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A Comprehensive Ranch Report, Gicheha Ranch (farms) Ziwani)
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
The ranch practice is a university requirement for the Bsc. degree in range management, which entails the field attachment and coming in touch with the real management issues that are presented at the ground. It exposes ...
Studies on control of french bean rust (uromyces appendiculatus (pers.) unger var. Appendiculatus) using fungal and bacterial metabolites.
(2002)
Two isolates of Streptomyces spp. and one each of Bacillus subtilis, Trichoderma viride,
Aspergilus niger were effective both in vitro and in the greenhouse in controlling rust of
French beans. Their inhibitory effects ...
Establishment of Critical Control Points of Informally Marketed Raw Milk in Kiambu and Nairobi Districts based on Microbiological safety"
(2002)
This study describes an analysis of the bacterial risks and factors associated
with those risks in the informal milk market in Nairobi and Kiambu districts. The
study was carried out as part of integrated studies on milk ...
Simulation of temperatures in a broiler chicken house in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
The research reported in this thesis was conducted at the University of
Nairobi with a broad objective of developing appropriate criteria for
environmental design and control in a poultry house in Kenya. The specific
objectives ...
Milk Production Performance of Dairy Goat Crosses on Smallholdings in Central Kenya
(2002)
Data was collected to assess milk production performance
of the Saanenltoggenburg crosses and the .effect of crossing
them with Alpine bucks in Nyeri district. Data on 112
does (89 SaaneniToggenburg crosses and 23 FI ...
Agroforestry solutions to some African wind problems
(University of Nairobi, 2002-10)
The Traditional Techniques of Microclimate Improvement-Project was in several cases called upon to find urgently required local solutions to problems caused by wind in Africa, using trees in an agroforestry setting. In ...
Assessment of bean production constraints and seed quality and health of improved common bean seed
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
A Participatory Rural Appraisal was carried out in October 1999 in Gichera sub-location in
Runyenjes in Embu, Kenya The aim of the survey was to identify the major constraints faced by
bean farmers in this location. The ...
Combining ability and heterosis for tolerance to low soil phosphorous and nitrogen in common beans (phaseolus vulgaris L).
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
Common bean in Kenyans are predominantly grown by subsistence, resource-poor
farmers who use little or no soil amendment chemicals. Production is limited by
infertile soils with inherently low P and N, diseases, pests, ...
Chemical evaluation of -bovine colostrum preserved by different methods in a hot climate.
(2002)
Colostrum of cows of the Sahiwal breed was preserved for I month at 28°C by 5 different methods viz, treatment with.
formaldehyde at levels of 0.1% and 0.05%; acidification with formic acid at levels of 0.5% and 0.1%; and ...
Impact of transaction costs on the marketing channels of dry grain pigeonpea in Makueni district, Kenya.
(2002)
This study aimed at identifying and analyzing the performance of the major marketing channels of dry grain pigeonpea in Kenya. Makueni District was used as a case study. As such, the various marketing intermediaries in ...