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Environmental variability in Lake Naivasha, Kenya, over the last two centuries
(2011)
Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic influence as a result of increasingly ...
Can stumps tell what people want: Pattern and preference of informal wood extraction in an urban forest of Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
Detailed patterns and preferences of informal wood extraction were investigated in an urban forest used by slum inhabitants of Nairobi, Kenya, as such information determines the sustainability of resource use. Instead of ...
Exploring the sawa corpus: collection and deployment of a parallel corpus English—Swahili
(Springer, 2011)
Research in machine translation and corpus annotation has greatly benefited from the increasing availability of word-aligned parallel corpora. This paper presents ongoing research on the development and application of the ...
The Effect of Organic-Based Nutrient Management Strategies on Soil Nutrient Availability and Maize Performance in Njoro, Kenya
(2011)
A field experiment based on the concept of organic nutrient management was conducted in Njoro, Kenya, to test the effect of improved legume fallows, crotalaria (CR), lablab (LB), garden pea (GP) and natural fallow (NF, as ...
Future hydrology and climate in the River Nile basin
(2011)
A critical discussion of recent studies that analysed the effects of climate change on the water resources of the River Nile Basin (RNB) is presented. First, current water-related issues on the RNB showing the particular ...
Evaluation of selected soil fertility management interventions for suppression of fusarium spp. in a maize and beans intercrop
(2011)
Fusarium root rot of maize and beans is a common problem in Taita District, Kenya causing economic losses to the small scale farmers. The pathogen attacks maize and beans at all growth stages causing rot at the seedling ...
Human Skin Microbiota And Their Volatiles As Odour Baits For The Malaria Mosquito Anopheles Gambiae S.S
(University of Nairobi, 2011-05)
Host seeking by the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) is mainly guided by volatile chemicals present in human odours. The skin microbiota plays an important role in the production ...