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Collaborative management of wildlife in Kenya: an empirical analysis of stakeholders' participation, costs and incentives
(2002)Selected wildlife co-management arrangements in Kenya are analysed using descriptive methods, benefit-cost analysis and econometric models. In 2000, household and community-level data were collected from Kimana and ... -
Agriculture for Primary Schools. Pupils' Book 7
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1988) -
Kenya national post abortion care curriculum
(University of Nairobi,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003) -
WTP or WTA, or Both? Experiences from Two Choice Experiments for Early Planning Stages. In: Meyerhoff J., N. Lienhoop and P. Elsasser, eds. State Preference Methods for Environmental Valuation: Applications from Germany and Austria
(2007)The optimised design of project alternatives is a main challenge for the early stage of any real-world planning process. For participatory conservation planning procedures as required, e.g., by the CBD (Convention on ... -
Agriculture for Primary Schools. Pupils' Book 6
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1990) -
Agriculture for Primary Schools. Pupils' Book 4
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1992) -
Agriculture for Primary Schools. Pupils' Book 5
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1991) -
Compliance with International food safety standards: Determinants, costs and implications of EurepGap standards on profitability among smallholders' horticultural exporters in Kenya
(2010)Horticulture provides many developing countries with opportunities for export diversification, poverty alleviation and rural development. However, stringent public and private-sector food-safety standards, for example ... -
Analysis Of Determinants In Nutritional Care Of Vulnerable Children Nutritional Care And Support Of Children
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 23-01-12)The impact of Human Immune Deficiency/Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is evident in the rising numbers of those orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Apart from death, millions of children live in households with sick and ... -
Priority Assessment for Rice Research in Su - Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 2009)Priority assessment is an integral part of research planning at the Africa Rice Centre (WARDA),which involves a broad base of rice research and development stakeholders at different policy- and decision making levels. ... -
Perspectives on Life and Respiration: How, When, and Wherefore
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1998)Humankind has always been fascinated by the spectacle of extreme states and phenomena. The Guinness Book of Records, which after the Holy Bible is alleged to be the second most widely read book, is according to the publishers ... -
The Desert Margins Programme Approaches in Upscaling Best-Bet Technologies in Arid and Semi-arid Lands in Kenya
(Springer NetherlandsDesert Margins Programme, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Nairobi, KenyaUniversity of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaKenya Forestry Research Institute, Nairobi, KenyaKenyatta University, Nairobi, KenyaKenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kiboko Research Centre, Makindu, Kenya, 2011)Kenya’s land surface is primarily arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) which account for 84% of the total land area. The Desert Margins Programme (DMP) in Kenya has made some contribution to understanding which technology ... -
Essence of the Designs of Gas Exchangers — the Imperative Concepts
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiFaculty of Health Sciences Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, The University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998)Gas exchangers have developed and tractably adapted with the respiratory requirements of whole organisms in different states and habitats. The environmental factors that have profoundly influenced the general phenotype ... -
Water Breathing: the Inaugural Respiratory Process
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiFaculty of Health Sciences Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, The University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998)By way of the hydrologic cycle, water on Earth is believed to have remained unchanged in amount and character for about 3000 million of years (Leopold and Davis 1968). From the current concepts of paleobiology, it is ... -
Adoption patterns and performance of improved maize in Kenya.
(CAB InternationalFaculty of Agriculture, 1998)Patterns of adoption of improved maize varieties in Kenya (in 1992 and over the period 1961-92) were analyzed by agroecological zone and farmer group, using a qualitative response model (logit model) to test hypotheses ... -
Bimodal Breathing: Compromise Respiration
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiFaculty of Health Sciences Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, The University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998)The division of the Animal Kingdom into aquatic and terrestrial life is ancient: it is still relevant to contemporary life. This distinction is ascribed to the different structural and functional attributes which have been ... -
Gas Exchange Media, Respiratory States, and Environments
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy, University of NairobiFaculty of Health Sciences Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, The University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998)Regarding the part of the biosphere they occupy, animal life is classified into aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial groups. Among vertebrates, fish are predominantly aquatic, amphibians are transitional, and reptiles, birds, ... -
Air Breathing: the Elite Respiration
(Springer Berlin HeidelbergFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi,Faculty of Health Sciences Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, The University of Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998)Water forms an important structural and functional constituent of the intercellular and intracelular lung tissue (e.g., Bastacky et al. 1987). Furthermore, a hydrated layer lines the air spaces of the lung (e.g., Fishman ... -
The Group Ranch as a Model of Development in the Arid Lands of Kenya: A Critical Analysis
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 1984)