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An economic analysis of dairy production systems in Nyamira District, Kenya
(1995)
This study was motivated by the need to find out whether farmers could increase their
profits through intensification of input use. The major objective of the study was to
characterize the dairy production systems in ...
Effect of land use on hydraulic properties of a nitisol and a lixisol
(1995)
Infiltration rates, saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat)
and antecedent water content (w) were investigated in Kabete
Nitisol and Kibwezi Lixisol under Forest, Grass, Cultivated Bare
and Compacted Bare Landuse as ...
Persistence of salmonella gallinarum under simulated environmental conditions
(1995)
Fowl typhoid caused by ~. gallinarum has been reported
from all the parts of the world. In Kenya, it is widely
reported, recurrent and apparently resistant to eradication.
Little detailed work had previously been ...
Effects of potassium fertilization and periderm damage on shelf life of carrots
(1995)
Short shelf life has caused a decline in the sale of B.c.-grown carrots from 8.1
million kgs in 1987 to 6.1 million kgs in 1990. This is due to greater postharvest
water loss of B.C.-grown carrots compared to those from ...
Economic analysis of crop-livestock integration: The case of the Ethiopian highlands
(1995)
This study is concerned with the impact of crop-livestock integration on
food production and farm incomes in highland farming systems in Ethiopia.
Structural food deficits and rural poverty are important household ...
Household food security and nutritional status of tobacco and non-tobacco growers in marginal areas of Embu district
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
This study examined the difference in household food security and nutrition
status of tobacco and non-tobacco growers in marginal areas of Embu district.
The survey was conducted on a random sample of 146 households ...
Social Complexity In A Large And Small Group Of Olive Baboons
(1995)
Group size is known to correlate with various indices of brain size in the
primates. The possibility that increases in group size foster social complexity forms
the central empirical topic of this thesis. A ten month ...
A Clinico-pathological Study Of Equine Trypanosomiasis
(University of Nairobi., 1995-03)
In view of the paucity of information on the pathogenesis, pathology
and diagnosis of equine trypanosomiasis, an outbreak which occurred in a
herd of 36 horses on a farm at Thika, Kenya was investigated. In this
outbreak, ...
The structure, dynamics and light conditions of Suserup Skov, a semi-natural temperate deciduous forest in Denmark
(University of Nairobi,, 1995)
Experimental ovine fasciolosis: a comparative study of clinicopathological features in two breeds of sheep
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
Twel ve Red Masai Sheep and twelve Dorper sheep aged
between six and nine months were acquired from a fluke free
area. Animals of each breed were divided into two groups of
six animals each. six of the animals in each ...