Locality
37°23´ east longitude, 0°39´ south latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Mwea-Tebere, 100 km NE Nairobi, Kenya, Afrika

Historical relevance of location
The Mwea-Tebere Irrigation Scheme is located in the Mwea plains and consists of black, clayey alluvial soils (Vertisol). In the time of the independence fight of the Mau-Mau the area was used by the British Colonial Government as a labour camp for prisoners of war. During this time an area of ca. 8000 ha was prepared for a rice irrigation scheme. After the independence of Kenya 1963 the land was offered to the former prisoners to become farmers. The Irrigation Scheme is managed as a co-operative society. Today it is the largest rice cultivation area in Kenya.

Classification of the earth

Structure	clayey
Colour	black

Donor

Dr. Wilfried Kantor,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany