Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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The effect of varying rates of compost and diammonium phosphate on soil physical properties and crop performance.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)Long-term use of compost (4, 8, 12 or 125 kg/ha for maize and 10, 20, 30 or 200 kg/ha for beans) on improving crop yields and soil physical characteristics was studied at the steep-land research site, Kabete campus, Kenya. ... -
Effectiveness of three grass species as filter strips for soil conservation on cropland.
(University of Nairobi,Department of soil science,, 2000)The effectiveness of different grass spp. in reducing runoff and soil loss was studied at Kabete campus, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Half metre wide strips of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum), Nandi setaria (Setaria ... -
Effectiveness of Washing and Packaging On Shelf Life Extension Of Fresh Whole Kales
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2011)This study was carried out with the main objective of evaluating the effectiveness of washing and plastic bag packaging in shelf life extension of fresh whole kales. The specific objectives were to determine the effect of ... -
Effects of phosphorus supply on the growth and nodulation of cowpeas.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)The effects of P supply (0, 20, 40, 80, 160 and 320 kg/ha) on growth and nodulation of cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) cv. Vita 4 and Ife Brown grown in a podzolic soil (Haplustult) was studied in a greenhouse trial. The seeds ... -
Enhancing better natural resource use to prevent conflict among pastoralist communities in Kenya
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Environmental and land-use consequences of sand harvesting in Masinga division.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper examines the impact of sand harvesting from rivers on the environment, land use and social life in the Masinga Division, Machakos District, Kenya. Sand acts as a safe aquifer for water flowing below and through ... -
Environmental Autobiography in Undergraduate Educational Studies
(University of NairobiThe Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 1999) -
Environmental impact assessment for water development and conservation.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)The possible environmental impacts of water development projects and land use practices such as deforestation and over grazing on water supply in Kenya are reviewed. Measures that can be taken in conjunction with properly ... -
Erosion and sedimentation problems in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1993)This paper examine past and present trends in the development of Kenyan water resources, and the status of Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands. It considers the parameters linked with soil erosion and sedimentation processes ... -
Erosion scars caused by earthflows: a case study of Ol Joro Orok division, Nyandarua district
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper describes earthflow features in Nyairoko sub-location of Ol Joro Orok Division, Kenya. In 1989 more than 900 earthflows were counted in Nyandarua District, most of them in Ol Joro Orok and Ol Kalou Divisions. ... -
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 ... -
Essential Services Package of Support to Improve Productivity of Women Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
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Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State: The African Dilemma
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 1997) -
Ethnoveterinary Practices in Eastern Africa
(University of NairobiPublic Health Phamacology & Toxicology, 2004) -
An evaluation of gully control measures in Central Province, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)Forty controlled gullies distributed in Kiambu, Murang'a and Nyeri Districts of Central Province, Kenya, were randomly selected to evaluate their control measures. A recording schedule was developed to assist in collecting ... -
Evaluation of Sweetpotato Varieties for the Potential of Dual-Purpose in Different Agroecological Zones of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Smallholder dairy farming is important in Kenya, however reducing farms into subdivisions over the past four decades has resulted in small farms. Meeting the nutritional requirements of high yielding dairy cows is now a ... -
Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa
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Explanations and Profile Description to Reconnaissance Soil Survey of the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro Basin (Laikipia East and Slopes West to North of Mount
(Laikipia Research Programme, Natural Resource Monitoring, Modelling, and Management (Nanyuki, KenyaDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, 1994)