Weather, etc. 1 Native Areas ............................................................................................................... 4 Agricultural Exports ................................................................................................... 6 Crops 11 Live Stock Produce 14 Locusts 15
Senior Plant Breeder 93 Senior Agricultural Officer (Pasture Research) 100 Grading, Inspection and Cold Stores Services 108 Eve rton School of Agriculture 117 Dried Vegetable Factories 121
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT, 1945 PART I—AGRICULTURE IN 1945
WEATHER
(For the following notes on weather conditions the Director of Agriculture is indebted to the Director of the British East African Meteorological Ser
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ic)
Taking the year as a whole, rainfall was slightly below average over Kenya. The main rains started late, but the period May to September gave good rains in all areas except at the Coast, where May was the only really wet month. In those areas subject to the short rains, the total was not far short of the average, but it was confined almost entirely to November, As a result the dry seasons tended to be both longer and drier than the average. Temperature did not differ markedly from average during the year except generally, in April, when day temperatures were above average as a result of the delayed onset of the rains and again, similarly, east of the Rift in November.
Rift.
—The total rainfall for the year was 5 per cent below the average. The rains were very late in starting and (here was a deficit of 78 per cent during the first four months of the year, but May to September were all above average and this made up for the earlier deficit.
West Rift.
—The trend of rainfall was the same as in the Rift area, January to April being dry, May to September wet and October to December relatively dry again. The annual rainfall was 8 per cent below average.
East Rift.
—Conditions were similar to those in the two preceding areas, the annual deficit being 6 per cent.
Trans Nzoia, —
The annual total for this area was 1 per cent above average, largely due to heavy rain in May. The first four months were very dry, as in other areas, but there was a slight deficit of 12 per cent in August and an excess of 38 per cent in December.
Kavirondo.
—There was a deficit for the year of 11 per cent compared with average, the shortfall of 76 per cent in April not quite being made good by the wet period of May to September. The last three months were below average.
Main Coffee Areas.
—As in several previous years, this part of the country had the heaviest deficit, being 15 per cent for the year as a whole. May and November were the wettest months but although totals in excess of average were recorded in February, May, June, July, August, September and November both rains were of too short duration to bring the total up to average.
Coast. —-
The only months recording an excess over average were May and November, but falls in these months were sufficient to limit the annual deficit to 4 per cent. Eg
GENERAL
In 1945. as in the three previous years, the system of controlled marketing of all types of agricultural produce, produced by both non-natives and by natives, played an important part in the organization of production and in the control of farming activities. In the case of non-native production, wheat, maize, barley,
In the case of coffee, sisal, tea, pyrethrum and flax, producers were assured of guaranteed prices under contracts made with the Ministry of Food and the Ministry of Supply. In regard to native areas, marketing of produce such as cereals and pulses remained controlled under Defence Regulations which provide for a guaranteed return to the producer. In the Nyanza Province a flat price system giving producers the same price for the various types of produce at all markets in named zones— irrespective of distance from railhead—continued in operation. This system has the advantage of spreading the incidence of increased production evenly throughout the various zones and reduces the pressure on land in areas adjacent to railhead. It will be understood that the system of controlled and organized production in non-native areas has imposed a great strain on agricultural staff working in these areas, and similarly, in native areas, the time of Agricultural Officers has been largely taken up with control and organization of marketing. Of necessity the advisory and investigational work of these officers has had to give place to those duties which resulted from the war-time demands for maximum production. Since the last Departmental report was printed six momentous years have passed, years in which much experience has been gained, in which many difficulties have been faced and overcome, in which new organizations have been set up dealing with agricultural problems but in which the potential production of our land has deteriorated to an alarming extent. From the early 1920's, when there was much development taking place, the first phase was a period of good prices, high yields derived from the inherent fertility of new land and general prosperity save for local difficulties arising from lack of knowledge of how to farm to the best advantage in this country. This period was quickly succeeded by the slump years when prices of agricultural products reached ever lower depths, when natural fertility was falling, financial embarrassments increased apace and farmers had a hard fight to keep their heads above water and were not in a position to pay much attention to the future. But adversity is an effective schoolmaster and during that period we had perforce to learn from bitter experience and by the late 30's there was a much greater realization of how we should farm the country and what were its possibilities, and a more general appreciation of the fact that the country was not one of inexhaustible fertility to be exploited and mined for an indefinite period. Then followed the war period when farming policy had to be made subser-vient to the needs of the country and the world in general, and considerations of the needs of the land to take a second place. Not only patriotic motives but those of personal gain demanded further exploitation of the dwindling fertility crops under the Increased Production of Crops Ordinance. This Ordinance, administered by the Agricultural Production Board, provides for the compulsory cultivation by farmers of scheduled crops and affords financial assistance to such farmers through the medium of guaranteed prices, guaranteed minimum returns per acre, and subsidies towards the cost of fertilizers. An important feature of the working of the Ordinance has been the establishment, under the control of the main Board, of district production committees and sub-committees the per sonnel of which is made up of experienced farmers, assisted by the local Agricultural Officers. These farmers have given their services voluntarily for the work and great credit is due to them for so willingly and so ably performing the many and varied duties which they have been called upon to perform. oats, rye, flax, pyretrum, rice, vegetable seeds and grass seeds were scheduled-
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