This book is an attempt to collect and correlate information and data on agriculture and agricultural development in Kenya from the colonial era to the early 1970s. The 10 chapters contributed by various authors are entitled; Achievements, problems, and prospects in the agricultural sector (J. Heyer); the Kenyan economy (J.K. Maitha); Kenya's agricultural sector (W.M. Senga); an overview of agricultural development policy (L.D. Smith); African land tenure reform (H.W.D. Okoth-Ogendo); the development of small farm areas (J. Heyer and J.K. Waweru); the development of large farms (S.N. Hinga and J. Heyer); the development of rangeland areas (R. von Kaufmann); rural water supplies and irrigation development (I. Carruthers and A. Weir); and the marketing system (J. Heyer).
