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Basic concepts of microeconomics with special reference to Kenya
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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 ... -
The biodiversity of traditional leafy vegetables.
(University of Nairobi, 1999)During 1997-1998, field surveys were carried out in Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe to collect information on traditional leafy vegetables in various agro-ecological zones, including arid, savanna and humid ... -
Biological and water-harvesting measures for gully control
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2000)The Arpolo gullying control project in the West Pokot Region of Kenya is described. This is an example of conservation work done to protect the Arpolo dispensary which cost >KES350,000 to put up and serves about 3,000 ... -
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Brief Guidelines for the Institutional Screening of Local Governments
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Canopy of Hope: My Life Campaigning for Africa, Women and the Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2002) -
Carbon Sequestration And Organic Resource Management In African Smallholder Agriculture.
(University of Nairobi, 1998)Carbon reserves of selected natural ecosystems in Africa and their initial C losses following land conversion are described and losses under continuous cultivation in that East African highlands are examined. The effects ... -
Cat's whiskers: Cleome gynandra L.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 1997)Cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra) grows as a weed in most tropical countries, but is a semi-cultivated, popular tropical leafy vegetable in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa especially in most countries in eastern and southern ... -
Cattle Production systems in Kenya: Research and development
(University of Nairobi,Department of animal production,, 2004) -
Characterization and conservation of indigenous sheep genetic resources: A practical framework for developing countries
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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 ... -
Commercial distribution of tree seed in small bags - results from a pilot and action research project in Nepal
(Forest & Landscape Denmark (FLD)Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2005)Access to quality tree seed implies specific problems for tree planting farmers in developing countries. Since most of them are smallholders, they need only few seed. Distribution networks usually do not exist for such ... -
Common weeds of East Africa
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 1987) -
Community-based breeding programs to exploit genetic potential of adapted local sheep breeds in Ethiopia
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2011)Indigenous breeds are likely to cope better with climate change than exotic breeds, because they are already adapted to harsh conditions. Breeding programs will not be able to improve adaptation traits in exotic breeds ... -
Community-based natural resource management
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)This technical note gives a brief introduction to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and how this concept may be used as a development strategy. CBNRM has the triple objective of poverty reduction, natural ... -
Comparative analysis of veterinary drugs delivery mechanisms in the arid lands of Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi., 2005)As in other remote, inaccessible pastoral areas of the world, access to quality drugs in a timely and affordable manner remains a major problem in the ASAL areas of Kenya. Several drug delivery mechanisms have been tried ...