Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Subject "Kenya"
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Adoption of soil fertility management technologies in the semi-arid areas of Kenya: the case of Machakos, Makueni and Kitui Districts'
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2005-04)Agriculture is the main economic sector in Kenya and contributes significantly to national development. For the sector to play this centra! role in a sustainable way, rapid growth in output and productivity is critical. ... -
Agroforestry tree mulches: effects on runoff, soil loss, soil physical properties and maize performance on a lixisol in a semi arid area of Machakos, Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1996)The effects of mulch from the foliage of Grevillea robusta, Cassia siamea and Gliricidia septum on selected soil physical properties, runoff, soil erosion and maize performance on a lixisol in Machakos, a semi arid area ... -
Analysis of determinants of agricultural credit performance in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, 2010-06)The main research objective was to analyze the determinants of agricultural credit performance in Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) Kenya. The specific objectives were to analyze the historical and current performance ... -
An analysis of factors affecting choice of disease Control strategies among smallholder dairy farmers In murang' a south district, kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2009)This study evaluated the factors influencing the choice of disease control strategies and constraints to optimal dairy health management practices in smallholder dairy production system. The disease control strategies ... -
An analysis of fish farming post economic stimulus program in Kibwezi, Makueni County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Communities living in Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASALs) face many challenges such as poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, and limited means of livelihoods. This has been worsened by the rapid changing climate that has ... -
Analysis of the Networks and Traceability Systems of Organic Kales Value Chains in Nairobi and its Environs, Kenya
(Department of Food Science and Technology, 2012)Some product information asymmetry is always present in food value chains; when the asymmetry is high, it increases food safety markets imperfection, reduces trust among stakeholdersand could compromise food safety and ... -
Assesment of viral shedding and local immune Responses to hiv in the female reproductive tract using SHIV/baboon model
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal physiology, 2002)Heterosexual transmission accounts for majority of human immunodeficiency VIruS (HIV) infection among adults in developing countries. The risk of female to male transmission of HIV is likely to be determined by concentration ... -
Assessing alternative strategy options in the control of tick-borne disease: a case study of East Coast Fever control in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya.
(Department of Public Health, pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, 1993)Lack of effective tick and tick-borne disease (TBD) control is among the factors limiting dairy production in Uasin Gishu District in Kenya. Besides constraining productivity through morbidity, TBDs are among the most ... -
Assessment and prediction of wood yield from agro-forestry systems in Kenya
(1996)The aim of the study was to assess and predict the growth and yield of wood in agroforestry areas of Embu District. The District was stratified into eight agro-ecological zones (AEZs) where a total of 14,746 trees were ... -
Assessment of the potential of comfrey (symphytum periginum) as a source of vitamin A for malnourished Children (8 - 16 years) : a case study of Kirigiti girls approved school in Kiambu, Kenya
(Food Science, Nutrition and Technology,, 2002)In February-September 2001, an interventional study employing the pre-test, post-test casecontrol study design was carried out among children aged 8 to 16 years in Kirigiti Girls Approved School in Kiambu District, Central ... -
An assessment of the use and impact of mobile phone-based money transfer services in Kenyan agriculture
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization in developing countries. Agricultural finance markets often fail for smallholder farmers due to the high ... -
Assessment of water delivery problems and improvement Strategies in smallholder irrigation schemes: case studies of Nyanyadzi (Zimbabwe) and Matanya (Kenya)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, 1991)The potential benefits from smallholder irrigation schemes are rarely realised due to unsatisfactory performance of their water delivery systems. This study aims at evaluating and identifying strategies for improving the ... -
The association between utilization of preventive child health services and the nutritional status of children under three years in Kibera, a spontaneous urban settlehent of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1990-09)Between February and May 1989 a cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the coverage and accessibility of the available preventive child health services in a spontaneous settlement of Nairobi. In particular, ... -
Beef cattle marketing in Baringo District, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 1994)The study aims at determining the factors that influence competition and pricing efficiency in the Baringo beef marketing system. It starts by describing the marketing system in the district and then goes on to show ... -
The biology and population studies of the sugar-cane scale, Aulacaspis Tegalensis (Zehnt.) (Diaspididae) in Kenya
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Chemotherapy of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989)A prospective randomised pilot study was carried out to find a cheaper, more effective and safe alternative drug for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya. This study was necessary because the current ... -
Childcare practices and nutritional status of children 0 - 2 years old in Makongeni estate, Thika - Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1996)This thesis reports on a study carried out in Peri -Urban Thika. The study aimed at establishing from the mothers of children 0 -2 years old which of their dailly activities are regarded specifically as childcare acti ... -
Childcare practices and nutritional status of Children (6- 59 months) in a world vision Project area and a non-project area in Kathonzweni division, kenya
(Department of applied human nutrition, 2002)In August-September 2000, a comparative cross-sectional survey aimed at assessmg and comparing childcare practices and nutritional status of children (6-59 months) drawn from households participating in a World Vision ... -
Childcare practices and psychomotor development in children 0-36 months in Mwea Division-Kirinyaga District-Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2005)In September-October 2002 a descriptive cross-sectional survey aimed at assessing the awareness of psychomotor stimulation practices in 0-36 months old children drawn from households under a Community Based Nutrition ... -
Combining ability among multiple borer resistant,maize (zea mais, L.) inbred lines, resistant to chilo partellus and busseola fusca stem borers
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2006-04)Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop of the world. It has worldwide significance as human food, animal feed and raw material for the manufacture of many industrial products. The most important insect pests of ...