Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Kale"
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Consumer Willingness to Pay for Safer Vegetables in Urban Markets of a Developing Country: The Case of Kale in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, SwedenDepartment of Agricultural Economics, University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)The rapid urban population growth, rising level of urban poverty, and problems with food supply and distribution systems have increased the importance of developing local supplies of perishable produce of safe and good ... -
Effects of drought, nitrogen, spacing and defoliation on vegetative growth and development, yield and quality of kale (brassica oleracea var. acephala
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1982-01)There is hardly any study reported in literature on the cultural practices for vegetable kale production. Greenhouse and field experiments were conducted to study the effects of drought, three water regimes (irrigating ...