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The Effect Of Postharvest Handling Practices On The Quality Of Selected Kenyan Sweetpotato Varieties
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas) is a versatile crop that serves the roles of food and nutrition security,
cash crop, feed for livestock and can provide raw materials for processing in the commercial
industry. The hidden ...
Effect Of Gliricidia Sepium And Senna Spectabilis Prunings On Soil Nutrients, Macrofauna, And Maize Yield In Bugesera District, Rwanda
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
The continuous cultivation of land in most of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries has led to a decline in soil fertility as a result of both low organic resource and sub-optimal fertilizer application. A study was conducted ...
Efficacy Of Seed Dressers And Resistance Of Sorghum Varieties In The Management Of Fall Armyworm
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Sorghum is a food security crop for millions of people in E. Africa but its production is negatively impacted by fall armyworm damage, leading to food insecurity. The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of ...
Effectiveness Of Trichoderma Spp., Bacillus Spp. And Pseudomonas Fluorescens In The Management Of Early Blight Of Tomatoes
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Tomato, a major vegetable widely used in Kenya faces a number of production challenges some of them being diseases like late blight, early blight and bacterial wilt. Chemical compounds which have environmental and health ...
Contribution of push-pull cropping system to management of ear rots and mycotoxin contamination in Maize in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Push-pull is a cereal cropping system that has recently been reported to reduce incidences of ear
rots and mycotoxins in maize. However, the effectiveness and mechanism involved is not yet
understood. In the current ...
Faecal Cortisol Metabolites as an Indicator of Stress in Captive Spotted Deer (Axis Axis) and Blackbuck (Antilope Cervicapra) in India.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Wildlife is currently facing a lot of challenges in their natural ecosystem such as negative effect of anthropogenic activities and climate change. Zoos play an important role in conservation and protection of wildlife ...
Determinants Of The Economic Efficiency Of Cassava Production In Bomi And Nimba Counties, Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Cassava is both a food and a cash crop. It is the only crop of the root and tubers group that is cultivated in all tropical regions of Latin America, Africa and Asia. More than 450 million Africans consume cassava daily ...
Cancer Screening and Occurrence in Kangemi;potential Prevention of Cancer Through Consumption of African Nightshade Leafy Vegetable, Using a Mice Model
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Cancer is a disease that is steadily on the rise in Kenya despite the fact that two-thirds of the prevalence is due to preventable causes. One of these causes is poor dietary habits. Healthy diets include high levels of ...
Impact of Rural and Community Bank Credit Access on Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Cassava Farmers in Fanteakwa District of Ghana
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Cassava is an important staple food in Ghana, both in terms of quantity produced and quantity consumed. Increases in the output of the crop, in recent years, have been attributed to increases in land size rather than ...