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Feasibility Of Small Scale Production Of Solar Dried Potato (solanum Tuberosum) Flour And Its Potential Food Uses In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Agriculture, 1990)The main aim of this study was to develop a simple and low-cost process for production of an acceptable potato flour, and to identify its potential food uses in Kenya. Sulphited raw potato slices, sulphited blanched ... -
Feeding behaviour, survival and reproductive performance of glossina palpalis gambiensis infected with trypanosome (puttonella) vivax
(FAculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1988)A study was carried out to determine the effect of Trypanoso a (Duttonella) vivax Ziemann infection in Glossina palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank on the survival and reproductive performance. feeding behaviour, A colony ... -
The feeding ecology of giraffe (giraffa camelopardalis linnaeus) in nairobi national park, and the effect of browsing on their main food plants."
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1969)The research described in this thesis was carried out between June 1968 and May , 1969 in an area of approximately 10.14 square kilometres in the plains of'Nairobi 'National Park. Of this area abo~~ 4074 square ... -
The feeding ecology of wildebeest, zebra and cattle in Kaputei plains
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Feeding practices and nutritional status of Children 6-36 months in muslim and christian Households: a human rights perspective (a case study of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Applied Human Nutrition, 2006)The right to adequate food and nutrition is a powerful tool to combat malnutrition and hunger worldwide. Current thinking views integration of human rights into nutrition programming as an essential component in which ... -
Feeding practices for children aged 0-24 months and feeding alternatives for those born to hiv positive mothers and their association with nutritional status: a case study of Kisii district Hospital -Kenya
(University of UniversityDepartment of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, 2010)Poor breastfeeding and infant feeding practices have adverse effects on the health and nutritional status of children, HIV being one of the major confounding circumstances in infant feeding. Against the backdrop of this ... -
Feeding value of forage sorghum "E" 6518 at different stages of growth
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Fertility of humic Andosols of the high Bracken zone in Kenya
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1983)Preliminary work on availability of and response to phosphorus in a range of Kenya soils showed that availability is least in one particular soil group, the strongly acid humic Andosols of the high bracken zone in ... -
Fertility, early child mortality and rate of reporting of child births and deaths in Sigor division, Kericho - Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food and Nutrition Technology, 1994)This research was undertaken in May to November. 1991. The main purpose of the survey was to obtain a comprehensive account of fertility and child mortality statistics in a rural area. This investigation provides ... -
Fertilizer and varietal effects on growth and yield of potato (solanum tuberosum L.) under medium altitude tropical conditions
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 1981)Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in Kenya is still restricted to the highlands, and yet its consumption has spread to almost allover the country including medium and low altitude areas. An attempt was made to ... -
Field and laboratory studies of bovine genital campylobacteriosis with particular reference to diagnosis
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 1980) -
Field evaluation and experimentation of farmers' striga Hermonthica control strategies in Western Kenya
(Land Resource Management and Agricultural, University of Nairobi, 2013)Weed infestation in maize, especially the witch weed (Striga hermonthica). is a serious problem in soils of western Kenya and thus low yield. Various control methods are in place but their practice and adoptions by fanners ... -
Field evaluation of very low pressure center-pivot sprinkler devices in the pacific Northwest, U.S.A
(GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, 1987)The continued viability of center-pivot sprinkler irrigation in the Pacific Northwest may depend on increasing the efficiency with which water and energy are used. Very low pressure sprinkler devices can contribute greatly ... -
Financial evaluation of private smallholder pumped irrigation projects in Kiambu district, Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricul tural Engineering, 1990)Farmers develop irrigation facil ities to ensure that the demands of their crop water requirements are satisfied. By doing this, they anticipate to enhance their net farm incomes and to safeguard themselves from the ... -
Financial feasibility of irrigated land farming: A case study of tube -well irrigation in Mombasa District
(University of Nairobi, 1978-03)Whereas some studies have evaluated large-scale irrigation schemes In Kenya, little economic research has been done on the Minor Irrigation projects. The decision by the Kenya Government to increase emphasis on development ... -
Fine mapping of trypanosomosis resistance Loci in murine by haplotype approach
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 2006)Mapping of trypanotolerance QTL in two F2 resource populations generated by crossing BALB/c and A/J with C57BLl6J has previously been achieved by Kemp et al., (1997). The subsequent fine mapping using the advanced ... -
Fish pond effluent effects on yield of french beans (phaseolus vulgaris l.) and kale (brasica oleraceae l.) in central Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Science, 2000)The effects of pond effluent and its interaction with applied mineral fertilisers was assessed in a field experiment with application of mineral fertilisers at recommended rates and irrigation with pond effluent using ... -
Flowering of brassica species in Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, 1979)