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Is small beautiful? Village level taxation of natural resources in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
This article examines collection of natural resources revenue by village governments in Tanzania as part of a decentralisation reform. An analysis of empirical data in the form of taxation records from 14 villages, which ...
Relationship between late blight [Phytophthora infestans] of potato on tuber and foliage, as affected by the disease severity on foliage, cultivar resistance, and atmospheric and soil variables
(2007)
Potato tuber blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans, is an important component of the late blight pathosystem. Although the dynamics of tuber blight on potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivars have been evaluated, the effects ...
Compliance with international food safety standards in Kenya's green bean industry: Comparison of a small-and a large-scale farm producing for export
(2007)
European food safety standards have increased the fixed and transactions costs of Kenyan green bean farmers while requiring more stringent quality monitoring by exporting firms. This paired case study finds that large farms ...
Occurrence and Severity of Angular Leaf Spot of Common Bean in Kenya as Influenced by Geographical Location, Altitude and Agroecological Zones
(2007)
A survey to determine the prevalence, incidence and severity of angular leaf spot of common bean was conducted in Embu, Kakamega, Kiambu, Machakos and Taita Taveta districts of Kenya. The districts were selected based on ...
Nuclear ribosomal pseudogenes resolve a corroborated monophyly of the eucalypt genus Corymbia despite misleading hypotheses at functional ITS paralogs
(Science Direct, 2007)
Divergent paralogs can create both obstacles and opportunities for phylogenetic reconstruction. Phylogenetic relationships among eucalypt genera have been incongruent among datasets in previous studies, where morphological ...
Response of membrane bioreactor to feed starvation shock load
(2007)
The impact of feed starvation condition on the biological characteristics and the performance of an aerobic submerged Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) system was investigated. The synthetic wastewater treated in MBR under ...
Effect of Fish Pond Effluents Irrigation on French Beans in Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
When fish are recovered from ponds, the effluent is often drained presenting both an environmental challenge and an agricultural opportunity. The effects of irrigation with pond effluent and its interaction with applied ...
Phylogenetics in plant biotechnology: principles, obstacles and opportunities for the resource poor
(2007)
Phylogenetic inference has become routine for most studies of genetic variation among plant taxa.
However, inferring phylogenies can be confounded by both biological and computational or statistical
complexities, resulting ...