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Acceptability of cereal banks as a marketing intervention among smallholders in western Kenya
(2012-03)
A new impetus is emerging with regard to the potential role that agricultural producer associations might play in improving rural economies. For this study, the use of cereal banking to improve accessibility to premium ...
Genetic Diversity of Phaeoisariopsis griseola in Kenya as Revealed by AFLP and Group-specific Primers
(2004)
Genetic diversity of 50 Phaeoisariopsis griseola isolates collected from different agroecological zones in Kenya was studied using group-specific primers and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. Group-specific ...
Louisiana crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) (Crustacea: Cambaridae) in Kenyan ponds: non-target effects of a potential biological control agent for schistosomiasis
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
The Louisiana crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) has been proposed as a biological control agent for the intermediate snail hosts (Bulinus and Biomphalaria spp.) of human schistosomes (Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni) ...
Growth patterns of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera L. in Gazi Bay, Kenya Growth patterns of the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera L. in Gazi Bay, Keny
(Taylor & Francis, 2005)
Culture of pearl oysters is rapidly increasing worldwide, including the western Indian Ocean. The oyster Pinctada margaritifera L., which produces the most highly valued black pearls, occurs in East Africa, a nd as been ...
Using research findings to formulate extension tools that incorporate stakeholders' aspirations: The case of tea farming in poverty reduction strategies among smallholders in Kenya
(2010)
Kenya's tea research advisory committee (RAC) expressed its desire to tackle poverty and minimum landholding issues to improve the economics of tea farming in Kenya. This paper presents the results of a survey undertaken ...
DNA Microsatellite Analysis of Kenyan Isolates of Rhizoctonia solani from Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
(2007)
Seven hundred and fifty bean plant samples with root rot symptoms were collected from farmers' fields during two surreys carried out in Embu district, Kenya. Various fungal pathogens were isolated in the laboratory from ...