Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Conserve and screen premium value indigenous plant biodiversity and products on women smallholder farming systems of East Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science & Technology, Makerere UniversityDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, and Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2010-09)Various interventions for promoting the premium value of indigenous plants (IPs) are being adopted to enhance their status in the food sub sector. The project aims to enhance women smallholder farmers’ capacity in target ... -
Livestock Production In Nyanza Province: Dairy Production.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 1998) -
Incidence And Cost Of Mastitis In Kenya
(University of NairobiDepertment of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi, 1987) -
Value chain analysis of the Kenyan poultry industry: The case of Kiambu, Kilifi, Vihiga, and Nakuru Districts
(2010)The Kenyan poultry industry is characterized by dualism, comprised of both smallholder and large-scale poultry producers. The industry is characterized by two main production systems namely (i) the commercial hybrid poultry ... -
Information and Communication Technologies and agricultural knowledge
(20-06-13)The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of ICTs among smallholder farmers and extension agent for knowledge management, and compare the situation in peri-urban and rural settings. The study was carried out in ... -
A Presentation Of The Draft National Livestock Policy.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 2006)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
Pig Production Trends in Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 2006)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
Beef Cattle, Meat Sheep And Goat, And Hide And Skin Production And Marketing In The ASAL
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 2006)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
Businesses In Livestock Production: What Areas Do We Target?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Animal Production, 08-08-06)ABSTRACT NOT AVAILABLE -
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 ... -
Ascaricidal activity of Rhoicissus tridentata root-tuber ethanolic and water extracts
(2012)This study was conducted to determine in vitro ascaricidal activity of ethanolic and water extract of root tuber Rhoicissus tridentata against adult nematodes. Adult worm motility inhibition assay was conducted using Ascaris ... -
Mass Production Of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Using Silkworm (Bombyx Mori L.) For Management Of Key Agricultural Pests
(18-06-13)Entomopathogenic nematodes are biological control agents of arthropod pests that can be multiplied by in vivo and in vitro methods. They are effective when well marched with host arthropods but the major drawback to their ... -
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 ... -
The role of infrastructure and government policies in determining the efficiency of Kenya's maize marketing system in the post-liberalisation era
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Geography, Kenyatta University, 2003)Although Kenya has liberalized its agricultural market, it continues to experience frequent food shortages that greatly compromise the welfare of its citizens, especially the poor. In Kenya food shortages are synonymous ... -
A Micro-level Analysis of Agricultural Intensification in Kenya: The case of Food Staples
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2003) -
The Impact of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and other soil borne diseases on productivity of roses in East African region
(Pest Control Products Board, Nairobi, Kenya.University of Nairobi College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection,, 2011) -
Zizphus spina-christi (L.) desf. in semi-arid Ethiopia: Implications for food security
(17-06-13)Quantitative ethnobotanical study of Ziziphus spina-christi was undertaken in six areas of east Shewa, Ethiopia. Both structured questionnaire and focus-group interviews were conducted with about 200 households. Arable ... -
Who Are The Real Gainers Of Trade Liberalization In Kenya’s Maize Sector?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2010-09)In Kenya, trade policy reforms in the cereals sector were initiated as a key component of the economy-wide structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) during the mid 1980s. The SAPs were later strengthened and made irreversible ... -
Testing for Oligopoly Power in the Kenyan Seed Maize Processing Industry
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2006-08) -
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 ...