Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Title
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The range management handbook of Kenya: a database for planning development in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper briefly presents a methodology for planning development in arid and semi-arid areas. It highlights the issues of problem identification and assessment of the natural and socio-economic environment, and describes ... -
Re-orienting, re-connecting and re-imagining: learning-based responses to the challenge of (un) sustainability
(University of NairobiThe Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2012) -
Replenishing the earth: Spiritual values for healing ourselves and the world
(Doubleday Religion, 2010)Professor Maathai argues that the key to self-empowerment and conservation lies in traditional spiritual values: love for the environment, self-betterment, gratitude and respect, and a commitment to service. These are the ... -
Residual effect of lucerne on wheat yield: report of a farm trial at Njoro, Nakuru district.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)This paper presents results from a trial in Swara Farm, Njoro, Kenya, in which a field was sown with Sorghum almum on a volcanic ash soil. Immediately after sowing, 14 strips measuring 156 m x 9 m were marked out and ... -
Respiration of mitochondrial fraction from T. brucei.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1980)Determination of the maximum respiratory rate of the SHAM-sensitive pathway in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei indicated that SHAM is a specific inhibitor of the SHAM-sensitive pathway and does not interfere with the functioning ... -
Riverbank protection and food security.
(University of Nairobi,Department of soil science,, 2000)This paper reflects on the role of root crops (cocoyam, Colocasia esculenta or C. antiquorum) as a case study in riverbank protection and food security in Kenya. Field performance, water erosion control, ecologically ... -
The role of MIRCENs in rural development, agricultural training and environmental management
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1982) -
The Role Of Urban Agriculture For Food Security In Low Income Areas In Nairobi
(Afrika-Studiecentrum [etc.], Leiden [etc.]Faculty of Agriculture, 1995)This paper, which is based on research carried out among 210 households in Nairobi (Kenya) in 1994, examines the role of urban agriculture in household food security among low-income urban households. It determines the ... -
Sci. Rev. Arid Zone 8,(51-108 pp),© Scientific Publishers, 1992
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1992) -
Secondary School Agriculture Form I, Pupils Book and Teacher’s Guide
(University of NairobiDeportment of Clinical Studies. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Secondary School Agriculture Form II, Pupils Book and Teacher’s Guide
(University of NairobiDeportment of Clinical Studies. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Secondary School Agriculture Form IV, Students Book and Teacher’s Guide
(University of NairobiDeportment of Clinical Studies. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Secondary School Agriculture Revision Book
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Selection, design and implementation of economic instruments in the solid waste management sector in Kenya: The case of plastic bags
(University of Nairobi.Department of Food Science, Nutrition & technology, 2005)The generation of solid waste has become an increasing environmental and public health problem everywhere in the world, but particularly in developing countries. The fast expansion of urban, agricultural and industrial ... -
Sensitive response and resistance to bery disease (Colletotrichum kahawae) of two coffee varieties (Coffea arabica and C. canephora) : histological comparisons of interactions.
(2007)Trials were set up in three districts of central Kenya to evaluate organic and mineral sources of nutrients and their effects on maize yields. The experiments were set up during the long rains 2004 with fifteen different ... -
Session 3–Use of agrobiodiversity for livelihood services
(University of Nairobi, 2009) -
Sheep Production in the Tropics.
(Clarendon Press, 1983)This little book attempts to cover a very large subject, and the general treatment is, of necessity, superficial. Although the discussion ranges over sheep production in all tropical areas, the main emphasis lies in the ... -
Socio-economic considerations in smallholder irrigation development and experiences in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 1990)The paper describes Kenyan experience with smallholder irrigation, and draws from: (i) an evaluation of socio-economic aspects of smallholder irrigation rice schemes in Nyanza Province; (ii) a survey of the role of irrigation ...