Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Adapting Nyando Smallholder Farming Systems To Climate Change And Variability Through Modelling
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study was carried out in Nyando, Kisumu County to model maize production under different climate scenarios and project the yields for the years 2030 and 2050. A crop model, Decision Support System for Agrotechnology ... -
Association Between Performance and Injury With Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status Among Athletes: Case of Iten Training Camp in the Rift Valley of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Kenyan athletes are renowned over the world for their endurance running in middle and long distance races. They have won approximately 40% of all major international long and middle races that they have participated during ... -
n Vitro Antiploriferative Activity, Phytochemical Composition and Toxicity Studies of Fagaropsis Angolensis and Prunus Africana Crude Extracts
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Antiproliferative and Cytotoxicity screening models are the preliminary methods for selection of active plant extracts against cancer. Fagaropsis angolensis (FA) and Prunus africana (PA) have wide ranging ethno medicinal ... -
Effect Of Watering Points On Vegetation And Soil Physio-Chemical Properties And Community Based Water Resource Conservation In Kajiado County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Water crisis in the Kenyan rangelands threatens the sustainability of pastoral livelihoods. The Water Act of 2002 created the Water Resource Users’ Associations (WRUAs) to enhance water resource conservation and enhance ... -
Pastoralists’ perceptions and risk of human Brucellosis in Kajiado county, Kenya
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An analysis of determinants of access to and use of credit by smallholder farmers in Suakoko district, Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2017) -
Analysis of Economic Value, Utilization and Conservation of Selected Non-timber Forest Products in the Falgore Game Reserve in Kano, Nigeria
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The increasing degradation of non-timber forest resources due to anthropogenic activities and the growing impacts of climate variability and change call for a shift in the approaches of managing natural resources. Experts ... -
Integrating Traditional Techniques Into Conventional Preservation Methods to Upgrade Pastoral Deep-fried Beef Products in Kenya
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Spatial and temporal analysis of forest cover change in Falgore Game Reserve in Kano, Nigeria Citation:
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Introduction: Multi-temporal land-use and land-cover data provides a historical vehicle for determining and evaluating long-term trends in bio-physical landscapes. Land-use and land-cover assessment and mapping is one ... -
Nutrient Management Options for Enhancing Productivity of Maize and Beans Under Conservation and Conventional Tillage Systems
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Effectiveness Of Video Mediated Learning And Farmer Field School On Striga Weed Management Among Maize Farmers Of Rachuonyo South Sub-County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Agricultural extension services are key in providing knowledge and information on various agricultural interventions. Farmer education is the most critical input geared towards this endeavor. Maize is one of the principal ... -
Response of Potato Genotypes to Virus Infection and Effectiveness of Positive Selection in Management of Seed Borne Potato Viruses
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Potato seed degeneration resulting from accumulation of seed borne viral pathogens in seed-tubers is a major challenge limiting optimal yields in potato growing areas around the world especially in the tropics. A study was ... -
Serodiagnosis of Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis Infections in Sheep.
(University of Nairobi, 1984)In a serodiagnostic investigation on CorYnebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in sheep, the phenomenon of synergistic haemolytic activity of metabolites from £. pseudotuberculosis and C. egui was investigated. It ... -
Management Of Ware Potato Sprouting During Long Term Storage In The Tropical Conditions Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Potato is an important crop in Kenya. However, its long term storage is low owing to a number of constraints. Amongst these is inadequate post-harvest handling techniques and short dormancy of popular cultivars leading ... -
Forest Fence Impact On Access To Fodder And Development Of Dairy Production
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Improving Nutrition of Lactating Mothers in a Peri-urban Using Traditional Vegetables. A Case of Mwanamukia in Nairobi
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Analysis of Fodder Production and Marketing in the Rangelands of Southern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya have adopted fodder production to address the problem of livestock feed scarcity, as well as to diversify their household incomes from the sale ... -
Molecular Identification and Characterization of Anaplasma Haemoparasites Isolated From Cattle and Sheep in Homabay County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Anaplasmosis is a cosmopolitan tick-borne disease of great importance in tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa and is caused by Anapalsma haemoparasites. The parasite infects a variety of hosts including ... -
An Evaluation of Effect of Two Extenders and Storage Temperature on Quality of Alpine Goat Semen Processed With and Without Seminal Plasma
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This study was designed to evaluate the quality of semen of Alpine goats extended in OptixcellTM ((OPT), a commercially available semen extender) and coconut water based eggyolk- containing extender (COC) with and without ...