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Maize yield in relation to rainfall and solar energy in Kenya
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1976)An attempt has been made to relate maize yield to rainfall during 3 growth periods of the plant and to try to expIain the difference in maize yield between different places on the basis of radiation regime. In the ... -
A survey of insects associated with sunflower, Helianthis annuus L., Compositae
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Studies on some local propagation media
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Maize marketing in Tanga region, Tanzania, with special reference
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1976)Authorized marketing of maize, the main staple food in Tanzania, is performed through a 'one channel' market system. Between 1963 and 1973 the above market channel consisted of primary co-operative societies, co-operative ... -
Environmental problems of smallholder sugarcane production in the Nyanza sugar belt
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1976)Due to a variety of favourable environmental factors, Commercial Sugarcane development projects are centred in the Coastal, Western and Nyanza Provinces of Kenya. However, previous plans for sugarcane production expansion ... -
Economics of cattle and beef marketing in Kenya
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The economics of production and marketing of potatoes in Meru District, Kenya
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The procurement problems of the Passion Fruit Industry of Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1976)The underlying causes of procurement problems of the passion fruit industry are investigated. Tilebackground of passion fruit production and marketing is examined, including the history of the Kenyan industry. The review ... -
Structure and performance of agricultural products and input markets in the northern division of Machakos district, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agricultural Economics, 1976)This thesis has been written mainly from data collected in the Northern division of Machakos district of the Eastern province of Kenya. Work done earlier had shown that in this division, malnutrition is widespread while ... -
Investigations on the influence of some of the common pesticides used on coffee on the populations of (Leucoptera meyricki ,ghesqiere lepidoptera, lyonetiidae abic a Coffee in Kenya
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A Histological Study Of The Larval Salivary Glands Of The Sheep Nasal Bot Fly Oestrus Ovis Linnaeus (Oestridae - Diptera) With Observations On The Larval Distribution
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 1976)The larvae of Oestrus ovis are well known parasites inhabiting the nasal passages and adjoining cavities in sheep. Besides causing myiasis of the nasal cavities of sheep, these larvae are also known to attack man occasionally ... -
The meat retailing system in Nairobi
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The ecology of large herbivores in Simanjiro plains, Northern Tanzania
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 1976-03)In his pioneer ecological study of the then Tarangire Game Reserve in northern Tanzaniat Lamprey (1964) found out that while wild ungulates •pent the dry season concentrated in the Tarangire at a high density of up to about ... -
Structure conduct and performance of kitui local maize markets
(University of NairobiAgriculture, 1976-08)Maize is a staple food among nearly all urban and rural people in Kenya, and its effective demand has been rising. Kenya has distinct ecological zonee which marks clearly surplus and deficit areas of maize production. The ... -
Studies of viral interference induced by Rinderpest virus
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A study of the physio chemical heterogeneity of Gamma Globulin in cattle experimentally infected with East coast fever(Theileria parva infection)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology,, 1977)The formation, of physically heterogeneous capillary agglutinating antibodies during experimental infection of cattle with Theileria parva was followed in anion-exchange chromatographic fractions. Early agglutinating ... -
Biology and ecology of Ceratitis capitata (WED.),C. rosa (KARSCH) AND C,(= trirhithrum) coffeae (BEZZI) and their economic importance to coffee industry in Kenya.
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The economics of potato storage in Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1977)This thesis analyses the economic and technical factors that influence the amount of potato stored and the type of potato storage facilities currently in use at farm-level in Kenya. The thesis is based on survey carried ... -
Competition and efficiency of food retailing to the low income consumers in Nairobi
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture. University of Nairobi, 1977)Competition and efficiency of food retailing to the low income consumers in Nairobi was studied. The ·study concentrated on structural aspects that affect efficiency of food retailing. Consumer buying and expenditure ... -
Plant leaf-surface lipids; age variation patterns in coffee Arabica l. and Thea sinensis l.
(Department of Crop Science, University of Nairobi, 1977)As early as 1973, an antifungal compound was reported in a fraction from the cuticular wax of Coffea arabica L. leaf and berry, and an attempt to correlate the activfty of this fraction with the resistance of the plant ...