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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 ...
The effects of nitrogen rates on yield, quality and nodulation, and storage temperatures on water and ascorbic acid changes in cowpea (vigna unguiculata (L) walp) leaf vegetable
(1991)
Two experiments were carried out between October and
December 1988, and repeated between January and May 1989 at the
Field Station, Faculty of Agriculture, Kabete \campus, University
of Nairobi, Kenya, to investigate ...
Response of diminazene resistant and diminazene susceptible trypanosoma congolense to treatment with diminazene when occurring as a mixed infection in goats
(1992)
The research described in this thesis was carried out to investigate the
phenotypic basis of resistance to diminazene (Berenil R) in Trypanosoma
congolense.
Earlier work has shown that, in both goats and mice, the ...
Effect of legume intercrop management practices and inorganic nitrogen application on growfh and yield of finger millet (eleusine coracana l.).
(1995)
Two-phased field experiments were conducted at Kabete Field Station, University
of Nairobi, Faculty of Agriculture, Kabete Campus and Field 3, Egerton University,
Njoro Campus to investigate the effects of legume intercrop ...
Effect of land use on physical and hydrological characteristics of Kabete soils
(1990)
Soil physical and hydrological properties of kabete soils were
evaluated at three different land use sites namely forest,
grass la n d , and cropland sites. The purpose of this work was to
determine the effect of selected ...
The epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants in a semi-arid area of Kenya with emphasis on hypobiosis of haemonchus contortus
(1995)
A study on the epidemiological dynamics of gastrointestinal
nematodes of small ruminants was conducted in a semi-arid area of Kenya
over a period of two years. Three major trichostrongylid species were
identified; ...
Plant nutrient composition and food preference by the giraffe, giraffa camelopardalis In Nairobi national park, Kenya
(1992)
Food preferences . of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the forest and
plains of Nairobi National Park were studied each month from July to November
inclusive in 1990. The Rank Preference Index indicated preferences ...
Genetics of stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis Westend.) resistance in the sort white spring wheat, Owens
(University of Alberta, 1992)
Stripe rust (yellow rust), caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. is a major
disease of wheat and barley, particularly in cool, moist growing seasons. The Canadian soft
white spring wheat, Owens, is known to possess ...
Use of an antigen trapping Elisa kit for field diagnosis of trypanosoma evans Infections in Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarlus)
(University of Nairobi, 1993)
The studies described in this thesis were conducted to evaluate field
application of the antigen-detection tube Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
(ELISA) kit developed by Nantulya (1989) for diagnosis of Trypanosoma ...
Effects of cow dung manure on some physical And chemical properties on saline - sodic soils in Kiboko Makueni district (Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
The effect of cow dung manure on some physical and chemical properties of salinesodic
soils in Kiboko, Makueni district were examined. Two soil types, namely, chromo- haplic
Lixisols for site 1 and mollic and sodic ...