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A study of the workplace environment with respect to aspects of safety and occupational health in a sugar processing plant: the case for Mumias sugar company, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1997)
A study was undertaken at Mumias Sugar Company to establish the status of the
workplace environment with respect to some aspects of Safety and Occupational health in
a Sugar Processing Plant between December, 1996 and ...
Effects of cobalt deficiency on some rumen and thyroid functions in goats
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Thirty small East-African goats, 19 females and 11
males aged between 13 and 36 months and weighing 14 to
30 Kg were divided into two treatments consisting of 15
goats each. They were fed ad-libitum on hay containing
0.02 ...
Stimulation of immune response in dogs against echinococcus granulosus
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Hydatidosis is a cyclozoonosis that is caused by the larval stage
of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. It is of major veterinary and
public health importance in many parts of the world. Several
measures are available ...
Effects of soil compaction by transportation vechicles on the sugarcane fields of Mumias sugar company
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
An investigation of soil compaction in the sugarcane
fields of Mumias Sugar Company by transport
vehicles was conducted between October, 1989 and April,
1990.
Studies were conducted for the establ ishment of
safe axle ...
Effect of increased intimacy between maize and beans in an intercrop system on growth and yield of maize under varying nitrogen levels.
(1992)
Field
Nairobi's
experiments
Faculty of
increasing
were conducted at the University
Agriculture farm to investigate
of
the
merits
plants
of the proximity between maize and bean
in an intercrop system and how ...
Economic evaluation of alternative livestock disease control methods in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1992-12)
Economic analysis is an important prerequisite ill the development of new technologies
before they are transferred to farmers for adoption. In Africa, new technologies are being
developed-for the control of East Coast ...
Optimal fertilizer use recommendations in maize production: analysis of experimental data.
(1993)
This study was conducted to enable the determination
of economically justifiable fertilizer recommendations for
maize farmers in Kisii and Busia Districts of lJIJestern
Kenya. The study also sought to indicate the ...
The influence of organic mulches on weeds, diseases and growth of maize (zea maysl.).
(1991)
Effects of three organic mulches with two intra-row weeding,
conventional tillage with two hand weeding and an unweeded check
on maize (Zea maysL.) growth, weeds and diseases associated with
the maize crop were evaluated ...
Mechanical transmission of trypanosoma evansi and trypanosoma congolense by African stomoxys species.
(1997)
Simulated mechanical transmission rates of T. congolense and T.
evansi were studied using wild and blood-fed S. n. niger, S. taeniatus,
and laboratory reared teneral S. n. niger. The flies were caught in the
Nairobi ...
Financial evaluation of private smallholder pumped irrigation projects in Kiambu district, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Farmers develop irrigation facil ities to ensure that the
demands of their crop water requirements are satisfied.
By doing this, they anticipate to enhance their net farm
incomes and to safeguard themselves from the ...