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Can Integrated Livestock-Fish Culture be a Solution to East Afircan's Food Insecurity? A Review
(AJFAND, 2013-09-26)Integrated livestock-fish culture approach envisages the integration of fish farming with cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs or rabbit husbandry in a design allowing wastes from one system to be used as inputs in another ... -
Carbon dioxide exchange and biomass productivity of the herbaceous layer of a managed tropical humid savanna ecosystem in western Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2013-08-01)Aims Humid savannas, as a result of high precipitation amounts, are highly productive. They are also hotspots for land use change and potential sources of carbon dioxide (CO2) due to the large soil carbon (C) stocks. ... -
Carcass Characteristic of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diets Containing German Cockroach (Blattela germanica) Meal in Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2023-09-11)Edible insects are available for use in insect-based-feed, however there is limited information on carcass characteristics and sensory tests of chicken fed on German cockroaches (Blattela germanica). This study assessed ... -
Carpet Characteristics of Eichhornia Crassipes [Mart.] Solms (Water hyacinth) in the Winam Gulf (Lake Victoria, Kenya)
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2017)The occurrence and spread of the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms), in the Winam gulf has created numerous attributes to the human population that live around the lake, thereby making its control a ... -
The challenges of management: Recent experiences in implementing fisheries co‐management in Lake Victoria, Kenya
(2015-09)his study examined the efficacy of community‐level fishery co‐management organizations called Beach Management Units (BMUs) along the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria. BMUs were established to enhance sustainable Lake Victoria ... -
Characterisation of physical egg qualities in indigenous chicken under free range system of production in Western Kenya
(2018)The study was conducted with the aim of characterizing the indigenous chicken (IC) egg production system to determine management practices and how they impact on external egg qualities. Opportunity was taken to identify ... -
Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic pigments of four Glycine max varieties under Aluminium chloride stress
(2015)Soy bean (Glycine max L.) is a commonly grown legume crop in Kenya. Soy bean grains are among the world's most important in terms of protein content of 35-40% and oil content of 15- 22%. Soy bean grains are also rich ... -
Chlorophyll fluorescence, protein and chlorophyll content of three nerica rainfed rice varieties under varying irrigation regimes
(2010)Water deficit affects growth and development of rainfed rice leading to a considerable yield reduction or crop failure. Although the rice crop is susceptible to water deficit, there is a marked genotypic variation in ... -
Cloud Computing Adoption by Public Hospitals in Kenya A Technological, Organisational and Behavioural Perspective
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020)Cloud computing has emerged as a technological paradigm to reduce Information Technology costs, foster collaboration while increasing productivity, availability, reliability, flexibility and minimizing response times. ... -
Combination of linkage and association mapping with genomic prediction to infer QTL regions associated with gray leaf spot and northern corn leaf blight resistance in tropical maize
(Frontiers, 2023-11-07)Among the diseases threatening maize production in Africa are gray leaf spot (GLS) caused by Cercospora zeina and northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) caused by Exserohilum turcicum. The two pathogens, which have high genetic ... -
Combining ability of parents and hybrids for sugar yield and its attributing traits in sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
(Springer India, 2017-02-01)An investigation was carried out to assess the combining ability and nature of gene action in respect of sugar yield and its attributing traits in 25 new hybrids of sweet sorghum developed by crossing five (5) high-sugar ... -
Community Tree Seedling Production in Maseno Division, Kenya
(IJRIAS), 2019-07)Forests and trees are important natural resources globally. The reduction of forests and tree cover has occasioned the loss of biodiversity, wildlife habitat, ecosystem integrity; increased climate variability and reduced ... -
Comparative analyses reveal high levels of conserved colinearity between the finger millet and rice genomes
(Springer-Verlag, 2007-08-01)Finger millet is an allotetraploid (2n = 4x = 36) grass that belongs to the Chloridoideae subfamily. A comparative analysis has been carried out to determine the relationship of the finger millet genome with that of rice. ... -
Comparative analysis of immediate and residual effects of farmyard manure, triple superphosphate, and lime on maize yields in western Kenya
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023-10-26)The effects of farmyard manure (FYM) and triple superphosphate (TSP) as sources of phosphorus, when applied with or without lime, on selected soil chemical properties, and the initial and residual maize yields, were ... -
Comparative effects of lime and organic materials on selected soil chemical properties and nutrient uptake by maize in an acid soil
(Scholars Research Library, 2011)The use of phosphate fertilizers and lime to mitigate P deficiencies and Al toxicities in Kenya has not been effective due to their high cost. Organic materials (OMs) are therefore being tested as cheaper alternatives but ... -
Comparing the yield components of three most popular commercial watermelon cultivars in Kenya with one newly introduced cultivar and one landrace
(Academic Journals, 2009)High yield is a major goal for watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) breeders. The objective of this study was to compare the yield components of some watermelon accessions available in Kenya and to identify high yielding ... -
Comparison of economic impact of alternative constraint control measures in indigenous chicken production in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(CIPAV Foundation, 2013)This study compared the costs and benefits of six alternative control measures on the indigenous chicken productivity constraints with an aim of identifying the most desirable mitigation measure; for improved productivity ... -
Comparison of economic impact of alternative constraint control measures in indigenous chicken production in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(CIPAV Foundation, 2013)This study compared the costs and benefits of six alternative control measures on the indigenous chicken productivity constraints with an aim of identifying the most desirable mitigation measure; for improved productivity ... -
Comparison of effects of phosphorus sources on soil acidity, available phosphorus and maize yields at two sites in western Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-03-01)The effects of farmyard manure (FYM), Tithonia diversifolia (tithonia) and urea when applied alone or in combination with Minjingu phosphate rock (MPR), Busumbu phosphate rock (BPR) or triple superphosphate (TSP) on soil ... -
Comparison of net fish yields in pond cultured Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fed on peanut-based meals as alternatives to dietary fishmeal
(International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 2021)Although net yield directly relates to actual production at harvest, feeding trials aimed at replacing dietary fishmeal in cultured fish have largely ignored the performance indicator. A 16-week experiment aimed at ...