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On farm strategies for the control of the maize weevil in Kenya.
(LAP Lambert Academic publishing GmbH & Co. KG, 2012)
Maize is an important staple food for most people in the Sub-Saharan Africa. In most rural areas of Kenya, the production of this crop is under subsistence farming and on-farm storage forms part of the traditional practices. ...
A comparative analysis of costs and benefits of Jatropha, maize and orange production in Kenya: case of contracted farmers in Shimba Hills
(2010-08-27)
Energy demand and supply imbalances are a major challenge to development in Sub
Saharan African countries. Reliance on petroleum as well as biomass energy sources
is both uneconomical and unsustainable. These call for ...
An evalvation of smallholder snow peas market organisation and performance in Buuri and Laikipia east districts, Kenya
(2011)
The snow pea is a high value demand driven fresh vegetable mainly grown for export markets
with a marketing system characterized by various marketing channels. About 70 percent of
smallholder snow peas producers prefer ...
Prevalence and risk factors of under-nutrition among under-five’s in Meru County: a comparative study of khat(catha edulis) and non-khat farming households in Kenya
(2013-08)
Poor nutrition status among children below five years continues to be a public health concern especially in the arid and semi arid areas. The effect of khat farming on nutrition status of children remained largely unknown ...
Analysis of determinants of agricultural credit performance in Kenya
(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 ...
Prevalence and risk factors of conditions causing lameness in sheep under free range grazing system in Kajiado district, Kenya
(2011-10)
Lameness can be a cause of negative economic output in sheep farming owing to its
adverse effects on productivity, reproductive performance and poor growth performance
in lambs. The extent of lameness in sheep and its ...
Pharmaco-epidemiological and toxicological studies of snake envenomations in selected areas of Kenya
(2011-06)
Venomous stakes are snakes which have venom glands and specialized teeth for the injection
of the venom into the victims. Snake envenomation is a global problem with annual figures of
5 million envenomations, 40,000 or ...