Kenya - Murang'a
Specific Project Objectives & Deliverables
- Land cover and land use survey in june 2013 (600 GPS points)
- Cropping systems survey in june 2014
- LAI (mean and variability) measurements of 20 plots of coffee in association with Grevillea, Macadamia
- Tree-crown size, and tree exact location in the 20 plots
- Great challenges due to the complexity of the canopy, and the great diversity of vegetal types
- First basic map of land cover, not yet validated
- Typology to refine, land-use and cropping systems to be identified
- Intra-plot classification of measured trees to be done
- Comparison and validation of this intraplot map with the field data
- LAI/structure to be analyzed