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The role played by mobile phone communication in diffusion of dairy Goats rearing in Mutonguni Division, Kitui County. Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2013)The study investigated how dairy goat farmers used mobile phones in dairy goat rearing. The dairy goat farmers targeted were widows, caregivers and orphans in a World Vision project. Kenya is of concern because dairy ... -
The role played by wild carnivores in the epidemiology of bovine cysticercosis in Kenya.
(Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1973) -
Rovenance variation of salt tolerance and seedling nutrition in acacia Tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne
(Department of Range Management, University of Nairobi, 1994)Variation of growth and salt tolerance was studied at increasing external salinity in sevenseed provenances of Acacia tortilis from saline (Sigor, Katilu, Mwatate and Isiolo) and nonsaline (Kibwezi, Wamba and Kitui) ... -
Rumen fermentation and food selection in East African Zebu cattle, wildebeest, Coke's hartebeest and topi
(University of Nairobi, 1977) -
Runoff harvesting potential for crop production in Kitui, Kenya
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 1988)A 24 year rainfall data study was done for Mutomo, southern Kitui. Seasonal rainfall was found inadequate in 71% and 57% of the dry "long" and "short" rains, respectively. be tween years, Mon th Iy ra in fa II with ... -
Rural livelihoods and households' participation in financial markets: the case of smallholders in Kakamega and Vihiga districts
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2006)The increasing land scarcity due to rapidly expanding population has raised two key concerns for rural development policy. First, any increase in land productivity can only be achieved by intensification of farming ... -
Rural-urban Diversity In The Implementation Of Participatory Forest Management: The Case Of Ngong’ Road And Kiptuget Forests, Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Studies that have considered PFM have suggested that effectiveness in the conservation and management of forest under PFM is a subject of various factors which influence the capacity of the community to effectively engage ... -
The Safety and Sero-conversion of a Mixed Peste Des Petits Ruminants and Sheep and Goat Pox Vaccine in Sheep and Goats in Kwale County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023-05)Kwale County is endowed with livestock wealth owing to her vast rangelands in the tropical climate and with areas that are not suitable for crop production, hence farmers solely relying on livestock livelihoods. The County ... -
Safety Knowledge and Practices of Consumers and Vendors of Milk Sold in Milk Dispensers and Bars at Embakasi West Sub-county, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease that is widespread worldwide and can cause adverse economic losses in case of an outbreak. The prevalence of brucellosis in Sub-Saharan Africa in humans is estimated to vary ... -
Safety Of Feeding Crop Residues With Pesticides To Dairy Cattle In A Mixed Farming Irrigation Scheme In Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1996)The feeding of agricultural products previously sprayed with pesticides to dairy animals is a common practice in most intensive farming systems. This is due to diversification of agricultural practices in an attempt to ... -
Salmonella reservoirs in animals as sources of human infection
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology., 1982)Salmonellosis is a cosmopolitan zoonotic disease of considerable importance. In Kenya, salmonellosis may be more significant in terms of number of infections and mortality than typhoid fever and cholera. Animals and ... -
Saturated hydraulic conductivity - physical properties relationships of salt affected soils in Makindu,Makueni District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)Three different kinds of farms were studied in Muhindi farm, Makindu, Makueni district. The farms were (i) virgin land, (ii) land under production, being irrigated and (iii) land completely abandoned due to salinity. These ... -
Scanning and transmission electron microscopic study of the tracheal air sac system in a grasshopper Chrotogonus senegalensis (Kraus)--Orthoptera: Acrididae: Pyrgomorphinae
(University of Nairobi,Veterinary Anatomy, 1989)The morphology of the trachea-air sac system in a species of grasshopper Chrotogonus senegalensis has been studied by using scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Capacious air sacs were formed as dilatations along ... -
Scheduling for supplemental irrigation in Mwala, Machakos district
(University of Nairobi, 2003)This study focuses on supplemental irrigation in Mwala area of Machakos District. 1 he area is classified as Arid and Semi-Arid land (ASAL) where rainfall is unreliable in both time and space. This has often led to crop ... -
The SCID/SCID.bg/bg Mouse Infected With My Cobacterium Paratuberculosis For The Study Of Paratuberculosis
(University of GuelphFaculty of Graduate Studies, 1994-03).The goal of this study was to evaluate the severe combined immunodeficient! beige (SCID bg) mouse infected with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis as a laboratory animal model for the study of paratuberculosis. Mice injected ... -
Screening and selection of potato clones and varieties for resistance to late blight phytophthora infestans (mont.) de bary
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1981)Late blight caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary is one of the most destructive diseases which limits the production of potatoes in Kenya. Most of the potatoes are produced by small-scale farmers who cannot ... -
Screening for Development of Resistance in the African Stem Borer (Busseola fusca Fuller) and in the Spotted Stem Borer (Chilo partellus Swinhoe) to Bt-Maize o-endotoxins
(University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2007)The African stem borer, Busseola fusca Fuller (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Pyraridae), are the major stem borers species of great economic importance in ... -
Screening for resistance of tomato cultivars to corynebacterium michgainense (e.f.s.) jens. and the effect of melo i dogyne i ncognita (kofoid and white) chitwood on development of bacterial canker
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1988) -
Screening for resistance to bacterial blight in selected varieties of upland cotton in Kenya
(Plant Science & Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 1983) -
Screening local and exotic varieties of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum) for tolerance to waterlogged soils
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 2001)Three pot experiments were conducted to determine the effects of waterlogging on morphological and physiological traits, yields and the production of ethylene from leaves of local and exotic varieties of tomato. To study ...