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Community-based wastewater farming and its contribution to livelihoods of the urban poor: Case of Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
No current and reliable estimates of the number of people participating in urban agriculture exist; however, Smit and Nasr roughly estimated the number to be about 800 million (Smit, Ratta, & Nasr, 1996). Other estimates ...
Bacterial contamination of Kale(Brassica oleracia acephala along the supply chain in Nairobi and its environments
(2011)
To assess the microbiological safety of kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala)
produced from farms and those sold at the markets with special focus on coliforms,
E.coli and Salmonella.
Design: A cross sectional study.
Setting: ...
Impact of climate change on human-wildlife conflicts in East Africa
(2011)
Climate change is a phenomenon that is already happening and in some areas of Africa it is taking place at an alarming rate. Climate change is expected to cause an increase in weather-related disasters and extreme weather ...
The Effects of a Single Cervical Inoculation of Chlamydia trachomatis on the Female Reproductive Tract of the Baboon (Papio anubis)
(2011-11)
Background.The baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) can be transcervically instrumented, facilitating studies of intrauterine contraception and reproductive tract infection. We sought to determine if the baboon could become ...
Reproductive performance of sows in rural communities of Busia and Kakamega Districts, Western Kenya
(2011)
This study provided baseline performance of breeding pigs information on local sow productivity that was previously lacking. The objective was to investigate performance of breeding pigs in rural smallholder communities ...
Biological screening of Kenya medicinal plants using Artemia Sali na L. (Artemiidae).
(2011)
Medicinal plants constitute important components of flora and are widely distributed in different
regions of Kenya. Based on ethnopharmacological significance, we collected several medicinal
plants from South Coast, Kenya ...
Sparganosis in non-human primates
(RESEARCH COMMUNICATION, 2011)
The spargana were recovered from two vervets (Cer-copithecus aethiops), one olive baboon (Papio anubis anubis), and one Highland syke (Cercopithecus mi¬tis albortorquas). The animals were in good physical condition and, ...
Prevalence of haemoparasites infection in indigenous chicken in Eastern Province of Kenya
(2011)
Indigenous chickens constitute over 81% of poultry in Kenya and produce 71% of eggs and poultry meat. Ecto- and haemoparasites limit production of these birds in the rural areas. However, there exists scanty information ...
Farmers’ participatory selection for early bulking cassava genotypes in semi-arid Eastern Kenya
(2011)
Cassava is an important food security crop in semi-arid, Eastern Kenya, but production is constrained by
planting late bulking landraces. Therefore, farmer participatory variety selection was initiated with the aim
of ...
Choice of Fresh Vegetable Retail Outlets by Developing-Country Urban Consumers: The Case of Kale Consumers in Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
Fresh produce retailing in many developing-country urban centers is changing with the
recent emergence and rapid growth of supermarkets and specialty stores. These retail outlets are
competing with the traditional wet ...