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Food safety and food security linkage: a focus on livestock products
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Food safety is of high priority nationally and internationally. It implies absence or acceptable and safe levels of contaminants (chemical, physical and biological) in food, adulterants, naturally occurring toxins or any ...
Effects Of Different Harvest Periods On Population Dynamics Of Potato Tubermoth (Phthorimaea Opercullela (Zeller.).
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize and
plays an important role in food security. However farmers face many constraints in its
production, with pests and diseases ...
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(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Distribution of potato tuber moth (Phthorimea opercullela (Zeller) and damage caused by potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L.)
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Potato tuber moth complex of P. operculella (Zeller), Tecia solanivora (Povolny) and
Symmetrischema tangolias (Geyen) has a worldwide distribution and is a major pest of potatoes
affecting seed potato and ware potato in ...
Effects of different harvest periods on population dynamics of potato tubermoth (Phthorimaea opercullela (Zeller.)
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize and
plays an important role in food security. However farmers face many constraints in its
production, with pests and diseases ...
Resistance of potato varieties to potato tubermoth (phthorimaea opercullela (Zeller).
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Potato tuber moth (Phthorimaea operculella Zeller; PTM) is a major pest of potato (Solanum
tuberosum L.) in the field and store, causing losses of up to 23-47 %. This study evaluated
varietal resistance to tuber moth in ...
Prevalence and pathology of echidnophaga gallinacea in free-range local ducks
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
A study was carried out in November 2008 and March 2009 to investigate the pathology, prevalence
and intensity associated with Echidnophaga gallinacea infestations of free range local ducks. The
ducks were categorized ...
Strategies to Promote Market-Oriented Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case of Kenya
(2007)
Smallholder Agriculture is key to livelihoods of many rural households in developing and transition economies.
In Kenya, small farms account for over 75% of total agricultural production and nearly 50% of the marketed
output. ...
Evaluation for resistance to the spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus, in a maize (Zea mays L.) population
(CIMMYT, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 1999)
Genetic variability and predicted responses to S2 and testcross selection methods were studied in an open-pollinated variety resistant to the spotted stem borer, (Chilo partellus Swinhoe). Evaluation after one cycle of ...
Valuation of the Economic Role of NTFPs Consumption by Rural Households Living Around Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
(2007)
Rural households greatly depend on non-timber forest products (NTFPs) to sustain livelihoods,
more so in meeting household basic daily needs. Specifically in Kakamega forest
households depend on NTFPs such as firewood ...