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Wild Edible Plants: A Potential To Enhance Agrobiodiversity And People’s Resilience To Changing Ecosystem
(2011)
Wild edible plants are accessible, available and cheaper to diversify household diet in drylands. However, the diversity and resource base are not properly documented to inform policy makers for proper utilization. Therefore, ...
Sustainability Of Dryland Ecosystems And Societies: Opportunities And Challenges
(2011)
Dryland systems cover 41.3% of global area, support 35.5% of global population and provide
important services for both human livelihoods and global ecological sustainability. The dryland
ecosystems however are not static ...
Analysis of small ruminants' pastoral management practices as risk factors of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) spread in Turkana District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an emerging viral disease spreading throughout Kenya and East Africa causing major losses in the small stock. This study is an attempt to evaluate small stock management practices in ...
Breeding Drought Tolerant Bean Varieties In Eastern Africa
(2011)
Development of drought resistant varieties is one of the most important strategies for coping with
frequent droughts in bean production areas in eastern Africa. Drought resistant bean varieties are
particularly important ...
Breeding Micronutrient Dense Bean Varieties In Eastern Africa
(2011)
Micronutrient malnutrition is one of the most serious health challenges facing vast sectors of
Africa’s population and other regions. Dietary improvement through biofortified food crops is
probably the most effective and ...
Utilization Of Cultural Methods For Controlling Aphid Vectors Of Passion fruit Viruses
(2011)
Passionfruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) is an important fruit crop that is grown mainly by small
scale farmers for nutrition, employment creation and income generation. Insect pests and
diseases, high establishment costs, ...
Impact Of Land Use Intensity On Selected Soil Organisms In Taita And Embu Benchmark Sites, Kenya
(2011)
Land use intensification leads to soil degradation and consequently to loss of biodiversity and
more specifically to soil biodiversity. A study was undertaken to assess the effect of land use
change on selected soil ...
Ethnopharmacology, phytochemical and toxicity of medicinal plants used against livestock helminthes in drylands of Uganda.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
An ethno-pharmacological practices of pastoral communities is being studied in Nakasongola, Uganda. It is documenting indigenous knowledge about helminthoses diagnosis and management. Thirty seven (37) medicinal plants ...
Effectiveness of Kenyan Rhizobia Strains on Soybean
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Effects Of Seed Borne Virus Infections On Selected Potato Cultivars In Kenya
(2011)
Seed borne viruses are a major problem to seed and ware potato growers because they cause
yield depression and reduction in quality of tubers. The effects of seed borne virus infections in
34 potato cultivars selected ...