itũmi
- reasons, purposes, causes. Reasons. The causes, purposes, or explanations for something; in agriculture, refers to the reasons for certain practices, causes of mortality or disease, purposes of production systems, or factors explaining agricultural outcomes.
Example: Itũmi cia kũrĩithia ngũkũ: cia biacara, kũrĩithia ngũkũ ihingĩirwo nĩyo njĩra njega ĩrongoragĩrĩria baita nĩũndũ nĩikũraga narua. (Purpose of production; for commercial production, intensive production systems are better than free range systems that has low yields and profitability); Njui na ũreri: ũhoro wĩgiĩ ũrĩa tũcui tũrakũra, mũthĩ wa gũkomereria, mũthemba wa ngũkũ, mũigana wa tũcui, ikuo, ũritũ wa njui(igathimwo o thutha wa thikũ ikũmi na ithano), itũmi cia ikuo na mangĩ ... (Chicks and brooding: chicks’ growth data, date of brooding, breed, age in days, number of chicks present, mortality data, average body weight (every 15 days), causes of death etc.); Nogũkoruo na itũmi nyingĩ ingĩtwĩra nĩkĩĩ mũgũnda wa marigũ wahũthĩkaga kahinda karaihu mĩaka ya thutha; mĩrĩmũ yarĩ mĩnini, (mũrimũ ta Xanthomonas wilt ndĩarĩkuo) tĩĩrĩ warĩ mũnoru gukĩra rĩu na ũ... (There could be several reasons to explain why banana fields used to last longer in the past, such as less disease pressure (e.g. diseases like Xanthomonas wilt were not yet present), soil fertility...)