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Animal Welfare The Impact of Customized Lectures on Knowledge and Perceptions of Veterinary Students on Animal Welfare and Related Legislations
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2009)
A study was designed to investigate the knowledge and perceptions of animal welfare and related legislations among graduating Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine students from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. A questionnaire ...
Utilization Of Border Crops To Manage Aphid Colonization And PVY Incidence On Potato(Solanum tuberosum L)
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolorL.), wheat (Triticum aestivumL.), maize(Zea MaysL.), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and garden pea (Pisum sativumL.) were tested as border crops for their ability to reduce the number of ...
Genotypic variability in sesame mutant lines in Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 2009)
Sesame (Sesamum indicum L) is one of the major oil crops with potential for production by small- scale holders in the marginal agro-ecological zones of Kenya. Variability studies on yield and yield components of sesame ...
The implementation of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in Ghana.
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
On the basis of a detailed case study of the High Forest Zone of Ghana, the paper challenges the common narrative of REDD as being fast and easy. The paper analyses proximate and underlying causes of deforestation and ...
Where and how can participatory forest management succeed? Learning from Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
This article deals with participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities' security of rights to the forest resources and ...
Change we can believe in? Reviewing studies on the conservation impact of popular participation in forest management
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
This article presents a review of methods in 60 empirical studies on forest conservation impact of popular participation in forest management. The review illustrates a high degree of variance in methods among the studies, ...
The occurrence of aflatoxins in maize and distribution of mycotoxin-producing fungi in Eastern Kenya.
(2009)
Aflatoxin poisoning resulting from consumption of contaminated maize has continued to recur in a yearly pattern in Eastern Kenya. The largest mycotoxin-poisoning epidemic in the last decade was reported in Kenya in 2004. ...
Production of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria starter culture for cassava fermentation into gari
(2009-10)
Sixteen lactic acid bacteria, eight Lactobacillus plantarum, three L. pentosus, 2 Weissella
paramesenteroides, two L. fermemtum and one Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. mesenteroides were
previously isolated from cassava ...