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The female condom and STDs: design of a community intervention trial
(ScienceDirect, 2000)
OBJECTIVES: The main purpose of this study is to compare sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in cohorts of women with and without access to female condoms.
METHODS: Six matched pairs of communities were ...
Inter-lake movements of the Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor and their conservation in the saline lakes of Kenya
(2000)
The Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor is the only algivore in the saline lakes of Kenya occurring in spectacular assemblages that form the tourism base. The flamingos show unpredictable, spontaneous, “nomadic” movements ...
Soil fertility management handbook for extension staff and farmers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2000)
This manual was developed by the Legume Research Network Project of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute to provide basic, simple information about soils and their management in order to maintain or improve their ...
Community-based active surveillance for rabies In Machakos District, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2000)
The rabies problem in Kenya has been greatest in Machakos District where the disease has persisted endemically for over 40 years. This paper presents the results of a one-year community¬based active surveillance for rabies ...
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 ...
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 ...
Technical innovation and farm productivity growth in dryland Africa: The effects of structural adjustment on smallholders in Kenya
(2000-12)
This paper uses non-parametric approach to measure technical innovation and productivity growth at the smallholder farm-level in dry-land sub-Saharan Africa during the initial years of the structural adjustment programmes ...