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Agricultural policy issues in East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1973)
The Conference on Policy for Agriculture in East Africa was held at Nairobi University in June, 1971. Papers were divided into five groups, the first of which covered policy issues and statements, including an opening ...
A comparative haematological picture of field cases of East Coast fever, anaplasmosis and babesiosis in bovines around Kabete.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
Analysis of 100 field cases of confirmed bovine tick-borne diseases clearly brought out the importance of East Coast fever (ECF), which was responsible for over 70% of the cases. There were major differences in clinical ...
African trypanosomiasis in the dog.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1979)
The results of a clinical and pathological study on naturally and experimentally infected dogs indicate that 2 distinct trypanosomiasis syndromes occur. In Trypanosoma brucei infection there is widespread invasion of all ...
Critical weed competition periods in annual crops.
(University of Nairobi, 1974)
The critical weed competition period of crops is defined and factors affecting it are reviewed. In a trial at Kumasi, Ghana in 1972, seed yields of sesame grown at 222 000 plants/ha ranged from 0.44 t/ha with no weeding ...
The role of phlebotomi in the transmission of leishmaniasis in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1977)
A brief history of the occurrence and spread of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kenya is given, together with an indication of some of the known and possible vectors.
The effects of plant population, spacing and weeding on yields of soya beans
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
In trials in the 1973 short rains and the 1974 long rains at Kabete, Kenya, soyabean cv. Hill was sown at plant populations of 111 111, 250 000 or 1 000 000/ha on the square (10 X 10 cm, 20 X 20 cm or 30 X 30 cm) or in ...
Third Africa Symposium on Horticultural Crops, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 18, 19, 20 September 1973.
(University of Nairobi,, 1975)
The theme of this symposium was 'fruit and nut crops of East Africa'. The proceedings contain the list of participants, opening addresses, and the text of the 40 papers presented. Some papers refer to situations outside ...
Evaluation of feeds - some results from the study of the nutritive value of Kenyan grasses and fodder crops.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)
CP and DCP contents, DM intake and OM digestibility of 3 regrowth stages of Kikuyu grass, Rhodes grass, Cynodon dactylon, Setaria sphacelata, Napier grass and Desmodium uncinatum and sweet potato vines, each at the flowering ...
Weed problems and control strategies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1978)
Most annual weeds are easily controlled by tillage or with herbicides. However, a few weeds, such as couchgrass (Digitaria scalarum), stargrass (Cynodon dactylon), nutgrass (Cyperus spp.) and Oxalis spp. are very difficult ...