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Determinants of Adaptive Strategies to Climate Change Among Smallholder Dairy Farmers of Migori County-Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)
Climate change (CC) impedes Kenyan smallholder dairying. An understanding of climate changes and factors determining smallholder dairy farmers‟ CC adaptation could help sustain the industry in milk-deficient regions. This ...
Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Iron-Toxicity Tolerance in Rice and Implication for Breeding
(Maseno University, 2020)
Iron toxicity is a widespread nutrient disorder which affects lowland rice mostly in poorly drained fields where reduced iron becomes available at levels exceeding plant‟s requirements. Different strategies are employed ...
Assessment of vulnerabilities to drought, impact and adaptation options in pastoral production systems in Laisamis, Marsabit county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)
Dry lands are home to about 25–30% of the global population, or around two billion people, 90% of those who live in developing countries. The same report indicates that 40% of the human population of both Africa and Asia ...
Assessing the correlation between interannual climate Variability and land cover change, and flow regime of sub-catchments, and their impact on communities of the Mara river basin, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)
Climate variability and Land Cover Changes (LC) have negative consequences on watershed management. Whereas, the role of climate variability on land cover changes and stream flow regimes have affected people’s livelohoods ...
Biological and economic performance of peanut-based meals As alternatives to dietary fishmeal in pond cultured Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) In Uganda
(Maseno University, 2023)
Increasing price of dietary fishmeal is offsetting the excellent growth and yield induced in
farmed Nile tilapia subsequently reducing the corresponding cost-effectiveness. Replacement
of the dietary ingredient with ...