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Farmers’ Perceptions of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Yield Response in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 01-08-08)To develop soil fertility techniques that respond to farmers’ actual concerns, researchers and agricultural development practitioners in developing countries need to identify how farmers in those regions form perceptions ... -
The Interplay Between Smallholder Farmers and Fragile Tropical Agroecosystems in the Kenyan Highlands
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 01-11-04)That farmers rely on the land for their livelihoods is obvious. The converse, that ecosystem services depend on farmers' behaviors, must also be recognized if agricultural productivity is to be improved. In sub Saharan ... -
A grapheme-based approach for accent restoration in Gıkuyu
(02-07-13)The orthography of G˜ık˜uy˜u includes a number of accented characters to represent the entire vowel system. These characters are however not readily available on standard computer keyboards and are usually represented as ... -
Developing a genetic classification for gene pool management of spotted gums
(02-07-13)Spotted gums (Genus Corymbia Section Politaria) occur as a species replacement series along the eastern seaboard of Australia, their distributions marked by regions of disjunction and sympatry. Their taxonomy remains ... -
Unsupervised induction of Dholuo word classes using maximum entropy learning
(02-07-13)This paper describes a proof-of-the-principle experiment in which maximum entropy learning is used for the automatic induction of word classes for the Western Nilotic language of Dholuo. The proposed approach extracts ... -
ZnO:Sn deposition by reactive evaporation: Effects of Sn doping on the electrical and optical properties
(02-07-13)Tin doped zinc oxide thin films were deposited by reactive evaporation under various tin doping levels ranging from 1% to 8%. The deposition was done using Edwards Auto 306 coating unit at room temperature (25°C) and 5.0 ... -
Development and household economy in two eco-zones of Embu district
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Economic differentiation among peasant households: a comparison of Embu coffee and cotton zones
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The methodology of economic history
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Famine, famine relief and public policy in Kitui district
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Performance of development finance institutions in Kenya, 1964-89
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The practices of contraception by clients of the Kenyan family planning program
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Urban primacy in Kenya
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Negotiating livelihoods: an analysis of rural household resources and their utilisation in Nyamira District, mid South-Western Kenya
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Methodological issues and selected findings of an analysis of the distribution of wealth and income in Mbere division, eastern Kenya
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Governance and its implications for gender inequalities in the jua kali economy in Nairobi
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Drought and famine in Kenya: magnitude and attempted solutions
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Property theory and land use analysis: an approach to the study of the function and limitations of law in peasant land use in Kenya
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Sociopolitical imperatives in the history of health development in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 04-01-13)