Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Establishment of mobile camel milk dairy in Mongolia. Phase I. Feasibility study.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 2008) -
Studies On Development Of Camel Milk Products Of High Hygienic Quality And Safety, Increasing The Income And Reducing Health Risks In Kenya.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 2010) -
Kenya poultry sector review
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Morphological and Physical characteristics of the small East African Zebu Cattle in the Lake Victoria Basin and Coastal Lowlands.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health, 1998) -
Economic benefits of standards and regulations
(University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health, 2001) -
Investment Opportunities for Livestock in the North Eastern Province of Kenya: A Synthesis of Existing Knowledge
(2008)Pastoralism is the dominant livelihood activity in the North Eastern Province (NEP) of Kenya. It is supplemented only by a limited amount of agriculture along the rivers. The province faces various developmental challenges ... -
Status and Trends of Agricultural and Rural Development Indicators in the COMESA Region
(2009)This report is divided into eight sections, section one provides an introduction about the COMESA region and the structure of the economy in the region. Section two presents trends of various socioeconomic indicators in ... -
Responding to Food Price Crisis in Eastern and Southern Africa: Policy Options for National and Regional Action
(Karugia, J., Waithaka, M., Freeman, A., Prabhu, R., Shiferaw, B., Gbegbelegbe, S., Massawe, S., Kyotalimye, M., Wanjiku, J., Macharia, E, 2009)This paper addresses the magnitude and implications of food price changes in national and regional markets in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) with a view to provide the evidence base for effective policy action. Specifically, ... -
Fertilizer use and maize production in sub-saharan Africa
(University of NairobiFaculty of Agriculture, 1996)In sub-Saharan Africa, greater use of mineral fertilizers is crucial to increasing food production and slowing the rate of environmental degradation. Regional growth rates in fertilizer consumption have never been particularly ... -
Compensating Pastoralists for Conserving Animal Genetic Resources: The Case of Borana Cattle in Ethiopia
(2013)The Borana cattle in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia have unique traits that make them suitable for the harsh environment in the lowlands and have ever been part of the pastoralists’ identity. Almost all the traditional ... -
Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in Kenya
(ILRI, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)Department of Agricultural Economics, 1998)The potential for increasing marketable domestic milk production lives mainly in improving the technologies used as the smallholder farm sector. The other area of concern to complement technology improvement would be to ... -
Agricultural sector development
(University of Nairobi,Department of Plant Science & Crop Production, 1993) -
Rural households’ response to Fuelwood scarcity around Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya
(24-07-13)The debate on forest degradation in Kenya is mainly concerned with the utilization and exploitation of forest resources. Of particular interest is fuelwood, whose scarcity is a major forest degradation concern. Fuelwood ... -
Agronomic, Socio - Economic and Environmental Benefits of Biological Nitrogen - Fixing Systems in Africa.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 1995) -
Achievements and impact of NERICA on sustainable rice production in sub - Saharan Africa.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, 2006)In terms of production, rice is the fourth most important cereal (after sorghum, maize and millet) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It occupies 10 percent of the total land under cereal production and accounts for 15 percent ... -
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 ... -
Analysis of Farmers' Willingness to Conserve Traditional Rice Varieties in the Western Ghats of South India
(2013)Conservation of crop genetic resources is a major preoccupation of the Indian government in particular and the international community at large. Drawing on a random sample of 228 farm households from two regions in the ...