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Role of camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet and income.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-04-20)Pastoral livestock production in Kenya is subject to unpredictable rainfall and drought occurrences. These adverse climatic conditions have led to vulnerable and insecure pastoral livelihoods. Despite the potential to ... -
Role of cattle and institutional resources in dairy cattle improvement. A case study of the development of dairy cattle breeding programmes for A.I. bulls in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary services,, 1987) -
The role of collective action in overcoming the challenges of European Food Safety Standards: The Case of Kenya’s French Bean and Nile Perch Industries
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)The European Union (EU) is the leading importer of developing-country high value exports. EU countries have in the last two decades developed stringent food safety standards and imposed them on developing-country fresh ... -
The Role of Community-Based Animal Health Care in Rural Development.
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 2002) -
The role of dairy cooperative societies in providing services to small-holder dairy farmers in Kiambu district, Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1995)A study on the role of dairy cooperative societies in providing services to small-holder dairy farmers in Kiambu district, Kenya, was carried out through interview to staff from various cooperative societies and farmers. ... -
The role of drought among agro-pastoral communities in a semi-arid environment: The case of Botswana
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2013-04)Agro-pastoral livelihoods in semi-arid Botswana have evolved and adapted to recurrent droughts endemic to the region. Droughts, more than any other phenomena, have shaped and influenced rural communities' interaction with ... -
The Role of Farm Credit in Food Production: The Case of Lake Kenyatta Settlement Scheme, Kenya
(College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1985) -
The role of farmer field schools approach in improving tea production among smallholding in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Tea production, processing and marketing in Kenya is under management of two sectors. The two sectors include; Kenya Tea Development Agency which manages approximately six hundred thousand small scale farmers ... -
The role of gren manure legumes in smallholder farming systems in Kenya: the legume research network project
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 2003)Low soil fertility is a major constraint hampering the productivity of Kenyan smallholder farms. Green manure (GM) legume technologies were introduced in 1994 by the Legume Research Network Project (LRNP) as an accessible ... -
The role of health care in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: evidence from Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Vetinary Anatomy, 2009)In 2006, Deuchert and Brody1 presented findings from an analysis of the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) suggesting that prophylactic tetanus toxoid (TT) injection during pregnancy is a vector for HIV. The ... -
The Role of ICT-Based Market Information Services in Spatial Food Market Integration: The Case of Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange
(IGI Global.Department of Agricultural Economics, 2011)The government of Malawi in 2004 initiated an ICT-based Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange (MACE), a market information service project, to improve access by farmers to market information. MACE was intended to improve ... -
The role of liberalized dairy industry in rural development in Kenya
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The Role of Livestock In the Ethiopian Economy: Policy Analysis Using A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model for Ethiopia
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 2012)Researchers and policymakers increasingly recognize that the livestock sector supports the livelihoods of a large proportion of rural households in most African countries and may have an important role to play in rural ... -
Role of maize residues in transmission of maize chlorotic mottle virus and effect on yield
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Maize chlorotic mottle virus (MCMV) is the only established member of the genus Machlomovirus and it is imperative in the development of maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease. Infection of maize plants with MCMV can cause ... -
The Role Of Moisture In The Successful Rehabilitation Of Denuded Patches Of A Semi - Arid Environment In Kenya
(University of NairobiLand Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 2010)This study investigated the role of moisture in the successful rehabilitation of denuded patches in semi-arid lands of Kenya and the primary productivity of three perennial rangelands grasses namely Cenchrus ciliaris ... -
The role of molecular markers in the improvement of drought tolerance and insect resistance in maize.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)No abstract available -
The role of parasitic diseases as causes of mortality in small ruminants in a high-potential farming area in central Kenya
(2001)A 15-year retrospective study was performed to determine the role of parasitic diseases in causing mortalities in small ruminants. In total, 115 (32 %) sheep were diagnosed as having been killed by parasitic diseases out ... -
The role of placental binucleate cells in implantation and steroid metabolism in sheep and goats.
(Department of Veterinary Medicine, 1988) -
The role of placental gonadotrophins (PMSG and hCG) in pregnancy in the rat.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1978-05)Treatment of rats with anti-PMSG and anti-hCG for 5 days from Days 6, 11 or 16 of pregnancy caused variable necrosis of fetal tissue, the extent of which increased from the chorionic cells to the inner trophoblastic layers ...