Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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Water use Efficiency and Yield of Potato in Potato-legume Based Intercropping Systems in a Semi-humid Region, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017-07) -
The wean to conception interval in sows.
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1987) -
Weed control in double-crop soybeans with herbicides applied alone and in combination with paraquat or glyphosate.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Plant & Crop Protection, 1977) -
Weed control in minimum tillage maize production
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1990) -
Weed control in onion using pre-emergence herbicides applied at low doses plus supplementary hand-weeding
(University of Nairobi, 1997) -
Weed Control In Soybeans With Dinitroaniline Herbicides Followed By Preemergence Herbicides
(University of Nairobi,Department of Plant Science & Crop Production, 1976) -
Weed problems and control strategies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1978)Most annual weeds are easily controlled by tillage or with herbicides. However, a few weeds, such as couchgrass (Digitaria scalarum), stargrass (Cynodon dactylon), nutgrass (Cyperus spp.) and Oxalis spp. are very difficult ... -
What determines consumption of fortified foods in Kenya: the potential for micronutrient malnutrition control
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)Food fortification is considered as an important strategy for addressing micronutrient malnutrition that includes vitamin A, iron and zinc deficiency in most developing countries. Development efforts have thus focused on ... -
What Influences Household Demand for Non-timber Forest Produc ts? Linking Econometric and Participatory Methods in Kakamega Forest, Ke nya.
(University of NairobiAgricultural Economics, 11-08-10) -
What is Happening in Africa in the 1990s?
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1992)I think we are concerned about Africa because the performance of the economies generally, and agriculture specifically, is declining not only compared with other developing regions but also compared with the past. And, ... -
What options do resource poor farmers have to conserve the fertility of their land?
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 1994) -
What went wrong with the use of traditional leafy vegetables such as Amaranth in Sub - Saharan Africa?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Studies, 13-10-11) -
Where is food production in Africa headed in a liberalized global economy. Food Security in Rural Development
(University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health, 2000) -
Which would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa: Fertilizer Subsidies or Carbon Credits?
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 18-08-12)Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt improved land-use practices which can improve yields and incomes? The reason is not always because these practices are uneconomical but sometimes it is because resource poverty ... -
Why market institutions disfavor smallholder farmers’ compliance with international food safety standards: Evidence from Kenya, Zambia and Ethiopia
(2009)This paper examines the high value chains (HVC) for green bean exports from Africa to identify the critical points at which exporters exercise great caution in preventing produce contamination with pathogens and pesticide ... -
Wild Edible Plants: A Potential To Enhance Agrobiodiversity And People’s Resilience To Changing Ecosystem
(2011)Wild edible plants are accessible, available and cheaper to diversify household diet in drylands. However, the diversity and resource base are not properly documented to inform policy makers for proper utilization. Therefore, ... -
Wildlife Co-management in Kenya: An Empirical Analysis of Landowners’ Incentives for Participation
(2002)Collaborative management (in short co-management) has increasingly become important because it seeks to create negotiated agreements between state and local communities (other stakeholder groups may also be included) ... -
Wildlife Welfare: Can the care of individual wild animals be good animal welfare, compatible with the ‘one health’ approach, and also with wider conservation goals?
(2012)The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) cares for individual animals, and also wildlife populations and their habitats. We find solutions to problems that are good for both animals and people. These are the words ... -
Wildlife-Livestock Interface In A Changing Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)Wildlife-livestock interface defines the interaction between free ranging wildlife and livestock and livestock husbandry practices. This occurs as a result of belonging to the same or bordering ecosystems or sharing of ... -
Willingness to pay for CBPP vaccine and vaccination in Narok District of Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2010)