Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Issue Date
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Combining stated and revealed preference methods: A dairy adoption case study of western Kenya
(International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya,University of Nairobi, Department of Agricultural Economics, Nairobi. Kenya., 2004)The study was carried out in seven districts in western Kenya to determine factors influencing the adoption of dairy technologies. This paper looks at the complementarity in the analysis derived from the revealed preference ... -
Environmental Audit. Kenya Seed Company, Kitale
(University of Nairobi.Department of Food Science, Nutrition & technology, 2004) -
Testing alley cropping (contour hedgerows) in semi-arid areas on flat and sloping land: soil and water conservation, competition, yields and economic factors. Cas
(2004)Alley cropping tested by Mungai et al. on flat land, with prunings incorporated into the soil and one in every four rows of maize replaced by trees in the agroforestry plots, showed already in the late eighties/early ... -
Legume research network project: a sythensis report of phase 1 (1994-2000)
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 2004)The Legume Research Network Project (LRNP) was started in 1994 (by then known as the Legume Screening Network) to evaluate suitable legume species for different agro-ecological environments and to subsequently incorporate ... -
Wildlife Conservation and Management in Kenya: Towards a Co-management Approach
(2004)The co-management approach of managing natural resources has increasingly become popular among conservationists and development practitioners since it overcomes the shortcomings of both the centralised management and ... -
The epidemiology and control of gastrointestinal nematode infections of goats in Kathiani division, if Machakos district, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology, 2004)A survey of gastrointestinal nematode infections of goats reared under extensive grazing conditions was conducted for 18 months on 4 farms in Kathiani Division of Machakos District, Kenya. The survey was based on monthly ... -
Sources and Determinants of Agricultural Growth and Productivity in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of AgricultureOdhiambo Walter,Sources and Determinants of Agricultural Growth and Productivity in Kenya,2004KIPPRA Discussion Paper No. 34,, 2004-03)Agriculture is the most important sector in the Kenyan economy given its contribution to employment, foreign exchange, food, and its linkages with other sectors of the economy. Indeed, the sector’s performance directly ... -
Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004-10)DESPITE TWO DECADES OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, poverty rates increased, and the sense has spread that the “Washington Consensus” approach of getting macroeconomic policy and prices ... -
Tanzanian Legislation on Local Forest Management - What's in it for the local communities?
(University of Nairobi,The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2004-10) -
Kenya
(Polytechnic of BerlinDepartment of Vet Farm, 2005) -
Determinants of farmers’ preference for alternative animal health service providers in Kenya: a proportional hazard application
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 2005)One hundred and eighty farmers in the semiarid Makueni district, Kenya, were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. The objective was to assess factors that influence farmers' preference for alternative veterinary ... -
Mwangi-Njuru and Peacock, C. 2005. Developmental challenges and opportunities in the goat industry: The Kenyan experience
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2005) -
Fusarium and mycotoxin contamination in freshly harvested wheat grain in Kenya
(1 Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection. Faculty of Agriculture. University of Nairobi'Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi, 2005)A survey was carried out during the 2004 wheat-cropping season in 6 agro-ecclogical zones to determine fusarium contamination of freshly harvested wheat grain. This was done by plating in culture media. Contaminations with ... -
Poverty Dynamics In Rural Kenya
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Methodological illustration of genotype x environment interaction (GxE) phenomenon and its implications: A comparative productivity performance study on Red Maasai and Dorper sheep breeds under contrasting environments in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2005) -
The Monitor
(University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Productivity of cross-bred goats under smallholder production systems in the Eastern highlands of Kenya1
(University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Production, 2005)Dairy goats have become increasingly popular among smallholder mixed crop-livestock farmers. Their profitability will determine their growth within smallholder production systems. A survey was carried out in 114 farmer ...