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Design and performance assessment of a flat-plate solar milk pasteurizer forarid pastoral areas
(2011)
A solar milk pasteurizer consisting of flat-plate water-heating collector and a
1.5-mm thick stainless steel cylindrical milk vat was designed and tested in an arid
pastoral area of northern Kenya.The milk vat had a ...
Neutraceutal Wild Plants Contributions to Food and People of SemiArid East Shewa, Ethiopia: Healthcare Security of the Semiarid
(2011)
Ethnobotamcal study was conducted in six study sites of semi and east Shewa, Ethiopia. The study has aimed to Identify key nutraceutical wild plants and documents associated Indigenous knowledge. It also analyzed local use ...
Housing-design as a predisposing factor for injuries and poor welfare in cattle within smallholder units in periurban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
A cross-sectional study was carried out between July and October 2009 on 80 smallholder dairy cattle units selected purposively in the peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. The objective was to investigate the prevalence of ...
Antioxidant and antidiabetic properties of condensed tannins in acetonic extract of selected raw and processed indigenous food ingredients from Kenya
(2011)
Recently, tannins have received considerable attention as health-promoting component in various plant foods and several studies have reported on its nutraceutical properties. However, no study has established the role of ...
Diagnosis of Soil Nutrient Constraints in Small-Scale Groundnut (Arachis hyopaea L.) Production Systems of Western Kenya Using Infrared Spectroscopy
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Wise decision-making on resource allocation and intervention targeting for soil management cannot rely solely on trial and error methods and field observations used by small-scale farmers: cost-effective soil fertility ...
Feasibility for chemometric energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence and scattering (EDXRFS) spectroscopy method for rapid soil quality assessment
(2011)
Soil quality assessment (SQA) is important for modulating agricultural productivity and thus requires simple and rapid analysis
of soil (macro & micro) nutrients (here called soil quality indicators – SQIs). We report ...
Effect of Slice Thickness and Frying Temperature on Color, Texture and Sensory Properties of Crisps rnude frorn Four Kenyan Potato Cultivars
(2011)
The objective of this study was to determine the performance of four Kenyan potato cultivars in terms of texture, color and sensory properties when crisps are processed at different slice thickness and frying temperatures. ...
Effect of Packaging and Storage 'I'ernper atu re on the Shelf Life of Crisps frorn four Kenyan Potato Cultivars
(2011)
Potato crisps are known to absorb high amounts of processing oil that may undergo oxidation and hydrolysis during storage, depending on packaging and storage temperature. These changes may, however, have profound effects ...
A blessing or a curse? Although a source of livelihood for dryland populations, goats are a threat to vegetation
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Antioxidant and Type2 Diabetes Related Functional Properties of Phytic Acid Extract from Kenyan Local Food Ingredients:Effects of Traditional Processing Methods
(2011)
Emerging scientific evidences reveal that phytic acid has several
positive ef fects on human health. The antioxidant and type 2 diabetes
related enzyme inhibition pr operties of phytic acid extract
prepar ed from raw and ...