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An Economic Analysis Of Smallholder Dairy Productjon In Kiambu District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1999-10)
The purpose of this study was to analyze the economics of smallholder dairy
production in Kiambu District, Kenya. As high potential agricultural land sizes
diminish in Kenya, it is critical that farmers attain high levels ...
Evaluation of plaster of Paris casts available in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Five brands of plaster of Paris casting bandages including Nairobi
Enterprises'b', Salvagypsv", Helm®, Plasrun-gyps'P and Veronese'P, which are
available on the Kenyan market were evaluated based on breaking strength,
...
Drainage of lowland sugarcane fields:Mumias, Kenya
(1991)
The Mumias Sugar Company (MSC) has a sugarcane nucleus estate measuring 3,000 ha lying astride the Nzoia river. The nucleus estate comprises of well drained uplands and poorly drained lowlands lying below a spring line ...
Sunflower Seed Yield And Root Development In Relation To Water And Nitrogen
(1993)
Kenya continues to spend large sums of the scarce foreign
currency on the importation of vegetable oil. Adequate
local supplies of sunflower would save the country such
expenditure. Besides, the protein-rich cake ...
Effects Of Increasing Levels Of Copper On The Mineral Nutrition And Growth Of Coffea Arabica L. In Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1999)
Copper fungicides are intensively applied on Coffea
arabica L. in Kenya to control coffee berry disease (Colletotrichum
coffeanum Noack) and leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix
Berk. & Br.) and to induce vigorous growth (tonic ...
Resource Availability And Productivity, Farmer Efficiency, And Household Food Security In Semi-arid Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 1997-07)
The problem of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is currently one of the principal
concerns of policy makers. Food insecurity is an issue that has engaged researchers,
politicians, and donors in debate on how it could ...
Organochlorine pesticides in swine tissues and the effect of dieldrin on the progesterone profile in gilts
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
This study was carried out to investigate the levels of
organochlorine pesticide residues in swine tissues, and the effect of
dieldrin on the progesterone profile of the estrous cycle of gilts. In the
first part, the ...
Efficacy of bacillus subtilis metabolites dissolved in propylene glycol qn bean anthracnose and coffee berry disease
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
Work was done on formulation of crude antibiotic metabolites produced by
Bacillus spp. isolates coded CAS and CA10 obtained from Dr.E.W.Mutitu,
Department of Crop Protection,University of Nairobi where they had been ...
Household factors associated with salt iodine intake and their association with goitre among school children aged 8-10 years in Migori district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
A cross-sectional study which was descriptive and analytical
in nature was carried out between December 1996 and March 1997
to determine the household factors associated with salt iodine
intake and their association ...
Soil carbon pools based on physical, chemical and biological fractionation and their relationship to fertility of humic nitisols in the central kenya highlands
(University of Nairobi, 1998)
Based on a survey conducted among 198 households in the Central Kenyan
Highlands in which 33% of the farmers identified soil conditions as a leading
constraint to crop productivity, 12 households in Kiambu District were ...