_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: lydiaboke5@gmail.com; Archives of Current Research International 7(2): 1-12, 2017; Article no.ACRI.32256 ISSN: 2454-7077 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Environmental Management Practices amongst Tobacco Farmers in Migori County, Kenya Lydia Boke Marwa 1* , Jacob K. Kibwage 2 and Godfrey W. Netondo 3 1 South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya. 2 The Co-operative University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. 3 School of Physical and Biological Sciences, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration with all authors. Author LBM managed the literature searches, structured the article, designed framework and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors JKK and GWN grammatically corrected and edited this article. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/ACRI/2017/32256 Editor(s): (1) Magdalena Valsikova, Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculrure, Nitra, Slovakia. Reviewers: (1) Anélia Marais, Institute for Plant Production, South Africa. (2) Ningappa M. Rolli, BHS Arts & TGP Science College, Jamkhandi, Karnataka, India. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/18716 Received 17 th February 2017 Accepted 16 th March 2017 Published 21 st April 2017 ABSTRACT Aim: To assess environmental management practices carried out by both tobacco farmers and companies. Methodology: Purposive sampling was employed for data collection where by tobacco farmers were randomly selected from the population. Sub-county Forest Officer and two field officers from Kenya Forest Service were also interviewed. Results: Use of improved barn is among the environmental management practices that can reduce deforestation because of its high thermal efficiency. However, only 22% of the respondents used improved barn while 78% used traditional barn which is non-energy saving barn, therefore consuming tonnes of wood compared to improved barns. The study showed that 97.7% of the respondents had not been advised by tobacco companies to use any other method to control pests except chemical pesticides. Of the respondents, 97.1% believed tobacco companies did not promote alternative source of energy for curing tobacco other than wood. Conclusion: Although not much was being done, farmers had adopted a few practices to prevent soil and forest degradation. Most of the soil management practices and alternative curing Original Research Article