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Improving Drought Tolerance in Sorghum bicolor L. Moench Marker-Assisted Transfer of the Stay-Green Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) rom a CharacterizedDonor Source into a Local Farmer Variety
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2013-04-19)
Drought stress is
a major constraint to sorghum production in Kenya, especially during flowering stage. This study
aimed at developing drought tolerant sorghum varieties by transferring the stay green trait that confers ...
The perfect drought? Constraints limiting Kalahari agro-pastoral communities from coping and adapting
(Academic Journals, 2011-03)
Rural Kalahari agro-pastoral communities of Southern Africa have been exposed to drought shocks
throughout history and have adapted their livelihoods accordingly. Yet, drought continues to disrupt or
threaten to disrupt ...
Assessment of trends in land cover and crop type change over two decades in Yatta sub county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Abstract Assessment of the distribution and dynamics of vegetation is becoming increasingly
important in predicting the effects of climate change especially in the ASALs. It is therefore
important to determine the effects ...
Stimulating smallholder investment in sustainable land management: Overcoming market, policy and institutional challenges
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Impacts of management and enclosure age on recovery of the herbaceous rangeland vegetation in semi-arid Kenya
(Elsevier,, 2010)
Establishment of seasonal grazing enclosures has become an important rangeland rehabilitation strategy in semi-arid regions. This study assessed the impact of enclosure age and enclosure management on the vegetation ...
Water metabolism of East African ruminants in arid and semi‐arid regions1
(University of Nairobi, 2010-04)
No abstract available
Forensic case of lead poisoning from a battery manufacturing company in Nakuru, Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2013-02)
Acute sickness involving dairy cattle (n = 5) with a morbidity of 100% occurred in a farm in Nakuru, Kenya. A case study was undertaken with the objective of establishing the cause of the sickness. Samples of blood, soil ...
Prevalence and intensity of Paracamallanus species infection in farmed and wild catfish
(2011)
total of 108 randomly selected farmed and wild Clarias gariepinus (catfish) obtained from the upper Tana river basin were examined for intestinal helminthes between July 2007 and April 2008. Over fifty two per cent (52.8 ...