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Drying Modelling, Moisture Diffusivity and Sensory Quality of Thin Layer Dried Beef
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The objective of the present study was to determine the drying kinetics, moisture diffusivity and sensory quality of convective air dried beef. The effect of temperature of drying (30-60°C) and thickness of samples (2.5-10 ... -
The drying up of east African rift valley lakes in recent times with special reference to lake Elmenteita.
(University of Nairobi,Department of soil science,, 2000)Possible causes of the drying up of Lake Elmenteita and its feeder rivers during 1958-1987 were studied. The effects of the changing climate elements of rainfall and evapotranspiration as well as the possible contributions ... -
Dryland agroforestry research report project internal review
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural economics, 1991)This report is based on Biomass production by various multipurpose trees and shrubs in the arable lands of arid and semi-arid regions of Machakos which is a tremendous contribution to the fragile soils of Eastern Kenya. ... -
Dryland farming economies in Kenya
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Dryland farming economies in Kenya: Environmental, technical and policy aspects
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Dryland Farming Manual for Eastern and Southern Africa Content Development
(University of Nairobi, 2001) -
Dryland husbandry for sustainable rangelands of Kenya
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Dryland Livestock Wildlife Environment Interface Project: Experiences And Lessons Learnt From Livestock-Wildlife Environment Interface Management In Kenya And Burkina Faso.
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Ducks in rural and semi-urban poultry production.
(Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Parasitology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Nairobi, 2003)Poultry are majority livestock in Kenya. At 71, 000, the duck population is a small but it contributes significantly to the smallholder economy in the semi-urban and some rural areas. They however, are sizable number among ... -
Dugong meeting in Nairobi
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Duration of Brucella ovis infection in ewes.
(University of Nairobi, 1975)Twenty Romney Marsh ewes, some 5 to 40 days pregnant, were inoculated with a strain of B. ovis onto the scarified mucous membrane of the vagina. Establishment of infection was ascertained by recovery of the organisms from ... -
Dynamic industrial policy in Africa: innovative institutions, effective processes and flexible mechanisms
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A dynamic study of smallholder mixed farms in Wundanyi location, Taita district, Kenya: activities, performance and interactions
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2010)This study undertook a dynamic survey ofa sample of thirty mixed dairy-crop farmers for 11 months over two rainy seasons. The study identified the farmer's objectives ancl observed the system over a sufficient period to ... -
The Dynamics of Culture on Environmental Sustainability: a Case of Central Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Indigenous African socio-cultural practices are distinguished by complex and diverse variations of evolving attitudes and behaviours that play a significant role in the development and conservation or depletion of the ... -
Dynamics of development of late blight [Phytophthora infestans] in potato, and comparative resistance of cultivars in the highland tropics
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2006)Host resistance is an important component for the management of late blight [Phytophthora infestans] on potato, in the highland tropics, where effective fungicide use is limited because of the cost of application. ... -
The dynamics of land use and la nd cover change in Nakasongola d istrict
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Landsat (TM) of 1986 and 1990 and Landsat (ETM+) of 2000 and 2004 for Nakasongola district were obtained and analyzed using the ILWIS 3.6 software using unsupervised classification. An overlay analysis of satellite images ... -
Dynamics of on-farm management of potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivars in Central Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2012-05-05)Studies to understand the dynamic nature of farmers’ management of potato and assess the extent of genetic erosion and farmers’ perceptions of genetic erosion in potato were conducted in Kiambu West district in 2006. A ... -
Dynamics of potato late blight on tubers and farmers' management of the disease in Kenya highlands.
(2003)From 1998 to 2001, field experiments were conducted in New York, USA, and Kenya to study the relationship between foliage late blight control and tuber infection in the control of tuber blight (Phytophthora infestans). ... -
Dynamics of soil nematodes and earthworms in urban vegetable irrigated with wastewater in the Nairobi river basin, Kenya
(Urban Harvest, International Potato Centre (CIP),Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture University of Nairobi, 2010)The effects of heavy metals lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd) and Cromium (Cr) on nematode communities and earthworm density and biomass were studied in the wastewater irrigated farms of the Nairobi river basin. The levels of Cr and ... -
Dystocia in Kenyan dairy cattle
(University of Nairobi.Department of Clinical Studies, Veterinary Faculty, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1981-02)No abstract available