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Factors impeding tea production in smallholder sub-sector of the Kenya tea industry: an assessment extension staff awareness of existing technologies.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
This study assessed the level of extension staff in the various technological packages when compared to the agronomic research recommendations. The survey covered 76 extension staff in Kirinyaga, Nyambene, Nandi and Nyamira ...
Chlorophyll meter use on field grown tea: 1. The optimum leaf age and measuring positions on a leaf blade.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
In a field experiment conducted in Kenya, a Hydro N-tester chlorophyll meter was used to determine the optimum age and reading position for the measurement of chlorophyll in leaves of tea (clone 6/8). Meter readings were ...
The use of weather and climate forecasts by rural people to enhance food production.
(Maseno University, 2000)
This paper discusses the influence of weather and climate forecasts on food production in Kenya. It provides general information on the usefulness of weather and climate, the benefits of using weather and climate in ...
Weather and climate hazards that affect food production in the Lake Victoria basin.
(Maseno University, 2000)
This paper discusses the impact of weather and climate hazards on the lives of the rural people living near Lake Victoria, Africa, thereby worsening their already desperate condition, and suggest ways of mitigating these ...
HIV/AIDS and its impact on the environment and poverty in the Lake Victoria basin.
(Maseno University, 2000)
An article is presented discussing the limited ability of current approaches in the Lake Victoria basin in Kenya, to stop or reduce disease transmission rates, treat those who are already affected, and resolve issues of ...
Environment and food security for poverty alleviation in the Lake Victoria basin
(Maseno University, 2000)
This paper presents the food security situation in Kenya, as well as the factors that affect it: lack of proper food and nutrition, land policy, investment in rural infrastructure, and research on Kenyan food crops, ...
Sustainable environmental management and agricultural production as a poverty alleviation strategy.
(Maseno University, 2000)
A review is presented on the development of sustainable environmental issues that affect agricultural production in the Lake Victoria basin in Africa with a specific aim of reducing poverty in the region. The pollution ...
The role of horticulture in poverty alleviation in the Lake Victoria Region.
(Maseno University, 2000)
This paper looks at the need to optimally utilize the irrigation potential of the Lake Victoria region of Kenya in order to facilitate the development of the horticulture industry and consequently alleviate poverty in the ...
The use of biotechnology as a poverty alleviation strategy
(Maseno University, 2000)
The application of biotechnology in agriculture in the Lake Victoria region in Kenya is discussed. Some tissue culture and genetic transformation strategies applied are described. The risks of genetic modification in plants ...
Reaction of Some Coffea arabica Genotypes to Strains of Colletotrichum kahawae, the Cause of Coffee Berry Disease
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2000-01-01)
Pathogenicity tests were performed on 11 genotypes of Coffea arabica using single‐isolate suspensions of Colletotrichum Kahawae obtained from 90 monoconidial isolates. The objective of this study was to estimate the ...