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What is the limit of up-scaling rainwater harvesting in a river basin
(University of Nairobi, 2003)The semi-arid savannah environment (SASE) of sub-Saharan Africa are characterized by low erratic rainfall which result to high risk of droughts, intra-seasonal dry spells and frequent food insecurity. The main occupation ... -
What it takes to fly: the structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Medicine, 2000-10)In absolute terms, flight is a highly energetically expensive form of locomotion. However, with respect to its cost per unit distance covered, powered flight is a very efficient mode of transport. Birds and bats are the ... -
What rights and benefits? The implementation of participatory forest management in Kenya: the case of Eastern Mau forest reserve
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The study espoused the access analytical framework to investigate how introduction of Participatory Forest Management (PFM) in Kenya has changed the various actors’ ability to benefit from the forest resources of Eastern ... -
What role for government? The promotion of civil society through forestry‐related climate change interventions in post
(2014)This study examines rationales behind the choice of local interlocutors by forestry-related climate change projects in post-conflict Nepal. In their stated objectives, all projects claim to involve the government, and most ... -
What Steps Towards Camel Milk Technology?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutritin and Technology, 1993) -
Where and how can participatory forest management succeed? Learning from Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos
(University of Nairobi,Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2009)This article deals with participatory forest management (PFM) in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Laos, focusing on the degree to which the legislation supports local communities' security of rights to the forest resources and ... -
Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012-07)Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt improved land management practices which can improve yields and incomes? The reason is not always because these practices are uneconomical but sometimes it is because resource ... -
Which Toxic Factors Cause Death During Small Bowel Obstruction:
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White Lupin (Lupinus albus L. cv. Amiga) Increases Solubility of Minjingu Phosphate Rock, Phosphorus Balances and Maize Yields in Njoro Kenya
(2014)Exudation of high amounts of citrate in white lupin (Lupinus albus L. cv. Amiga) has the advantage of being effective in mobilization of a wide range of sparingly soluble P sources. To improve cultivation system of maize, ... -
Who benefits from taxation of forest products in Nepal's community forests?
(2014)This paper is concerned with who benefits from taxation of forest products in Nepal's community forests. The objectives of the study are two-fold; to document who benefits from community forestry user groups' (CFUG) financing ... -
Whole Farm Economic Analysis Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies In Kilifi District, Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 1994-12)A whole farm simulation model termed the Technology Impact Evaluation System (TIES) was applied for assessing ex-ante financial and economic impacts of immunization of diary cattle against East Coast fever (ECF) by the ... -
Whole Farm Economic Evaluation Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies On Farms In The Uasin Gishu District Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1995-01)East Coast feve (ECF) is a major constraint limiting livestock production in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa. The infection and treatment method (ITM) has proven effective in research station and field trials. The ... -
Whole Farm Simulation Analysis Of Economic Impacts Of East Coast Fever Immunization Strategies On Mixed Crop-livestock Farms In Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 1996)A whole farm simulation approach was used to assess the economic impacts of five alternative strategies for controlling East Coast Fever (ECF), a cattle disease, on farms from two sites in Kenya. The strategies were also ... -
Why a Nobel Peace Prize for Environmental Activism?
(University of Nairobi, 2005) -
Why besnoitiosis was not diagnosed in goats in Kenya as early as 1955
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1968) -
Why combine private and communal tree management? A case-study based in Majawanga (Gairo, Tanzania)
(University of Nairobi.Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, 2007)Despite the focus on the importance of trees in Africa and the many projects that try to improve their management, there is very little research and few development projects which address tree related problems in a holistic ... -
WHY PESTS AND DISEASES REGULATION SHOULD CONCERN MANKIND
(University of NairobiDepartment of plant science and crop protection, 2013)Nature, through balancing mechanisms, provides ecosystem services, comprising provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services for the survival of mankind (MEA, Ecosystems and human well-being: biodiversity ... -
Wild Edible Fruits of lmportance for Human Nutrition in Semiarid Parts of East ShewaZone, Ethiopia: Associated lndigenous Knowledge and lmplications to Food SecuritY
(2011)Nutrient value assessments and ethnobotanical studies of three wild edible fruit species [Ziziphus spina-christi (L) Oesf., Balanites aegyptiaca (L) Del., Grewia flavescens A. Juss.J, were carried out from October 2009 ...
