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Whole Farm Economic Analysis Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies In Kilifi District, Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 1994-12)A whole farm simulation model termed the Technology Impact Evaluation System (TIES) was applied for assessing ex-ante financial and economic impacts of immunization of diary cattle against East Coast fever (ECF) by the ... -
Whole Farm Economic Evaluation Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies On Farms In The Uasin Gishu District Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1995-01)East Coast feve (ECF) is a major constraint limiting livestock production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. The infection and treatment method (ITM) has proven effective in research station and field trials. The ... -
Whole Farm Simulation Analysis Of Economic Impacts Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies On Mixed Crop-livestock Farms In Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 1996)A whole farm simulation approach was used to assess the economic impacts of five alternative strategies for controlling East Coast Fever (ECF), a cattle disease, on farms from two sites in Kenya. The strategies were also ... -
Why a Nobel Peace Prize for Environmental Activism?
(University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Why besnoitiosis was not diagnosed in goats in Kenya as early as 1955
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1968) -
Why combine private and communal tree management? A case-study based in Majawanga (Gairo, Tanzania)
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)Despite the focus on the importance of trees in Africa and the many projects that try to improve their management, there is very little research and few development projects which address tree related problems in a holistic ... -
WHY PESTS AND DISEASES REGULATION SHOULD CONCERN MANKIND
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 2013)Nature, through balancing mechanisms, provides ecosystem services, comprising provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services for the survival of mankind (MEA, Ecosystems and human well-being: biodiversity ... -
Wild Edible Fruits of lmportance for Human Nutrition in Semiarid Parts of East ShewaZone, Ethiopia: Associated lndigenous Knowledge and lmplications to Food SecuritY
(2011)Nutrient value assessments and ethnobotanical studies of three wild edible fruit species [Ziziphus spina-christi (L) Oesf., Balanites aegyptiaca (L) Del., Grewia flavescens A. Juss.J, were carried out from October 2009 ... -
Willingness to Pay for Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important trans-boundary cattle disease which affects food security and livelihoods. A conjoint analysis-contingent valuation was carried out on 190 households ... -
Willingness to pay for improved water supply due to spring protection in Emuhaya disrict, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)This study investigated willingness to pay for improved water services due to spring protection in Emuhaya District. Semi- structured questionnaires were used to generate qualitative and empirical data on 200 randomly ... -
Willingness to pay for Nairobi National Park: An application of discrete choice experiment
(AJ, 2021-02)Nairobi National Park is a protected ecosystem where various types of wildlife find hiding place. The park has in the recent past experienced destruction through construction of a standard gauge railway (SGR) line and a ... -
Wind protection in a hedged agroforestry system in semiarid Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Meteorology, 2000)Abstract, In semiarid Laikipia (Kenya) severe crop damage and loss of mulch material may be caused by south to south-easterly winds from June to September. Demonstration agroforestry systems which surround farms with ... -
Wirkungen von Nux vomica D4, D6, D10, Nux vomica-Homaccord ad us. vet. und Atropinum compositum ad us. vet. auf die intestinale Darmmotorik in vitro
(University of Nairobi,Department of Animal Physiology,, 1996) -
Within-plant distribution and seasonal population dynamics of flower thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) infesting French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of NairobiSchool of Biological Science, University of Nairobi, 2009)The aim of this research was to study spatial distribution of flower thrips on French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Kenya. Their build up and seasonal population dynamics was monitored using sticky blue colour traps ... -
Women entrepreneurship capacity development in Meru South and Kilifi districts of Kenya. Prepared for United Nations Industrial development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract available -
Women's Empowerment and Intra-household Gender Dynamics and Practices Around Sheep and Goat Production in South East Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Small ruminant production facets like decision-making, ownership, labour allocation, access to- and control over assets are gendered. This study investigates intra-household gender dynamics and practices around sheep and ... -
Woodlands and livelihoods of African pastoralists: The Maasai of Kajiado, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Range Management, 2001)A participatory vegetation inventory and research was conducted in Mashuuru Division, Kajiado District of Kenya, with an overall objective of capturing the indigenous knowledge of the Maasai pastoralist community on ...