Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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Factors affecting land use and crop production in Botswana.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper looks at factors which influence land allocation and crop production patterns in Botswana, across traditional and commercial farmers. It found that, among smallholder traditional farmers, less land is used (on ... -
Factors that influence adoption of soil and water conservation technology at Kathekakai Location, Machakos
(United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ; Kenya, 2015) -
Feeding the cities
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Field evaluation and experimentation of farmers' striga hermonthica control strategies in western kenya
(department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi., 2013)Weed infestation in maize, especially the witch weed (Striga hermonthica), is a serious problem in soils of western Kenya and thus low yield. Various control methods are in place but their practice and adoptions by fanners ... -
Fifty key thinkers on the environment
(RoutledgeThe Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2001)Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy Palmer has assembled a team of over twenty expert contributors to summarize and analyze the thinking of fifty diverse ... -
Food Security In Rural Development
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Land Resource Management And Agricultural Technology, 2001) -
Food security in rural development.
(2015-06-23) -
Forest Landscape Restoration Decision-Making and Conflict Management: Applying Discourse-Based Approaches
(Institute of peace and environmental studies, 2012)Forest landscape restoration (FLR) aims to regain ecological integrity and enhance human well-being in deforested or degraded forest landscapes. Despite its positive connotations, successfully implementing significant FLR ... -
Forest rehabilitation in Denmark using nature-based forestry : chapter 19
(University of Nairobi,Institute of peace and environmental studies, 2005) -
From problem diagnosis to zoning: new avenues for collaborative research and development.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000) -
Fundamentals of Sustainable Development
(University of NairobiThe Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2012)The concept and practice of sustainable development is of global importance today. The impact of development needs to be considered beyond the narrow focus of economic, ecological or social concerns. This reader-friendly ... -
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, ... -
The gas exchangers: Structure, function, and evolution of the respiratory processes
(SpringerDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 1998) -
Gender differentiation in the analysis of alternative farm mechanization choices on small farms in Kenya
(2007)Using multinomial logit we analyze factors that influence the choice of mechanization technologies in Nyanza Province. The results show that farmers are aware of the attributes of the mechanization technologies, and that ... -
Gender, soil and water conservation in Machakos district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of soil science,, 2009)Gender mainstreaming is crucial in soil and water conservation initiatives. The existing technologies though, as designed, are expected to be gender neutral, lead to gender differences at the adoption stage. This was ... -
Governance networks and democratic ideals: the case of Thy National Park in Denmark
(Nova Science PublishersWangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2011)