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The role of infrastructure and government policies in determining the efficiency of Kenya's maize marketing system in the post-liberalisation era
(2003)
Although Kenya has liberalized its agricultural market, it continues to experience frequent food
shortages that greatly compromise the welfare of its citizens, especially the poor. In Kenya food
shortages are synonymous ...
Mass Production Of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Using Silkworm (Bombyx Mori L.) For Management Of Key Agricultural Pests
(18-06-13)
Entomopathogenic nematodes are biological control agents of arthropod pests that can be multiplied by in vivo
and in vitro methods. They are effective when well marched with host arthropods but the major drawback to
their ...
Land under pressure.
(2011)
This chapter presents and discusses the causes of land degradation, and ways of sustainable land development and agricultural productivity. The evidence presented here suggests several avenues for achieving a world without ...
Information and Communication Technologies and agricultural knowledge
(20-06-13)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of ICTs
among smallholder farmers and extension agent for knowledge
management, and compare the situation in peri-urban and rural
settings. The study was carried out in ...
Improving our knowledge of tropical indigenous animal genetic resources
(University of Nairobi., 2006)
To better manage, use and conserve animal genetic resources (AnGR), we must understand
the nature and distribution of both the phenotypic and genetic diversity that they posses. This
module makes a case for and highlights ...
Technology-Mediated Open and Distance Education (Tech-MODE) in Agricultural Education and Training in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges
(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. ...
Fusarium and mycotoxin contamination in freshly harvested wheat grain in Kenya
(2005)
A survey was carried out during the 2004 wheat-cropping season in 6 agro-ecclogical zones to determine fusarium contamination of freshly harvested wheat grain. This was done by plating in culture media. Contaminations with ...
Long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012)
This briefing paper is one of the
10-part Global Development
Network (GDN) Agriculture Policy
Series for its project, ‘Supporting
Policy Research to Inform
Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia’. ...
Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
(2010-07)
The ten ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) have adopted, or are planning to adopt, a range of climate change adaptation ...