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Pharmacological Activities of Psiadia punculata
(1998)
A 70% methanol extract of leaves of Psiadia punculata caused a fall of blood pressure in anaesthetised rats. After a 10 µg dose of the extract, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures fell by 16, 13 and 14%, respectively, ...
Ownership and use of mobile phones for agricultural transactions by traders: The case of the Analanjirofo and Atsinanana Regions – Madagascar
(2012-06)
This paper analyzes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in improving the performance of agricultural markets. It focuses on ownership and use of mobile phone by the rural traders in the Regions of ...
Exit, voice and loyalty in Kenya’s french bean industry: what lessons can we learn from smallholder farmers’ past response to international food safety standards?
(2011)
Kenya is one of the leading exporters of fresh vegetables to Europe. Kenyan exporters
have since the 1990s targeted the leading European supermarkets with their produce.
However, the food safety scandals of the 1980s and ...
Technology and Service Quality in the Banking Industry(Importance and performance of various factors considered in electronic Banking services)
(School of Business, 2010)
Technology-based self-service has greatly changed the way that ser
vice firms and consumers interact, and are
raising a host of research and practice issues relating to the deliver
y of ...
Cases of Pig Poisoning Encountered Naturally in Smallholder Farms in Nairobi and Its Environs
(2011)
Systematic necropsies were conducted on 84 pig carcasses presented to Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology between June 2004 and June 2007. Affected farms were visited in order to gather epidemiological data. ...
Evaluation of Dry Mature Pigeonpea Seeds for Processing and Eating Quality
(Gembloux Agricultural University, 2000)
Several pigeonpea cultivars have been developed through collaborative efforts by the
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, the University of Nairobi, and ICRISAT. While these
cultivars possess a number of traits acceptable ...
Involving Rural Kenyan Women in the Development of Nutritionally Improved Weaning Foods: Nutribusiness Strategy
(1997)
This paper describes a participatory process employed by three collaborating universities to engage rural Kenyan women, who are members of organized women's groups, in the development of recipes for culturally appropriate, ...
An empirical analysis of the performance of initial public offerings at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2012)
Literature in developed markets has extensively documented the existence of three anomalies in the
pricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) of common stock. The phenomena have been are
recognizable as (1) the IPO under ...
The influence of the external environment on the performance of publicly quoted companies in Kenya
(2011-06)
This study investigated the effect of the external environment on corporate performance. Based on a
survey of 23 companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, three environmental dimensions of
complexity, dynamism and ...
Tana Ware and the Settlement Archaeology of the Kenya Coastal Hinterland." AZANIA, Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, 1996.
(1996)
The precolonial trading systems of the East African interior have a great antiquity ml can best be understood by employing a multidisciplinary approach including archaeology, oral traditions, linguistic evidence and ...