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Potential of corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation among contract sugarcane farmers in the Nzoia Sugarbelt, Western Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2009-10-01)
Although contract sugarcane farming is the most dominant and popular land use among farmers in Nzoia Sugarbelt, results from a 2007 study suggests that the intended goal of increasing farmers’ incomes seems to have failed. ...
Potential of bamboo as an alternative crop and livelihood strategy to smallholder tobacco farmers in South Nyanza region, Kenya
(Maseno University, Kenya School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Maseno, KENYA, 2009)
he presentation reviews successful crop diversification of 120 farm trial sites in Kenya, where bamboo seedlings were planted under the same growing conditions as tobacco crops in terms of soil, altitude, rainfall and ...
Carbon dioxide compensation points of some dicots of the Centrospermeae species and their ecological implications for agroforestry.
(ANSInet, Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2009)
The present studies on carbon dioxide compensation point (Γ) considered species from tropical semi-arid, snowline and saline ecosystems. The aim of the study was to establish the ecological range of the CO2 compensation ...
The Kakamega Forest medicinal plant resources and their utilization by the adjacent Luhya community.
(Medwell Online, 2009)
Kakamega Forest in Kenya is a rich natural setting endowed with abundant flora and fauna used by the local communities who once lived within the forest and those who now border it. There has been scarcity of information ...
Female gametophyte in two Kenyan species of Inversodicraea (Podostemaceae).
(Academic Journals, 2009)
The ontogeny and organization of the female gametophyte in I. bifurcata and Inversodicraea keniensis sp. nov. in Kenya were studied. The ontogeny of the female gametophyte was classified under the Apinagia type. The primary ...
Participatory selection of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) cultivars using mother and baby trial in Western Kenya
(ISHS Acta Horticulturae 911, 2009-08-31)
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is a drought tolerant food security crop. Western Kenya accounts for 60% of the national production. Intensive production is constrained by lack of improved high yielding cultivars ...
Moisture content and the longevity of seeds of six Euphorbia species in open storage
(International Seed Testing Association, 2009-07-01)
Seeds from six Kenyan Euphorbia species were placed into experimental storage under open conditions (i.e. not hermetically sealed) over a range of relative humidities (between 25 and 75%) at 45°C. Viability during storage ...
Potential of bamboo as an alternative crop and livelihood strategy to smallholder tobacco farmers in South Nyanza region, Kenya
(Maseno University, Kenya School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Maseno, KENYA, 2009)
The presentation reviews successful crop diversification of 120 farm trial sites in Kenya, where bamboo seedlings were planted under the same growing conditions as tobacco crops in terms of soil, altitude, rainfall and ...
Integrating food and nutrition, health, agricultural and environmental education towards education for sustainable development: lessons learned from the Healthy Learning …
(Academic Journals, 2009)
Education for sustainable development (ESD) in seen as an opportunity for Kenya and other countries to continuously build its citizens’ capacity towards healthy measures for utilizing the country’s resources to foster ...
Causality between current account and budget deficits in Kenya
(Adonis & Abbey Publishers, 2009-01-01)
The theoretical framework of National Income Identity in economic theory shows that there
exist a relationship between the budget and the current account deficit. In this paper, we
provide an exhaustive characterization ...