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Effects of water deficit on days to maturity and yield of three NERICA rainfed rice varieties
(2010-05)
Water deficit is a major problem in rice grown under rainfed conditions. It affects plant growth and development and ultimately leads to a considerable yield reduction or crop failure. Although the rice crop is susceptible ...
Pastoralists Non‐Responsiveness To Livestock Markets In East Pokot, Kenya
(African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), 2010-09)
One of the major challenges facing the state‐owned Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) in Kenya has been the inadequate supply of quality live animals for meat processing. It has been observed that the live animal throughput is ...
Sensoring Gaseous Ammonia using Cation Exchanged Faujasite-X Zeolite
(International Journal of BioChemiPhysics,, 2010)
work presents a method that uses cheap, thermally stable and reusable cation exchanged solid zeolites to
detect gaseous ammonia. Here, 24 separately exchanged Cu2+ and Co2+ cations per unit cell of 1.23 Si/Al
Faujasite-X ...
Agrobiodiversity endangered by sugarcane farming in Mumias and Nzoia Sugarbelts of Western Kenya
(2010)
Commercial sugarcane farming has been practised in western Kenya for nearly forty years. This monocultural land use is associated with loss of natural vegetation and cropland, thus undermining food security status of a ...
Economic analysis of different options in integrated pest and soil fertility management in maize systems of Western Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-09-01)
The major biotic constraints to the production of maize, the major staple food in Western Kenya, are field pests such as Striga and stem borers, and low soil fertility. To counter these constraints, new cropping systems ...
Genetic Relationship between Lactation Curve Traits in Dairy Cattle
(2010)
Dairy cattle selection strategy in Kenya
prefers cows with good 305-day lactation milk yield
(TMY) in previous parity. This has improved milk
production although increased incidences of
physiological disorders and ...
Voting without institutionalized political parties: Primaries, manifestos and the 2007 general elections in Kenya
(Society for International Development and Institute for Development Studies-University of Nairobi, 2010)
This chapter discusses the impact of institutional capacity of political parties on the organization of party primaries and formulation of manifestos for the 2007 general elections in Kenya. The discussion also assesses ...
Copper and Ascorbic Acid Content of Cooked African Indigenous Vegetables
(International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, 2010)
Malnutrition is common among women of childbearing age, it is made worse by micronutrient
deficiency (Farm Africa, 2006). African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs) are important for dietary
diversification; they are a rich ...
Anthropometric and Dietary Profile of HIV Sero-positive Patients in Chulaimbo Sub-District Hospital, Kenya.
(TextRoad Publication, 2010)
There is lacking information on changes in body composition along with dietary pattern among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) attending clinic at Chulaimbo Sub- district hospital, Kenya. In most HIV clinics in Kisumu, ...
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by Sabaots of Mt. Elgon Kenya.
(africanethnomedicines, 2010)
Though the majority of people in Kenya and at Kopsiro Division in species to manage human ailments, the indigenous knowledge largely remains undocumented. Therefore, an ethnobotanical study was conducted on medicinal plant ...