Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Statistical determination of factors influencing customer satisfaction with research technologies in the Kenya sugar Industry, Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT), 2006)The objectives of the Kenya Sugar Research Foundation (KESREF) are to generate and introduce new cane varieties, new or updated cane management policies and practices, and disseminate this information to relevant ... -
Value added bean technologies for enhancing food security, nutrition, income and resilience to cope with climate change and variability challenges in Eastern Africa
(KARI-Katumani Research Centre. Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Machakos, KenyaEthiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi.Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, KenyaSelian Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) Arusha, TANZANIAInstitut des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda (ISAR), 2011) -
Research on bean rust in East and Central Africa: status and future directions
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2002) -
From Multilocational Testing and On-farm Trials to Growing Pigeonpea on Farmers' Fields
(National Dryland Farming Research Centre-Katumani, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Machakos, KenyaICR1SAT Pigeonpea Project, Nairobi, Kenya.Genetic Enhancement Division, ICRISAT Asia Center, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1994) -
Status of Pigeonpea Research in Kenya, and Future Prospects
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, KenyaNational Dryland Faring Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARl), Machakos, Kenya.Eastern Africa Regional Cereals and Legumes ('ARCAL) Program, ICRISAT, P.O. Box 39063, Nairobi, Kenya, 1993) -
Selection of bean lines tolerant to low soil fertility conditions in Africa
(INERA, Centre de Recherche de Mulungu, B.P. 496 Bukavu, R.D. CongoDepartment of Crop Science, University of NairobiSelian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, TanzaniaFOFIFA, B.P. 230 Antsirabe 110, Madagascar;KARI, Kakamega, KenyaNAARI, Kampala, UgandaISAR-Rubona, B.P. 138 Butare, Rwanda, 2002) -
The Political Economy Of Food Price Policy: The Case Of Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2013)This paper evaluates Kenyas food price crisis over 2002.11 using a political economy approach. Kenya.s food prices have been high and volatile relative to world food prices. Moreover, domestic food markets are highly ... -
Developing capacity for implementing innovative PPR control strategies based on the epidemiology and socio-economic aspects of the disease in the East African region
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2010-09)Major losses in sheep and goats have been incurred from Peste des petit ruminants (PPR), a relatively new disease in East Africa. It first appeared in Eastern Uganda but has since spread to most of Kenya and Northern ... -
Palpable lingual cysts, a possible indicator of porcine cysticercosis, in Teso District, Western Kenya
(Faculty of Agriculture, 2006)To estimate the prevalence of palpable lingual cysts in pigs in Western Kenya, a possible indicator of porcine cysticercosis, and to study the potential risk factors associated with this clinical finding. During a ... -
Addressing the public health and quality concerns towards marketed milk in Kenya
(Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2005-02) -
Should we design extended or straightforward questions for small stock when records are unavailable?
(Department of Animal Production, University of NairobiDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi, 2012)Data from two closely related questions in a survey on rabbits is analyzed in order to determine whether results from these two groups of questions would yield similar results about numbers of rabbits kept by a household. ... -
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 ... -
Lost and reclaimed: A case study of gully rehabilitation in central Kenya highlands using low-cost measures
(Department of soil science, 2004)Gully control and reclamation activities using low-cost measures were carried out in early March 2001 at Gatanga division, Kenya. The study area was selected on the basis of previous work carried out in farmers fields by ... -
The linkages between land- use change, land degradation and biodiversity in Embu and Mbeere Districts, Kenya
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Hygiene and health-seeking behaviours of households as predictors of nutritional insecurity among preschool children in urban slums in Ethiopia: the case of Addis Ababa
(Health and Medical Publishing GroupDepartment of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001)The objective of the study was to establish hygiene and health-seeking practices most likely to be predictors of nutritional insecurity among children living in slums. A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to ... -
The Tanzania Family Planning Training Program:The Impact of an Innovative Training Strategy on Reproductive and Child Health Service Performance of Health Attendants in Tanzania
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi, 2001)This report is based on a study, implemented in Kasulu and Kibondo districts in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, to assess the impact of a health attendants’ pilot training strategy on reproductive and child health (RCH) services. ... -
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 ... -
Use of Lactobacillus strains to start cassava fermentations for Gari production
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-12)Two Lactobacillus strains, Lactobacillus plantarum BFE 6710 and Lactobacillus fermentum BFE 6620, were used to start cassava fermentations in a pilot study under field production conditions in Kenya, to determine their ... -
Unrecorded Cross-Border Trade Between Kenya and Uganda Implications for Food Security
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1997-07)Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ...