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Factors Influencing Adoption of Hermetic Storage Technology in Green Grams and Its Impact on Farmer’s Household Income in Kitui County, Kenya
(UON, 2021)
Inadequate and poor post-harvest grain storage is a major constraint to green gram farmers in Kitui County. It has been identified as the key challenge for smallholder green gram growers because it has significantly reduced ...
Diversity and Abundance of Selected Biting Flies in a Peridomestic and Natural Habitats, and Their Potential as a Protein Source for Feed in Kibwezi West Subcounty, Makueni County, Kenya
(UON, 2021)
Biting flies are a diverse assemblage of blood-sucking flies that are important vectors of human, livestock and wildlife diseases. They may be found in domestic or peridomestic habitats, where they are associated with ...
Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Anaplasma Phagocytophilum in Olive Baboons and Vervet Monkeys in Laikipia County, Kenya
(Uon, 2021)
The current threat to health, the economy and security globally is the rise in frequency of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Among EIDs, are zoonotic tick-borne infections which include rickettsial diseases such as ...
Performance and Water Productivity of Selected Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas L) Varieties Intercropped With Common Beans in Katumani - Kenya
(UON, 2021)
The main deterrent factors for achieving sustainable agricultural production in Eastern Kenya are irregular rainfall and low available water capacity. Knowledge on crop performance, water needs and optimization of deficit ...
Analysis of Charcoal Value Chain in Semi-arid Central Pokot Sub County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the drylands of Kenya are faced with many challenges dominant of them being recurrent and prolonged droughts which have triggered a number of responses aimed at enhancing the ...
Heterosis and Combining Ability for Bacterial Wilt Resistance, Fruit Yield and Shelflife of Tomato in Kenya
(UON, 2021)
Tomato accounts for 7% of total horticulture production and 14% of vegetables produced in Kenya. Despite its importance, tomato has not received much research attention. Unlike the leading tomato producers, Kenya has no ...
Assessment of Factors Influencing Consumption of Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato Bread in Nairobi County, Kenya
(UON, 2021)
Sweet potato is one of the widely consumed root tubers in Kenya. There are several varieties among them the Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) which contains beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. Vitamin A Deficiency ...
Effect of Domestic and Wild Herbivores on Vegetation Quality, Cover, Species Turnover and Diversity Response to Fire in an East African Savanna
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
The primary effects of fire on forage attributes such as quality, vegetation community structure (species diversity, turnover and vegetation cover) have been shown to be short lived, diminishing within a few months after ...
Identification and Molecular Characterization of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Obtained From Raw Dairy Milk and Human Blood
(UON, 2021)
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a unique microorganism among Staphylococcus spp
notoriously recognized globally for its clinical importance in causing clinical or subclinical
bovine mastitis in livestock. In humans, ...
Risk Attitudes and Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies Among Smallholder Farmers in the Nyando Basin in South-western Kenya
(UON, 2021)
Adverse climate change threatens livelihood security of rural households that depend mainly
on on-farm income sources as it leads to depressed yields from both crop and livestock
production. Climate smart agriculture ...