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National conference on women and food security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)The two day Conference on Woema and Food Security was held in the Council Chamber, University of Nairobi and officially opened by Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning, Ms Anne Waiguru. -
Dr Akinyi participates in the Shanghai open university international staff exchange fellowship program from june 1st 2015 to june 12th 2015.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06)Dr Akinyi participated in the Shanghai open university international staff exchange fellowship program from june 1st 2015 to june 12th 2015. Her topic was a comparative study of support systems for Gender Distance ... -
Get to know refugees, their roles in the host country
(2015-06)This event was sponsored by UNHCR, Danish, Refugee Council (DRC), National Chamber for Commerce & Industry with representatives from IMF, UNHCR, DRC, UNDP Commissioner for Refugees- Mr H. Komen, CEO Red Cross, Kibra ... -
Competition Policy” hosted by Strathmore Business
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The utilization of ammonia-treated maize cobs and maize stover by sheep in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Nutrient intake and digestibility of untreated and ammonia-treated maize cob meal and maize stover by sheep are tabulated. Treatment increased DM and OM intake and in vivo digestibility of both cobs and stover. Daily ... -
Evaluation of the nutritive value of forages
(University of Nairobi, 1985)The relationship between carbohydrate and protein digestion and metabolism and forage evaluation is discussed. The carbohydrate contents of several grasses and legumes are presented with their apparent digestibilities in ... -
Evaluation of feeds - some results from the study of the nutritive value of Kenyan grasses and fodder crops.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)CP and DCP contents, DM intake and OM digestibility of 3 regrowth stages of Kikuyu grass, Rhodes grass, Cynodon dactylon, Setaria sphacelata, Napier grass and Desmodium uncinatum and sweet potato vines, each at the flowering ... -
Sodium hydroxide and amonnia-treated maize stover as a roughage supplement to sheep and beef feedlot cattle.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)Trials on wether sheep fed sodium hydroxide-treated maize stover and untreated Rhodes grass hay and on Boran steers fed ammonia-treated maize stover and Rhodes grass hay indicated that sodium hydroxide-treated stover had ... -
Past and current trends of pasture research in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Agricultural production systems in Kenya and pasture research up to the 1970s and the present are discussed, and current research is described. Future research priorities are outlined. -
Forage intake by goats and sheep on semi-arid to arid pastures in northern Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1984)Feeding behaviour of Somali Blackhead sheep and Small East African goats was observed twice monthly for 2 years. The pasture was Acacia tortilis woodland with a dwarf shrub layer dominated by Duosperma eremophilum. Mean ... -
Towards a National Biodiversity Conservation Framework:Policy Implications of Proceedings of the International Conference on Biodiversity, Land-use and Climate Change
(2010)Procceedings of the Biodiversity, Land Use and Climate Change conference, held on 15th to 17th September 2010 at Nairobi, Kenya, placed global biodiversity at US$ 33 trillion, measured as natural capital. This is higher ... -
Gender issues in energy policy and planning: perspectives from the Dakar workshop
(1996)This article offers an overview of an international workshop held in Senegal in 1994 on women's effective participation in energy decision making. The workshops aimed to exchange information on gender issues in energy ... -
First-Year Women in Science and Engineering Research: Attuning Programs to Benefit Average Students
(2001)Women in Science and Engineering Research (WISER) Program places first-year women students in science and engineering research laboratories at Penn State University. WISER is a retention program designed to intervene ... -
Enabling frameworks — moving beyond technology transfer: indigenous knowledge and participatory approaches in rangeland development
(2003)Conventional approaches to rangeland development have focused more on technical aspects of livestock and range management than on the people who inhabit such areas and utilise these resources. Technology transfer describes ... -
Weed problems and control strategies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1978)Most annual weeds are easily controlled by tillage or with herbicides. However, a few weeds, such as couchgrass (Digitaria scalarum), stargrass (Cynodon dactylon), nutgrass (Cyperus spp.) and Oxalis spp. are very difficult ... -
Basic crop production factors and major constraints in the humid tropics.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)Constraints of rainfall, temp., light, RH, soils, pests and diseases and of shifting cultivations, land preparation, seed availability, late sowing, poor spacing, lack of fertilizers, weed control and crop protection on ... -
The management of erodible soils in East Africa - a conservation planning model for support practices.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)Soil conservation requires the integration of structural measures such as terraces and cultural measures such as crop selection and management. Problems in the design, construction and maintenance of terraces, especially ... -
A comparative haematological picture of field cases of East Coast fever, anaplasmosis and babesiosis in bovines around Kabete.
(University of Nairobi, 1976)Analysis of 100 field cases of confirmed bovine tick-borne diseases clearly brought out the importance of East Coast fever (ECF), which was responsible for over 70% of the cases. There were major differences in clinical ...