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Why combine private and communal tree management? A case-study based in Majawanga (Gairo, Tanzania)
(University of Nairobi., 2007)
Despite the focus on the importance of trees in Africa and the many projects that try to improve their management, there is very little research and few development projects which address tree related problems in a holistic ...
The Importance of Local Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Research
(University of Nairobi., 2007)
For this special issue of TES we have selected four articles on constraints and options for managing trees in
Africa. The articles have been produced within a larger multidisciplinary research programme on People,
Trees ...
The history and present conditions of Suserup Skov - a nemoral, deciduous forest reserve in a cultural landscape
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
Effect of napier head smut disease on napier yields and the disease coping strategies in farming systems in central Kenya
(2007)
A survey was done in a total of 204 households in three districts of central Kenya, Kiambu, Thika and Nyeri to capture the dairy keeping systems, extent of napier head smut disease, coping strategies employed by the affected ...
Subcortical control of dopamine neurons: The good, the bad and the unexpected.
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
Good biosecurity practices in small scale commercial and scavenging production systems in Kenya
(FAO, 2007)
Although Kenya is on the migratory flyway for birds flying from Siberia through the Middle
East and moving along the great Rift Valley to Southern Africa, it has not yet experienced avian
influenza infection. However, ...
Mode of inheritance of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) traits for tolerance to low soil phosphorus (P)
(2007)
Low soil phosphorus (P) has been singled out as a major constraint leading to perpetually low bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) grain yield far below the expected yield potential. In developing countries beans are mainly produced ...
Hatchability and fertility of indigenous chicken and duck eggs, and some causes of chick and duckling mortality in Kenya
(2007)
Flocks under study are located in the suburbs of Nairobi province and Machakos district. They belonged to smallholder farmers. Twenty seven clutches of eggs given to indigenous chickens to seat on, and 10 clutches of eggs ...
The Ultrastructural Dynamics of Parasite-Host Cell Interactions as demonstrated in Besnoitia besnoiti (Apicomplexa, Protozoa):
(2007)
Besnoitia besnoiti is an obligate intracellular coccidian protozoa of significant economic importance in the regions where it occurs. The parasite exhibits two forms in its intermediate hosts; the rapidly multiplying ...
Effect of combining organic residues with Minjingu phosphate rock on sorption and availability of phosphorus and maize production in acid soils of western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007-01)
Experiments were conducted in both the greenhouse and the field on highly weathered (Orthic Ferralsol) soils to evaluate the effect of combining on-farm organic residues (chicken manure, farmyard manure, sugar bagasse) ...