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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 ...
Cattle Farmers’ Preferences for Disease-Free Zones in Kenya: An application of the Choice Experiment Method
(2011)
Management of livestock diseases is important in ensuring food safety to consumers
in both domestic and export markets. Various measures are prescribed
under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS) agreement of ...
Drivers of the transition from pastoralism to vegetable farming in Africa’s arid and semi arid areas and implications for soil fertility management: The case of Kenyan pastoralists
(Academic Journals, 2012-04)
The arid and semi arid areas comprise a large percentage of the land area in Africa. Communities in
these areas have over the years depended on livestock production for livelihood. Livestock has
traditionally served as ...
Knowledge of Mange among Masai Pastoralists in Kenya
(2012-08)
Background: Pastoralists in low-income countries usually live in close proximity to their animals and thus represent an
important repository of information about livestock disease. Since wild and domestic animals often ...
Optimisation of breeding schemes for litter size, lambing interval, body weight and parasite resistance for sheep in Kenya
(2011)
The current study optimised breeding schemes for litter size (LS), lambing interval (LI), body weight (BW) and gastrointestinal parasite resistance for sheep in Kenya. Selection for the breeding goal traits was performed ...
Causes of calf mortality in peri-urban area of Nairobi, Kenya
(2010)
Abstract The study reported data from 507 post-mortem
records in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and
Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Nairobi, Kenya. The records were from carcasses ...
Release of three improved varieties for the expanded potato market in Kenya
(2012)
Current potato varieties have not fully met the market demands of the rapidly expanding Kenyan potato industry. Newer varieties with tolerance to the major diseases, higher yields, better storability and processing qualities ...
Occurrence of risk factors for zoonoses in kisumu city, kenya: a questionnaire survey
(2010-03)
Objective: To determine the occurrence of risk factors amongst farmers keeping livestock in Kisumu municipality, Kenya.
Methods: Thirty four contact house-holds involved in livestock keeping constituted the study group. ...
Acute, sub-chronic and chronic toxicity of Solanum incanum L in sheep in Kenya
(2011)
A study was carried out to determine the toxicity of unripe fruits of Solanum incanum L in sheep. The sheep were orally drenched with dried unripe fruits powder of S. incanum L at dose rates varying from 1,200mg to 3,600 ...
Determinants of adoption of conservation tillage practices in maize-cowpea cropping systems: The case of Makueni District, Kenya
(2011)
The low soil moisture cannot support productive agriculture to meet the increasing population in the
low rainfall tropical areas. Ripping and tied-ridging are some of the recent technologies introduced by
the Food and ...