Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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An assessment of the pollution of Kabuthi river by wastewater from Dagoretti slaughterhouses complex in Kiambu district of Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology,, 2008)Wastewater is an important source of environmental pollution. Both ground and surface water is polluted by wastewater from abattoirs, domestic, agricultural and industrial effluent. Wastewater from slaughterhouses contains ... -
Effects of water restriction on the performance of local dairy goats and their kids in the arid western lowlands of Eritrea.
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 1998)The study was conducted in the western lowlands of Eritrea at Tessenei Dairy Goat Multiplication and Demonstration Station located in Gash-Barka zone, 365 killsnorthwest of Asmara. The objective of the study was to ... -
Impact of grass reseeding technology on rehabilitation of The degraded rangelands: a case study of Kibwe i district,Kenya
(2009)A study was undertaken at Kibwezi division of Kibwezi district to investigate and evaluate the practice and success factors responsible for the range rehabilitation work undertaken by the Dryland Husbandry Project (DHP) ... -
Abundance and diversity of soil mites (acari) in Different land use types in embu And taita taveta districts, Kenya
(2009)The survey of soil mites was carried out with two main objectives: (i) To determine the effect of land use types and seasons on abundance and diversity of soil mites and (ii) to establish the effects of soil chemical ... -
The effect of irrigation management on crop water requirement and crop water productivity of tomato and sweet corn in Kibwezi, Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), 2009)Research on crop water requirement and productivity is important to reduce agricultural water use in arid and semiarid areas (ASAL), where water is a limited resource. A study was conducted to determine crop water ... -
Analysis of the effect of land tenure on technical efficiency in smallholder crop production in Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2010)The agricultural sector in Kenya has been facing several challenges among them declining yields. Although agricultural production in smallholding of less than three acres is the dominant characteristic of the economy in ... -
Towards integrated soil fertiuty management: quantitative Analysis of tradeoffs between risk and returns for small scale Farmers in Kiambu district, Kenya
(2013)Food insecurity in Kenya has been attributed to a number of factors, among them, fragile ecosystems and a steady decline in the growth of the agricultural sector, population pressure and slow growth in other sectors of ... -
Botanical composition and selection of forage by goats at Machang'a in central-Eastern Rangelands of Kenya
(Department of Agriculture, 1998)The botanical composition of Machang'a Fiel~ Station, Mbee~e, in Central- Eastern Kenya was inventoried by reconnaissance survey. The relative abundance of the various plant species and ground cover were then established ... -
Biological control of root-knot nematodes (meioidogyne spp.) In common bean using bacillus spp.
(2013)Bacillus spp. were isolated from the surface of healthy bean roots. Greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the effect of Bacillus spp. on root-knot nematodes and plant growth.Bean plants were treated with ... -
Effects of burn size and burn patterns on the above ground net primary production on savanna ecosystem, Laikipia Kenya.
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), 2009)This study investigated the separate and combined influences of fire and herbivores on herbaceous layer primary production in burn treatments of various scales and patchiness. The study was conducted in savanna ecosystem ... -
An economic analysis of cereal banks in bungoma and Butere-Mumias districts of western kenya
(2009)Cereal banking involves buying of cereals or grains during periods of lower prices, storing and selling out the stocks when prices are higher. In Kenya they were started with the aim of enhancing local food security and ... -
Hydrological modeling of Rainfall-runoff for Nyando River basin
(2010)River flooding has been associated with severe social and economic problems throughout the world. While deaths from most natural disasters have declined over the past two decades, loss of lives and property from flooding ... -
An assessment of the use and impact of mobile phone-based money Transfer services in Kenyan Agriculture
(2010)The pastoral areas of Kenya comprise over 80 % of the country's land area. These areas are inhabited by over 10 million people whose livelihoods mostly hinge on livestock. The area hosts over 70 percent of the national ... -
Impact of Land-use Change on Ecology, Resource Productivity and Adaptive Strategies of Smallholder Agro-Pastoralists in Machakos-Makueni Districts, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT) 2009, 2009)Semi arid areas in Kenya are experiencing socio-economic processes leading to land subdivisions and subsequent changes in land-use patterns. Changes in land-use negatively affect the ecological resource base through ... -
Effect of dietary treatments on body fat level in broiler chickens
(Department of Agriculture, 1988)Three experiments were carried out to evaluate the effect of dietary calorie:protein (C:P) ratio and diammonium citrate (DAC) on abdominal fat content and performance in broiler chickens. In Experiment one, a narrow ... -
Management of Aphid vectors of virus diseases on commercial potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2007)Aphid resistance in the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) crop is one of the methods of managing aphid pests in potato production, which are also known vectors of virus diseases. Results from field experiments using 18 ... -
Determination of efficiency and Factors influencing IT among the small scale Ware Potato producers in kenya
(2013-05-05)The average potato production levels in Kenya are low (8.74 tonlha) but farmers could still achieve high level of production of up to 25 tons/ha using the same technologies. This means that some potato farmers are losing ... -
Assessment of Kenyan sorghum diversity using morphological characters and molecular techniques
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2009)Characterization of the available Kenyan sorghum genetic diversity is important to understand the dynamics of the genetic resources and to improve and sustain sorghum productivity. The main aim of this study was to assess ... -
Grooming and its effect on the prevalence of tick borne diseases: a case study of wild yellow baboons (papio cynocephalus cynocephalus)
(Department of Medical Physiology, 2010)Behavioral studies on grooming in nonhuman primates have been carried out by several primatologists over the years. Nonhuman primates spend a lot of time grooming for various reasons which include health and social ... -
Potential of sweet potato to increase vitamin A Intake by children 25-60 months old in Rumuruti Division, Laikipia district of Kenya
(2010)Developing countries, more so those in sub-Saharan Africa, are having to grapple with high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. Food based approaches are being recommended as the sustainable interventions. In Kenya, ...