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The potential impact of improved maize seeds and fertlllsers on food security and incomes of smallholder farmers in the Mumias sugar scheme
(2006)
The high incidence of poverty (35% in 2002) and food insecurity in Kenya has prompted
the government to put in place policy measures such as the Poverty reduction strategy
paper, the economic recovery strategy to complement ...
Social economic factors influencing organic farming by smallholders:(the case of vihiga District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The study was motivated by the need to ascertain whether organic farming is suitable and
relevant as alternative means to improved small-holder livelihood \ with a view of
contributing to policy and programs targeting ...
Influence of soil parent materials on potassium availability to maize in western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Potassium (K) deficiency is an emerging problem in intensively cropped soils of Kenya; which
contradicts a hitherto existing belief that Kenyan soils have adequate K to meet crop needs. The
emerging K deficiency is ...
Characterization of aminoglycoside and chloramphenicol resistance in escherichia coli and salmonella enterica serotypes from some food animals in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic and commensal bacteria
has become a serious problem worldwide and an understanding of the molecular mechanisms
by which it emerges and spreads is crucial in ...