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Characterization of smallholder dairy production systems for livestock improvement in Kenya highlands
(University of Nairobi, 2007-08-19)
Principal components analysis and cluster analysis were used to classify smallholder dairy farms in terms of risk management strategies, level of household resources, dairy intensification and access to services and markets ...
Utilization Of Border Crops To Manage Aphid Colonization And PVY Incidence On Potato(Solanum tuberosum L)
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolorL.), wheat (Triticum aestivumL.), maize(Zea MaysL.), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and garden pea (Pisum sativumL.) were tested as border crops for their ability to reduce the number of ...
Comparative Efficacy of Albenzazole, Levamisole, Rafoxanide and Ivermectin Against Naturally Acquired Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Goats
(University of Nairobi., 2007)
A study of the efficacy of 4 antihelmintics was carried out using a faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) in 105 goats on breeding farm at Ol'Magogo, Naivasha, Kenya. The goats were randomly assigned to 7 groups; received ...
Long-run determinants of moral hazard in microfinance: a study of group lending programs from Malawi using panel data
(2007)
This paper investigates the determinants of moral hazard from a panel data where the individual time series have unequal length (unbalanced panel data). The estimation is done using the XTPROBIT procedure in STATA. The ...
Genotypic variability in sesame mutant lines in Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 2009)
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L) is one of the major oil crops with potential for production by small- scale holders in the marginal agro-ecological zones of Kenya. Variability studies on yield and yield components of sesame ...
Economic Performance Of The ‘push–pull’ Technology For Stemborer And Striga Control In Smallholder Farming Systems In Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008-07)
The ‘push–pull’ technology (PPT), developed in Africa, offers effective control of cereal stemborers and Striga weed in maize-based cropping systems. It involves intercropping maize with desmodium, Desmodium uncinatum, ...
Thin and Strong! The Bioengineering Dilemma in the Structural and Functional Design of the Blood-Gas Barrier
(University of Nairobi, 2005-07)
In gas exchangers, the tissue barrier, the partition that separates the respiratory media (water/air and hemolymph/blood), is exceptional for its remarkable thinness, striking strength, and vast surface area. These properties ...
Some recent advances on the study and understanding of the functional design of the avian lung: morphological and morphometric perspectives
(University of Nairobi, 2002-02)
The small highly aerobic avian species have morphometrically superior lungs while the large flightless ones have less well-refined lungs. Two parabronchial systems, i.e. the paleopulmo and neopulmo, occur in the lungs of ...
The implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Ghana.
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
On the basis of a detailed case study of the High Forest Zone of Ghana, the paper challenges the common narrative of REDD as being fast and easy. The paper analyses proximate and underlying causes of deforestation and ...