Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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Situational Analysis Of Canine Infertility In Nairobi And Its Environs. Departmental Seminar 2008
(University of NairobiSchool of veterinary medicine (Clinical studies)., 2008) -
Six month-duration Tephrosia vogelii Hook.f. and Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray planted-fallows for improving maize production in Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2008)An experiment including planted Tephrosia vogelii and Tithonia diversifolia fallow species and natural fallow was conducted at Maseno, Kenya, for assessing whether these fallows grown on a nutrient depleted land could ... -
Size versus beauty: Farmers' choices in ranking experiment with African Ankole long-horned cattle
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2005) -
Small-scale farming systems
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 2004) -
Smell and Male seasonal breeding
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2014) -
Social Problems: The Problems Of The Homeless In Nairobi, Kenya And Nashville, USA.
(University of NairobiAgricultural Economics, 2002) -
Socio-economic Aspects of Tissue-Culture (Tc) Banana Production in Kenya. A Contributed Paper presented at the Rockefeller Foundation Regional Marketing Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya,
(University of Nairobi,department of agricultural economics,, 2004) -
Socio-economic factors influencing the intensity of use of bio mass transfer in food crop production in western Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of NairobiWorld Agro forestry Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2003)Bio- mass transfer is defined as the incorporation into the soil of leafy shrubs, which release nutrients. The shrubs include lantana camara and tithonia diversifolia. This study analyzed the determinants of the intensity ... -
Socio-economic Factors Influencing Use Of Improved Fallows In Crop Production By Small-scale Farmers In Western Kenya
(University of NairobiAgricultural Economics, 2003)Abstract This study analysed the factors influencing the intensity of adoption of improved fallows in Western Kenya. Three hundred farmers were interviewed. Descriptive results showed the adopters to be older, more ... -
Sodium hydroxide and amonnia-treated maize stover as a roughage supplement to sheep and beef feedlot cattle.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Trials on wether sheep fed sodium hydroxide-treated maize stover and untreated Rhodes grass hay and on Boran steers fed ammonia-treated maize stover and Rhodes grass hay indicated that sodium hydroxide-treated stover had ... -
Soil crust formation as affected by slope gradient on clay soils of semi-arid Machakos District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of land resource management and agricultural technology,, 2005)Surface crusts formed by impact of raindrop restrict water infiltration into soil. The decrease in infiltration not only leads to an mcrease in surface flow and accelerated erosion, but also to reduced available water to ... -
Soil erosion and reservoir sedimentation: a case study of Nguu Tatu catchment.
(University Of Nairobi, 2000)The types, patterns and rates of soil erosion within the sub-humid tropical Nguu Tatu catchment in north-east Mombasa District, Kenya, was studied and the impact of soil erosion on water quality and quantity in reservoirs ... -
Soil erosion effects on productivity of a humic nitisol
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 2000)This study was carried out with the aim of assessing the effect of accelerated erosion on soil productivity of a humic nitisol at Kabete, Kenya. Twenty runoff plots which had been subjected to varying levels of ero¬sion ... -
Soil fauna community structure across land manage ment systems of Kenya and Tanzania.
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Land Resource Management And Agricultural Technology, 2007) -
Soil fertility mangement in maize -based production systems in kenya: current options and future strategies. Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the New Millennium
(2002)This paper analyzed the salient factors that affect the adoption of soil fertility management (SFM) technologies in the marginal and medium potential zones of Eastern and Western Kenya, respectively. Data from a survey of ... -
Soil fertility status and nodulation of selected legumes in farmers' fields in south-eastern Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2011-09)A field study was conducted to determine the soil fertility status and root nodulation of selected legumes in farmers' fields in upper and lower midlands agro-ecological zones (AEZ) of south-eastern Kenya. Soils collected ... -
Soil Moisture Extraction In Maize - Mucuna Based Cropping System.
(University of NairobiLand Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 1998) -
Soil organic matter, microbial community dynamics and the economics of diversified dryland winter wheat and irrigated sugar beet cropping systems in Wyoming, USA
(University of NairobiLand Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 16-08-12) -
Soil Type And Forage Genetic Diversity Dictate The Need For Conservative Use Of Native Rangelands.
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Land Resource Management And Agricultural Technology, 2002) -
Solar dehydration of cassava for production of flour for local foods in Kenya
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 1992)Kenyans subsist for the most part on maize and wheat-based foods. The rapid population increase, however, has not been paralleled by a corresponding increase in maize production and has increased the need for wheat imports. ...