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Utilizing milk from pooling facilities as a novel approach for foot-and-mouth disease surveillance.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
This study investigated the potential of pooled milk as an alternative sample type for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) surveillance. Real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) results of pooled milk samples collected weekly from five pooling ...
Survey data on factors that influence the adoption of soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
The data described in this paper were collected in Western Kenya, specifically in Kakamega and Vihiga Counties. The data were collected from 334 households with the aim of assessing factors that facilitate or constrain the ...
Do Nutrition Education Approaches With Preschoolers and Their Caregivers Influence Retention of Biofortified Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato on Farms?: Evidence From Homa Bay County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-07)
Background: Biofortified staples have been promoted widely in sub-Saharan Africa to combat micronutrient deficiencies. Contemporary projects are increasingly using elementary schools to target households with these ...
The contribution of extensive chicken production systems and practices to Newcastle disease outbreaks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-02)
Newcastle disease (ND) poses a challenge especially for farmers rearing indigenous chicken under the extensive system. This is due to the lack of uniformity in practices, favoring the introduction and spread of the disease. ...
What is the impact of rural bank credit access on the technical efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Ghana? An endogenous switching regression analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2021-05)
This paper assesses the impact of access to credit from rural and community banks (RCBs) on the technical efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Ghana. The study employed the stochastic frontier, and endogenous ...
Scaling up crop diversification among farming communities for food security under climate change: A case study of the Kenyan pelis programme
(Ajfand, 2021-06-18)
Climate change poses significant risks to food security globally with predictions of 10- 20 % decline in rain-fed crop yields by 2050. Sub-Saharan Africa remains highlysusceptible to food shortage since over 95 % of the ...
Contribution of cassava and cassava-based products to food and nutrition security in Migori County, Kenya
(Ajfand, 2021-06-22)
The promotion of cassava as a staple and food security crop is widespread in Africa, Kenya included. Overreliance on cassava as a sole energy provider could lead to malnutrition. Consumption of high hydro-cyanide levels ...
Prevalence of aflatoxins in dietary staples in the border County of Busia, Western Kenya
(Ajfand, 2021-06-18)
Aflatoxins, secondary metabolites of some Aspergillus fungi, are of public health importance. They are major contaminants of cereals and tubers. Data on prevalence of aflatoxin contamination of sorghum, millet and cassava ...
Processing methods affect phytochemical contents in products prepared from orange‐fleshed sweetpotato leaves and roots
(Wiley Online Library, 2020-12-25)
Phytochemicals enhance human health by acting antagonistically on incidences of
cancer and other chronic diseases. They are considered indispensable in a variety of
nutraceutical, pharmaceuticals, and medicinal and ...
Comparative profiling of lactic acid bacteria isolates in optimized and spontaneous fermentation of cowpea leaves.
(John Wiley & Sons, 2021-01-23)
In as much as spontaneous fermentation of cowpea leaves enhances product
diversification, the process is rather slow with poor product quality. Limited work
has been undertaken to provide input toward standardization of ...