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Evaluation Of Sweetpotato Varieties Response To Sweetpotato Virus Disease
(University of Nairobi., 2008)
Sweet potato is an important food, feed and cash crop in Eastern Africa but its productivity is
greatly reduced by the sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD). Variety based tolerance to SPVD is
a cheap and sustainable way of ...
The socio-economic, food security and nutritional status of urban farmers in Nakuru town Kenya: a comparative study of programme and non- programme households
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
A comparative cross-sectional survey was conducted from October to December 2000, to
assess and compare the socio-economic and food security status as well as the nutritional
status of children less than five years and ...
Abundance and efficiency of garden pea nodulating rhizobia in central Kenya soils
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Garden pea is an important foreign exchange earner in the Kenyan economy and an excellent
source of dietary proteins for its people. Its production is limited by the low soil nitrogen in
major pea producing areas of ...
Psychological Outcomes of Current Infant Feeding Dilemma for HIV-Infected Mothers
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Infant feeding (IF) in the context of HIV is challenged by the potential and cumulative
risk of MTCT of HIV through breastfeeding (BF), and the risks associated with
replacement feeding (RF). The human rights approach ...
Honey market structure and pricing efficiency in the pastoral areas of Baringo District, Kenya
(2008)
A competitive market structure is a sufficient condition for the market pncmg
efficiency. This in turn ensures that price provides producers with the incentives to
enhance production depending on available resources. The ...
Methods for breaking dormancy of potato seed tubers (solanum tuberosum l.)
(2008)
Experiments were conducted between June 2005 and December 2006 at the Kenya
Agricultural Research Institute (KARl) National Potato Research Center (NPRC) - Tigoni,
to evaluate alternative methods of dormancy breaking and ...
Evaluation of inoculation techniques and screening markers for smut (ustilago scitaminea syd) resistance in sugarcane
(2008)
Sugarcane smut 111 Kenya cause severe losses in susceptible varieties. Seedling smut
screening may select for sugarcane genotypes with physiological resistance, and may
therefore be of great use to the industry because ...
Effects of commonly used analgesic drugs and trigeminal nerve fiber proportions in the speke-hinged tortoise (kinixys Spekil) and the marsh terrapin (pelomedusa subrufa)
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
This study was undertaken to explore the nociception and antinociception in the speke-hinged
tortoise (Kinixys spekii) and the marsh terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa). Four nociceptive tests,
namely the formalin-, hot plate-, ...
Involvement of men in health, nutritional care and support of women attending antenatal clinics in urban low income areas: case of Nairobi, Kenya.
(2008)
This cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was conducted between September
and October 2005. It sought to determine male involvement in health, nutritional care and
support of pregnant women attending urban ...
Dewatering and drying characteristics of water hyacinth (eichhornia crassipes) petiole
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Water hyacinth has become a sort of menace in several lakes, rivers and dams
in Africa, especially Kenya. This has lead to the accumulation of large mounts
with high moisture content and very low drying rates; hence there ...