Charts the story of the social and environmental challenges met in Kenya from the last century.
Agrarian structure and resource control - the Ng'undu system circa 1880; discourse, custom and land, 1889-1934; the construction of colonial agricultural knowledge, Kenya 1912-1952; betterment I - agricultural production, Murang's district 1905-1952; betterment II - the campaign to save soil, Murang's district 1930-1932; land, labour and environment.