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Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities
(2008)
Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access ...
Occurrence of entomopathogenic nematodes and their potential in the management of diamondback Moth in Kale
(University of Nairobi., 2008)
This study was aimed at determining the occurrence of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) in different agroecosystems and their potential as biocontrol agents in the management of DBM. Soil samples were taken from a planted ...
Traditional strategies used by pastoralists to cope with la nina induced drought in Kajiado, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Pastoralists traditionally relied on herd mobility to cope with drought. In the pastoral areas of Kajiado,
Kenya this strategy is now threatened by increased individual land ownership as compared to
communal access. ...
Malaria transmission potential of Anopheles mosquitoes in the Mwea‐Tebere irrigation scheme, Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2008-06)
Anopheles arabiensis Patton and An.funestus Giles were identified as vectors of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Mwea-Tebere irrigation scheme, Kenya. An.arabiensis was the only member of the An.gambiae complex identified ...
Response of free-living nematodes to treatments targeting plant parasitic nematodes in carnation
(2008)
This study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the effect of ecologically sound approaches for nematode management on non-target organisms, free-living nematodes. The materials tested were sugarcane bagasse, molasses, ...
Analysis of nematode infection levels among indoor pigs in Thika District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2008)
The infection levels of various species of nematode infection were studied in 35 indoor pig herds in Thika district, Kenya. Faecal samples were collected from 830 pigs of all ages and examined for nematode eggs per gram ...
The value of radiographs obtained during forced traction under general anaesthesia in predicting flexibility in idiopathic scoliosis with Cobb angles exceeding 60 degree
(2008)
Our aim in this prospective radiological study was to determine whether the flexibility rate calculated from radiographs obtained during forced traction under general anaesthesia, was better than that of fulcrum-bending ...
Relationship Between Incidence of Late Blight Tuber Rot, Foliage Blight Control and the Effect of Weather and Soil Variables
(2008)
The relationship of late blight disease, tuber blight and the effects of weather and soil variables were determined at 2 distinct environments of New York and Kenya during 1999 to 2001. In well replicated field experiments ...
The effects of enclosures for rehabilitating degraded semi-arid land in Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya. Mureithi, S.M., Verdoodt, A. and Van Ranst, E. In: Zdruli, P. and Constantini, E. (Eds). 2008
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
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