6 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES
Climate has influenced land use and human activities in several parts of East Africa. The different climatic conditions such as equatorial climate, modified equatorial climate, tropical, montane, semi-desert, and desert climates have had profound effects on human activities, or land use in areas where they are experienced. This is because the rainfall and temperatures may vary and create conditions for different land use or human activities. The effects can be seen in the following ways; favour development of agriculture In the equatorial or moist tropical type of climate, a variety of human land use activities have cropped up e.g. forestry, cultivation of annual and perennial crops, dairy farming such as in the Kenya highlands, areas around Lake Victoria etc. In areas of tropical climate, there is cultivation of mainly annual crops as well as the rearing of livestock, wildlife conservation and tourism have been important. cool climate favor development of dairy farming Temperate...