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Ownership and use of mobile phones for agricultural transactions by traders: The case of the Analanjirofo and Atsinanana Regions – Madagascar
(2012-06)
This paper analyzes the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in improving the performance of agricultural markets. It focuses on ownership and use of mobile phone by the rural traders in the Regions of ...
Exit, voice and loyalty in Kenya’s french bean industry: what lessons can we learn from smallholder farmers’ past response to international food safety standards?
(2011)
Kenya is one of the leading exporters of fresh vegetables to Europe. Kenyan exporters
have since the 1990s targeted the leading European supermarkets with their produce.
However, the food safety scandals of the 1980s and ...
Cases of Pig Poisoning Encountered Naturally in Smallholder Farms in Nairobi and Its Environs
(2011)
Systematic necropsies were conducted on 84 pig carcasses presented to Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology between June 2004 and June 2007. Affected farms were visited in order to gather epidemiological data. ...
Evaluation of Dry Mature Pigeonpea Seeds for Processing and Eating Quality
(Gembloux Agricultural University, 2000)
Several pigeonpea cultivars have been developed through collaborative efforts by the
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, the University of Nairobi, and ICRISAT. While these
cultivars possess a number of traits acceptable ...
Total phenolic content, antioxidant and antidiabetic properties of methanolic extract of raw and traditionally processed Kenyan indigenous food ingredients
(2012-03)
Certain indigenous foods commonly consumed by Kenyan vulnerable groups (the malnourished; children under 5 years of age; pregnant and lactating women; malnourished adults in cases of vitamin or mineral deficiencies, TB, ...
Decomposition and nutrient release rates of selected legume residues in a cold semiarid environment of Kenya
(2013)
Incorporation of legume residues in soil is a low cost option for improving soil fertility, but its effectiveness
depends on residue quality. A study was conducted for two seasons (2007 and 2008) to determine the
decomposition ...
Evaluation of Genetic Variability of Kenyan, Gennan and Austrian Isolates of Exserohilum turcicum using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism DNA Marker
(2010)
Eighty nine Exserohilum turcicum isolates comprising 56 Kenyan, 26 German and 7 Austrian isolates were isolated from diseased maize plants and cultured on complete liquid medium to generate mycelium for DNA extraction. DNA ...
Nitrogen fixation potential and residual effects of selected grain legumes in a Kenyan soil
(2013)
Based on their performance attributes, butter bean (variety Ex-kasuku) and grass pea (Selection 1325) have been
identified as potential alternative legumes for the maize-based cropping system in the cold semi-arid region ...
Diversity and abundance of nematodes in agroecosystems of Kenya
(2004)
A review of nematodes associated with crops has revealed that almost every crop or group of crops is attacked by one or several nematode pests, which cause economic losses in heavily infested fields. The most commonly ...
Effects of Nitrogen Application on Growth and Yield of Snowpeas (Pisum sativum)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
An experiment was conducted at Kabete field station, University of Nairobi between March and July 2000 (season I) and between June and September 2000 (season II) to determine the effect of different rates of nitrogen (N) ...