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In vivo anti-diabetic effects of aqueous leaf extracts of Rhoicissus tridentata in alloxan induced diabetic mice
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The drawbacks associated with conventional anti-diabetic agents have largely stimulated desire for alternative and
complementary anti-diabetic agents, majority of which are plant-derived. The medicinal plant,
Rhoicissus ...
Agricultural nematology in East and Southern Africa: problems, management strategies and stakeholder linkages
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
By 2050, Africa's population is projected to exceed 2 billion. Africa will have to increase food production more than 50% in the coming 50 years to meet the nutritional requirements of its growing population. Nowhere is ...
Climate variability; enhancing adaptive utilization of browse trees for improved livestock production among agro-pastoralists communities in Southern Zambia
(2012)
Agro-pastoralists whose sources of livelihood depend on rain-fed agriculture are very vulnerable to
ecological disturbance due to increasing climate variability. They are unable to adequately feed their
animals in times ...
Agricultural management affects earthworm and termite diversity across humid to semi-arid tropical zones
(2011)
Earthworm and termite diversity were studied in 12 long-term agricultural field trials across the subhumid to semi-arid tropical zones of Eastern and Western Africa. In each trial, treatments with high and low soil organic ...
Soil fertility management: Impacts on soil macrofauna, soil aggregation and soil organic matter allocation
(2011)
Maintenance of soil organic matter through integrated soil fertility management is important for soil quality and agricultural productivity, and for the persistence of soil faunal diversity and biomass. Little is known ...
Climate variability and dry season ruminant livestock feeding strategies in Southeastern Kenya
(2011)
Availability of feeds for livestock production is a major constraint to livestock production in dry lands of Kenya. This study was conducted to generate information on the climate of the semiarid lands of Southeastem Kenya ...
Crop and Soil Response to Tillage and Crop Residue Application in a Tropical Ferralsol in Sub-humid Western Kenya
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2012)
Conservation agriculture (CA) offers an opportunity to reverse prevailing land degradation and consequent loss of productivity often occasioned by intensive soil tillage in cropping systems in most parts of sub-Saharan ...
Legume Based Cropping and Soil Biodiversity Dynamics
(Springer Science+Business Media, 2011)
The soil is home to an enormous diversity of organisms, many of which are beneficial, while a small and equally diverse proportion contains harmful organisms. Legume cropping and husbandry practices impact negatively or ...
Smallholder farmers' feed material conseryation strategies in the tropical drylands of South-eastern Kenya
(2012)
Availability of feed is the major constraint to livestock production in the drylands of
southeastern Kenya. ln an effort to address this problem, this study was carried out to
identify and rank feed material conservation ...
Clinico-pathological findings of the 2011 outbreak of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in Tandahimba district, southern Tanzania
(2012)
Although PPR outbreaks were reported in Northern Tanzania since 2008, there has been no description of the
clinical or pathological manifestation of the disease, an important criterion in guiding veterinarians and farmers ...