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Effect of land use changes on adaptive strategies for smallholder agro-pastoralists in Kenya
(2012)
study to characterize existing adaptive strategies and shifts in smallholder agro-pastoralists in relation to changes in land use and land subdivisions was carried out. A total of 48.9% of respondent indicated that there ...
Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya
(2011)
Improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers. In
major urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections selling variety of leafy vegetables ...
Awareness of Mobile Phone-Based Money Transfer Services in Agriculture by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
(2012-01)
Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization
in developing countries. The ICT revolution in Africa has however brought an opportunity to ease
this ...
Increased incidence of symptomatic peripheral neuropathy among adults receiving stavudine- versus zidovudine-based antiretroviral regimens in Kenya
(2012-06)
The incidence of peripheral neuropathy (PN) among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) containing stavudine (d4T) versus zidovudine (ZDV) is not well described. We compared 1-year incidence between d4T- and ...
Nutritional Value of Berchemia discolor: A Potential to Food and Nutrition Security of Households
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2012)
Drylands have a multitude of livelihood problems where food insecurity is one of the serious impediments. Both transhumance and settled farmers make their living in the semiarid parts of east Shewa, Ethiopia. They adapt ...
Combining abilities of maize inbred lines for grey leaf spot (GLS), grain yield and selected agronomic traits in Kenya
(2013)
The genetics of resistance to grey leaf spot (GLS) disease, grain yield and selected agronomic traits was studied in 42 F1 progenies from a full diallel cross among seven maize inbred lines. These 42 F1 progenies and seven ...
Potential of processing potato flakes from popular Kenyan potato varieties
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Losses of potatoes are incurred during seasons of glut and farmers are forced to sell their produce to middlemen at low prices due to short storage life of the raw tubers. Processing potatoes after harvesting into dehydrated ...
A typical actinobacillosis in an adult friesian cow
(2011)
Actinobacillosis due to Actinobacillus
lignieresi, has been reported in domestic
animals including cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo,
horses and dogs (Carmalt et al., 1999;
Kennerman et al., 2006; Muhammad et al.,
2006; ...
Pathogen Diversity in African Small Farming Systems for the Assessment of Food Security and the Improvement of African Agricultural Productivity
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01-13)
African smallholder farmers play a pivotal role in meeting the future food demand in view of the global population growth. Small farms (usually smaller than two hectares,) dominate African agricultural systems. The 'maize ...
Factors leading to slow growth in listed firms on stock markets in the East Africa region: the case of Nairobi Security Exchange(NSE).
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07-31)
A stock market is a key component of a vibrant economy. It is not only vital to the listing company but to the
government too. It is thus, an obligation of the respective Governments to offer an enabling environment
friendly ...