Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Gachene, Charles K. K."
Now showing items 1-2 of 2
-
Impact Of Enclosure Management On Soil Properties And Microbial Biomass In A Restored Semi-arid Rangeland, Kenya
Mureithi, Stephen M.; Verdoodt, Ann; Gachene, Charles K. K.; Njoka, Jesse T.; Wasonga, Vivian O.; De Neve, Stefaan; Meyerhoff, Elizabeth; Van Rans, Eric (University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Rangeland degradation is a serious problem throughout sub-Saharan Africa and its restoration is a challenge for the management of arid and semi-arid areas. In Lake Baringo Basin of Kenya, communities and individual farmers ... -
Intercropping Optimizes Soil Temperature and Increases Crop Water Productivity and Radiation Use Efficiency of Rainfed Potato
Nyawade, Shadrack O; Karanja, Nancy N; Gachene, Charles K. K.; Gitari, Harun I; Elmar, Schulte-Geldermann; Parker, Monica L (University of Nairobi, 2019)Integrating crop species with different photosynthetic pathways has great potential to increase efficiency in the use of scarce resources. In order to tap the resource complementarity emanating from this mix, this study ...