Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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Environmental impact assessment for water development and conservation.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)The possible environmental impacts of water development projects and land use practices such as deforestation and over grazing on water supply in Kenya are reviewed. Measures that can be taken in conjunction with properly ... -
Erosion and sedimentation problems in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1993)This paper examine past and present trends in the development of Kenyan water resources, and the status of Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands. It considers the parameters linked with soil erosion and sedimentation processes ... -
Erosion scars caused by earthflows: a case study of Ol Joro Orok division, Nyandarua district
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper describes earthflow features in Nyairoko sub-location of Ol Joro Orok Division, Kenya. In 1989 more than 900 earthflows were counted in Nyandarua District, most of them in Ol Joro Orok and Ol Kalou Divisions. ... -
Essence of the Designs of Gas Exchangers — the Imperative Concepts
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiFaculty of Health Sciences Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, The University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998)Gas exchangers have developed and tractably adapted with the respiratory requirements of whole organisms in different states and habitats. The environmental factors that have profoundly influenced the general phenotype ... -
Essential Services Package of Support to Improve Productivity of Women Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2011) -
Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State: The African Dilemma
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997) -
Ethnoveterinary Practices in Eastern Africa
(University of NairobiPublic Health Phamacology & Toxicology, 2004) -
An evaluation of gully control measures in Central Province, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)Forty controlled gullies distributed in Kiambu, Murang'a and Nyeri Districts of Central Province, Kenya, were randomly selected to evaluate their control measures. A recording schedule was developed to assist in collecting ... -
Evaluation of Sweetpotato Varieties for the Potential of Dual-Purpose in Different Agroecological Zones of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Smallholder dairy farming is important in Kenya, however reducing farms into subdivisions over the past four decades has resulted in small farms. Meeting the nutritional requirements of high yielding dairy cows is now a ... -
Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2011) -
Explanations and Profile Description to Reconnaissance Soil Survey of the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Basin (Laikipia East and Slopes West to North of Mount
(Laikipia Research Programme, Natural Resource Monitoring, Modelling, and Management (Nanyuki, KenyaDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 1994) -
Factors affecting land use and crop production in Botswana.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper looks at factors which influence land allocation and crop production patterns in Botswana, across traditional and commercial farmers. It found that, among smallholder traditional farmers, less land is used (on ... -
Factors that influence adoption of soil and water conservation technology at Kathekakai Location, Machakos
(United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ; Kenya, 2015) -
Feeding the cities
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Field evaluation and experimentation of farmers' striga hermonthica control strategies in western kenya
(department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi., 2013)Weed infestation in maize, especially the witch weed (Striga hermonthica), is a serious problem in soils of western Kenya and thus low yield. Various control methods are in place but their practice and adoptions by fanners ... -
Fifty key thinkers on the environment
(RoutledgeThe Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2001)Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy Palmer has assembled a team of over twenty expert contributors to summarize and analyze the thinking of fifty diverse ... -
Food Security In Rural Development
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Land Resource Management And Agricultural Technology, 2001) -
Food security in rural development.
(2015-06-23)