct clusters based on their practices.
* Conservation biological control (CBC) is essential for integrated pest management but has not been widely adopted; approaches have often been inconsistent and lacking in strategy.
* The QuESSA project developed a predictive scoring system for five habitat types to assess their potential for biological control, revealing context-specific results and suggesting tailored habitat designs to enhance natural enemy support for specific agricultural needs.