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Use of ambient conditions and sawdust in storage of sweet potato(ipomoe batatas) in Kenya
(1995)
Sweet potato root storability and post-harvest resistance to pests and diseases depend on varietal 1and storage conditions. However little is Known in regards to the storability of local Kenyan, sweetpotato cultivars after ...
Oil content in fried processed sweetpotato products
(1997)
Ninety jour different sweetpotato cultivars with various dry matter contents were used to process crisps and the end product was analyzed to determine the oil content. A linear relationship between dry matter content in ...
Soil Erosion Effects on Soil Properties in a Highland Area of Central Kenya
(1997)
One of the most important features that is neglected in many soil erosion studies in Africa is the monitoring of changes to the soil during the progress of the experiment. Objectives of this study were therefore to monitor ...
Control of Fusarium Yellows of Beans Using Bacterial Antagonists
(1991-12)
Fusarium yellows of beans caused by Fusarium ozysporum Schl. sp. phaseoli Kendrick &: Snyder was suppressed significantly by bacterial antagonists, Bacillus sp. that had been introduced into infested soil in a greenhouse. ...
Large animal abdominal hernias
(1991)
Equines are particularly susceptible to infection withTrypanosoma evansi andT. brucei, but rarely is naturalT. congolense andT. vivax infection seen in horses. An outbreak of trypanosomosis occurred in a herd of horses ...
The breaking strength and resistance to abrasion of some casting bandages
(1993)
Five plaster and one fiberglass casting bandages available on the Kenyan market
were evaluated for breaking strength and resistance to abrasion. Under the test
conditions, scotchcast was found to be 2.6 times stronger ...
Involving Rural Kenyan Women in the Development of Nutritionally Improved Weaning Foods: Nutribusiness Strategy
(1997)
This paper describes a participatory process employed by three collaborating universities to engage rural Kenyan women, who are members of organized women's groups, in the development of recipes for culturally appropriate, ...
Mountain big sagebrush browse decreases dry matter intake, digestibility, and nutritive quality of sheep diets.
(1995-11)
A metabolism study evaluated the influence of increasing quantities (0-30% dry matter basis) of mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana Rydb. Beetle) on dry matter intake and in vivo digestibility of ...
Mammary gland infections in free-range goats in Kenya
(1992)
In the recent years interest in keeping dairy goat has increased and does capable of producing 8 I itres of milk/day are becoming common. With this increase In production there is inevitably a greater risk of rnastitis. ...
Process engineering and energy conservation in Kenyan food processing industry
(1990)
Kenya relies heavily on imported energy, particularly oil, for her economic activity. There
is a need to adopt energy conservation mea8ure8 in order to improve the balance of payments situation: Implementation of these ...