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Cattle Farmers’ Preferences for Disease-Free Zones in Kenya: An application of the Choice Experiment Method
(2011)
Management of livestock diseases is important in ensuring food safety to consumers
in both domestic and export markets. Various measures are prescribed
under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) agreement of ...
Transepithelial potential in the Magadi tilapia, a fish living in extreme alkalinity
(2011)
We investigated the transepithelial potential
(TEP) and its responses to changes in the external medium in
Alcolapia grahami, a small cichlid fish living in Lake
Magadi, Kenya. Magadi water is extremely alkaline
(pH = ...
Export Standards, Market Institutions and Smallholder Farmer Exclusion from Fresh Export Vegetable High Value Chains: Experiences from Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia
(2011-12)
Many African countries are diversifying exports into fresh export vegetables, grown mainly by smallholder
farmers. However, markets for these new products have stringent safety standards. This paper examines the
green ...
The Role of ICT-Based Market Information Services in Spatial Food Market Integration: The Case of Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange
(IGI Global., 2011)
The government of Malawi in 2004 initiated an ICT-based Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange
(MACE), a market information service project, to improve access by farmers to market information. MACE
was intended to improve ...
Definition of breeding objectives and optimum crossbreeding levels for goats in the smallholder production systems
(Elsevier, 2011)
The objective of this study was to define breeding objectives and consequently determine
optimum crossbreeding levels for goats in the smallholder production systems. Profits and
economic values (EVs) were estimated for ...
Economic Values for Resistance to Helminthosis and Newcastle Disease in Indigenous Chicken in the Tropics
(2011)
The economic values for resistance to helminthosis and Newcastle Disease (ND) in indigenous chicken were estimated relative to egg number (EN), average daily gain (ADG, g) and live weight at 21 weeks (LW, g) using selection ...
Hedgerow Intercropping Maize or Cowpea/Senna for Drymatter Production in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya
(2011)
In a long term study photosynthetically active radiation was monitored for three rainy seasons to measure the effects of
hedgerow intercropping in rotation with maize and cowpea in a senna/siamea and panicumlgrass strip ...
Different land use types in the semi-arid rangelands of Kenya influence soil properties
(2011)
Rangelands in semi-arid Kenya have recently witnessed extensive land use changes. These changes
can mainly be attributed to increased livestock populations and the response of the increased human
population to both local ...
Estimating farmers’ preferences in selection of indigenous chicken genetic resources using non-market attributes
(2011)
The objective of this paper was to estimate the farmers' preferences based on the non-market traits in selection, breeding and conservation of indigenous chicken. The study was carried out in four selected counties of ...
A comparative in vitro study of morphology and phagocytic capacity of the free surface respiratory macrophages in the duck and the rabbit
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2011-08)
Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the
free surface respiratory macrophages (SM) of the
domestic duck (
Anas platyrhynchos
) were compared with those of the domestic rabbit (
Oryctologus
cuniculus
) ...