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Land Tenure in Slum Upgrading Projects
(2011)
This paper gives an overview of slum upgrading in Kenya observing that slums are a major urban housing phenomena in Kenya that require immediate attention. Rather than demolishing them, which renders many people homeless, ...
Form Making in Architecture
(2012)
Form making is one of the most important activities that the architect is engaged in when creating
architecture. During the process of form making the architect expresses the individual perceptions of
reality in tangible ...
First Report of Tomato yellow ring virus (Tospovirus, Bunyaviridae) Infecting Tomato in Kenya
(2012)
Tomato (Lycoperscion esculentum) is one of the most popular vegetables and a major source of nutrition and income for smallholders in Africa. Thrips-transmitted tospoviruses are among the economically important pathogens ...
Tolerance level of alternaria sesami and the effect of seed infection on yield of sesame in Kenya
(2000)
Field plots of sesame (Sesamum indicum) with six different levels of seed infection with Alternaria sesami were monitored for Alternaria leaf spot severity at Kibwezi, eastern Kenya. The aim of the study was to determine ...
Impacts of rural energy costs and availabilities in Kenya
(1987-01-01)
This study sought to examine energy-consumption patterns in a cross section of rural households in Kenya and to analyze how these use patterns relate to socio-economic, demographic, institutional, and energy market factors. ...
Assessment of erosion hazard with the USLE and GIS: A case study of the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro North basin of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2000)
The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was used to predict soil erosion hazard in the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro North basin of Kenya using data from erosion plots and reconnaissance surveys. The R-factor (rainfall erosivity) was ...
Etiology, Effect of Soil pH and Sweetpotato Varietal Reaction to AlternariaLeaf Petoile and Stem Blight in Kenya
(2001-03)
Leaf petiole and stem blight disease is commonly encountered on sweetpotato in Kenya. A study was carried out to confirm the causal agent of the disease in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya and determine the importance ...
Studies on the physiological effects of viruses on sweet potato yield in Kenya
(Association of Applied Biologists, 2004-08)
Experiments to determine the effect of the three viruses most common on Kenyan sweet potato varieties were carried out at the University of Nairobi Kabete farm. The sweet potato varieties were Bungoma, Kemb 10 and Ex-Shimba ...