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Performance analysis of different subsurface drainage materials installed in the lowlands of Mumias sugar company estate
(University of Nairobi, 1996)
The Murnias Sugar Company (MSC), which is the study area, has a nucleus estate measuring
over 3,000 ha. These comprise 2,527 ha of well drained uplands and 870 ha of poorly
drained lowlands. The poorly drained lowlands ...
Micro environmental influences of Acacia Etbuica and Acacia Tortilis on herbaceous layer production Inimukogodo Rangeland, Laikipia District
(1996-09)
The influence of the canopy cover of mature Acacia etbaica and A. tortilis, on
micro-environment was studied by measuring the ground layer Above ground Net
Primary Productivity (ANPP), cover, species composition, soil ...
Evaluation of an intensive dairy farming system among small scale farmers in Nakuru District
(1996)
This study was undertaken to identify differences in income,
milk availability, labour involvement and the nutritional status
of pre-school children among F.S.K (Farming Systems Kenya)
households and non-F. S.K households ...
The nutritional knowledge mid child feeding Practices of mothers discharged from Mbooni Family life training centre in 1994
(1996)
Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) still remains a major health problem in Kenya and other developing countries. The factors associated with high prevalence of PEM in children are many but the immediate cause of death and ...
Nutritive evaluation of grain Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) in broiler chicken diets
(1996)
Studies were carried out to determine the nutritive value
of grain amaranth as a feed ingredient for broiler chickens and
assess the extent to which it could replace maize in broiler
diets. Three grain species were ...
Effects of diammonium phosphate and potassium application and deflowering on yield and quality of coepea (Vigna unguiculate (L) Walp) leaves
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1996)
Two experimients were carried out during the short rains of 1992 and the long rains of 1992 and the long rains of 1993 at the University of Nairobi’s Kabete Campus Field Station to study the effects of; (i) diammonium ...
Use of fresh cassava and sweet potato root pulps in cake making
(University of Nairobi, 1996)
Fresh pulps of three cassava cultivars (cv. Serexe, cv.
Dnrika, cv. Namba munana) and two sweet potato cultivars (cv.
MaaenQ-L4, cv. BiaalB) , were characterised for their physicochemical
properties and related to those ...
Evaluation of black jack (Bidens Pilosa L.) resistance to paraquat
(University of Nairobi, 1996)
Two experiments were conducted to study resistance of Bidens. pilosa to paraquat. A
resistant and susceptible biotypes of the weed were used. The first experiment looked at the
effect of paraquat application rate on ...
Development of a colorimetric assay to assess drug susceptibilities in trypanosoma congolense
(University of Nairobi, 1996)
When propagated in vitro bloodstream forms of all Trypanosoma brucei subspecies give
suspension cultures while T Congolense gives predominantly adherent ones. As a result, in
vitro assays used in assessing drug sensitivity ...