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Adaptation of Jatropha curcas L. in the agroecological environments of Kenya: genotype × environment interactions ana lysis
(2012)
Jatropha curcas L. has the potential for becoming an important feedstock for biodiesel and
bioenergy in Kenya. The objective of this study was to evaluate the e"ects of genotype X` environment
interaction and to determine ...
Estimating seroprevalence and variation to four tick-borne infections and determination of associated risk factors in cattle under traditional mixed farming system in Mbeere District, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2010)
A cross-sectional study of serum antibody responses of cattle to tick-borne disease (TBD)
parasites (Theileria parva, Theileria mutans, Anaplasma marginale and Babesia bigemina) was conducted on traditional smallholder ...
Screening of some Kenyan Medicinal Plants for Antibacterial Activity.
(2010)
Eleven medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Machakos and Kitui District were screened, namely:
Ajuga remota Benth, Aloe secundijlora Engl, Amaranthus hybridus L, Cassia didymobotrya Fes, Croton
macrostachyus ...
Farmers’ participatory selection for early bulking cassava genotypes in semi-arid Eastern Kenya
(2011)
Cassava is an important food security crop in semi-arid, Eastern Kenya, but production is constrained by
planting late bulking landraces. Therefore, farmer participatory variety selection was initiated with the aim
of ...
Introgression of stay-green trait into a Kenyan farmer prefered sorghum variety
(2010)
Backcross breeding enables breeders to transfer a desired trait from a Genetic Improvement of Kenyan sorghum variety for drought resistance donor parent, into the favoured genetic background of a recurrent parent. This ...
Institutional and organisational requirements for implementing the Livestock Identification and Traceability System in Kenya.
(2010)
Livestock Identification and Traceability Systems (LITS) contribute to reduction, control or eliminated
safety scares that result from transbounadry diseases outbreaks. Recent studies on LITS in Kenya have
been focused ...
Incidence and risk factors of periparturient conditions in smallholder dairy cattle herds in Kikuyu Division of Kiambu District, Kenya
(2012)
A study was carried out on 117 smallholder dairy cattle herds in Kikuyu Division
of Kiambu District Kenya between April 2004 and December 2004 to determine
the incidence of periparturient conditions (downer cow syndrome, ...
Crop–Livestock–Waste Interactions in Nakuru’s Urban Agriculture
(International Potato Center,, 2010)
As a complement to the research in Nairobi presented in the previous chapter, which
mapped materials and market flows of nutrients in Kenya’s capital city, this chapter
presents a more in-depth picture of sources and ...
Farmers’ perspectives on factors limiting tomato production and yields in Kabete, Kiambu county, Kenya.
(Standard Research Journals, 2013-01)
A survey was carried out at Kabete, Central Kenya to establish the limitations and constraints experienced by farmers’ growing tomatoes. A structured questionnaire was prepared and tested in the field before actual survey ...