Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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Technology-Mediated Open and Distance Education (Tech-MODE) in Agricultural Education and Training in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2008)Open and distance learning (ODL) in Kenya, like in many other developing countries, is characterized by, and offered through, dual mode institutions. Most of these programmes are in humanities and social sciences. ... -
Testing alley cropping (contour hedgerows) in semi-arid areas on flat and sloping land: soil and water conservation, competition, yields and economic factors. Cas
(2004)Alley cropping tested by Mungai et al. on flat land, with prunings incorporated into the soil and one in every four rows of maize replaced by trees in the agroforestry plots, showed already in the late eighties/early ... -
Testing for Oligopoly Power in the Kenyan Seed Maize Processing Industry
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2006-08) -
Training the trainers-An innovative and successful model for capacity building in animal genetic resource utilization in sub-saharan Africa and Asia
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2011) -
Translating animal breeding research into the real world: use of the sustainable livelihoods framework
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2009)The objective of this paper is to introduce the sustainable livelihoods framework as a useful tool in translating animal breeding research into livelihood improvements for the world’s rural poor. This framework recognises ... -
Tribal clashes, healing and reconciliation: how and when
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Unrecorded Cross-Border Trade Between Kenya and Uganda Implications for Food Security
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-07)Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ... -
Unrecorded cross-border trade betwen Kenya and Uganda: Implications for food security
(Amex International, IncDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997)Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ... -
Use of feed additives in Kenyan feeds
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Use of Lactobacillus strains to start cassava fermentations for Gari production
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-12)Two Lactobacillus strains, Lactobacillus plantarum BFE 6710 and Lactobacillus fermentum BFE 6620, were used to start cassava fermentations in a pilot study under field production conditions in Kenya, to determine their ... -
Value added bean technologies for enhancing food security, nutrition, income and resilience to cope with climate change and variability challenges in Eastern Africa
(KARI-Katumani Research Centre. Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Machakos, KenyaEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi.Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, KenyaSelian Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) Arusha, TANZANIAInstitut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR), 2011) -
Value chain analysis of the Kenyan poultry industry: The case of Kiambu, Kilifi, Vihiga, and Nakuru Districts
(2010)The Kenyan poultry industry is characterized by dualism, comprised of both smallholder and large-scale poultry producers. The industry is characterized by two main production systems namely (i) the commercial hybrid poultry ... -
Verifying the premium value of selected African indigenous vegetables in target sites of the Lake Victoria basin
(University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,University of NairobiDepartment of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Food Technology, nutrition and Biosystems Engineering, Makerere University, 2012-09)The purpose of this research was to verify the premium value in terms of nutritional and economic potential of selected African indigenous vegetable plants (AIVPs) along the Lake Victoria basin. Partial findings of this ... -
Visiting scientists report
(1991)This report is divided into four parts. First part includes work done elsewhere but analysed and written up at ILCA, 2nd part presents work done at ILCA and written up at ILCA, 3rd part is a chapter to an ILCA sheep ... -
Voldelige konflikter og fattigdom går hånd i hånd [Violent conflict and poverty go hand in hand].
(University of Nairobi,The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2011-11)