ABSTRACT Green gram(Vigna radiataL.) has recently become an important crop in Kitui County because of its high economic returns and short growing season.The main objective of this study was therefore to develop a GIS-based Multi-criteria analysis for Green gram production in Kitui County using Geographic Information Sytem (GIS) based multi-criteria evaluation. Three main criteria were selected for analysis (soil, climate and topography) and 8 sub criteria (soil texture, soil dept...
ABSTRACT The Mwitika-Makongo research area occurs within the Neoproterozoic Mozambique metamorphic belt in Kenya and is located in Kitui East sub-county of Kitui County. The area is bounded by longitudes 38° 18'E and 38° 26'E and latitudes 1° 22'S and 1° 32'S. This area is easily accessed from the Nairobi-Thika-Kitui-Zombe road or the Nairobi –Machakos-Kitui-Zombe road. From previous geological works, it had been established that several mineral resources of economic potential like iron...
ABSTRACT Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GFGL) has several gold mining concessions situated in Ghana with granted Mining Leases of which the Teberebie Mine is an essential part and still in production. The Teberebie Mine which is found within the Takwaian district is located some 70 km north of the city of Takoradi, and 10 kilometres south-west of Tarkwa. The Mantraim central project known as "Mantraim Central" is a part of the main Mantraim project which has been drilled extensively to grade con...
ABSTRACT Combinations of geological, geophysical and geochemical techniques have been used to explore gold deposits at Misaki within the Iramba-Sekenke Greenstone Belt (ISGB) in Singida region. The Misaki area is occupied by different rocks including homogeneous coarse-grained granite containing numerous xenoliths (> 5 vol. %), tonalite, K-rich granite and pegmatite, and dolerite dykes. All granitic rocks have been intruded by dolerite dykes, cut by epidote veins and are found juxtaposed to a...