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Socio-Economic and Institutional Constraints to Accessing Credit among Smallholder Farmers in Nyandarua District, Keny
(2010)
Amongst the challenges faced by smallholder farmers
in production is inaccessibility to credit. This s
tudy sought to
identify household socio-economic and institutional
constraints influencing access to credit among ...
Productivity of farmer-preferred maize varieties intercropped with beans in semi-arid Kenya
(2013)
Farmers in the semi-arid regions grow drought tolerant maize varieties and practice maize-legume intercropping. A study was conducted in Machakos, Mwea and Waruhiu in 2008 short rains and 2009 long rains to determine the ...
Current Stereological Methods and Tools for Simple Quantification of Biological Structure: A short Review
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2004)
A statement like “the cells were more numerous” conveys little meaning unless numbers are attached to the observations. Fortunately, a set of general methods, known as stereology, may be used to quantify tissue structural ...
Modelling of a locally fabricated flat-plate solar milk pasteuriser using artificial neural network
(2013)
The objective of this work was to develop an artificial neural network model to predict milk temperature
of a locally fabricated solar milk pasteuriser, based on measures of error deviation from experimental
data. A ...
Occurrence of high udder infection rates in dairy cows in Ungunja Island of Zanzibar, Tanzania
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2003)
A 2-week screening was performed in small holder dairy farms in 4 districts of Ungunja Island of Zanzibar in August and September 2002. A total of 128 cows from 49 farms were screened for mastitis using the California ...
The Ultrastructural Dynamics of Parasite-Host Cell Interactions as demonstrated in Besnoitia besnoiti (Apicomplexa, Protozoa):
(2007)
Besnoitia besnoiti is an obligate intracellular coccidian protozoa of significant economic importance in the regions where it occurs. The parasite exhibits two forms in its intermediate hosts; the rapidly multiplying ...
Sugar factories development, management and financing of the sugar industry, and outgrowers issues.
(2004)
Kenyan sugar factories have low capacity utilisation. Low overall time efficiency is attributed both stoppages due to cane unavailability and to factory problems. Apart from Mumias Sugar Factory, there is considerable room ...
Estimation Of Impact Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia On Pastoralists In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an infectious disease which impacts cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa. To adequately allocate resources for its control, there is a need to assess its impact on cattle ...
Evaluation of Agronomic Performance of Green Gram Accessions Grown Under Reduced Light Intensity in the Arid and Semiarid Areas of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
ims: To evaluate the role of indigenous knowledge in the use and conservation of wild medicinal food plants in Loita sub-county, Narok County.
Study Design: Stratified random sampling was used to select respondents.
Place ...