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Operationalizing food system resilience: an indicator-based assessment in agroindustrial, smallholder farming, and agroecological contexts in Bolivia and Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018-09)
Resilience is often considered a precondition for sustainable social-ecological systems. But how can this understanding of resilience be applied to food systems? We operationalized the concept by subdividing it into different ...
Screening upland Rice genotypes for grain yield and grain quality in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Smallholder farmers in Kenya grow local rice cultivars that
have low yield potential and poor culinary qualities.
Therefore, urban consumers prefer imported rice. The imported rice is expensive and unaffordable to the ...
Soil Organic Carbon Content and Stocks in Relation to Grazing Management in Semi-Arid Grasslands of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Rangelands cover approximately 85% of Kenya’s land mass and is a major resource for livestock farming with a considerable potential to mitigate climate change, yet these lands are stressed differently by various management. ...
Combining ability and heterosis for agronomic and yield traits in indica and Japonica Rice crosses
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Understanding genetic variability and mode of gene action for agronomic and yield related traits is important in formulation of effective rice breeding program for genetic enhancement of grain yield. Combining ability ...
Employer perceptions and attitudes towards agricultural university training in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Agriculture is the backbone of most Sub
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Saharan African economies accounting for 40 % of the GDP
and 80% employment. Yet agricultural graduates have not been able to “hit the ground running” upon
graduation. This ...
Identification and characterization of influenza A viruses in selected domestic animals in Kenya, 2010-2012.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
BACKGROUND:
Influenza A virus subtypes in non-human hosts have not been characterized in Kenya. We carried out influenza surveillance in selected domestic animals and compared the virus isolates with isolates obtained in ...
Knowledge, attitude, and practices on usage, disposal, and effect of plastic bags on sheep and goats.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices of people in the Nairobi and Kajiado Counties, Kenya, on the usage, disposal, and effect of plastic waste on sheep and goats (shoats). A ...
Milk composition for admixed dairy cattle in Tanzania.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
It is well established that milk composition is affected by the breed and genotype of a cow. The present study investigated the relationship between the proportion of exotic genes and milk composition in Tanzanian crossbred ...
Microbial Contamination Level Profiles Attributed to Contamination of Beef Carcasses, Personnel, and Equipment: Case of Small and Medium Enterprise Slaughterhouses.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The microbial contamination level profiles (MCLPs) attributed to contamination of beef carcasses, personnel, and equipment in five Kenyan small and medium enterprise slaughterhouses were determined. Aerobic plate counts, ...
Constraints affecting dairy goats milk production in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
In Kenya, the population of dairy goats is about 200,000 and 80% of these are reared in Mount Kenya region. They provide a quick source of milk for consumption or sale, which has an immense value especially to poor households. ...