Browsing School of Agriculture and Food Security by Issue Date

Intensive livestock recording for sustainable breeding programs and adaptation strategy to climate change

TO Okeno, CB Wasike (206)

The hypothesis that, intensive recording is needed for sustainable breeding programs in developing countries in the face of climate change was tested.Using stochastic simulation, genetic gain realised by breeding strategies ...

Effect of land preparation and weeding on maize (Zea mays) grain yields in the coastal region of Kenya

EN Gacheru, MK O'Neill, GM Kamau, HM Saha, GD Odhiambo (Taylor & Francis Group, 1993-01-01)

A field study was conducted at the Regional Research Centre, Mtwapa and at the Msabaha subcentre in Kilifi District of Coast Province, Kenya between 1986 and 1989. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects ...

Long-term effects of fertility and hand-weeding on Striga in maize.

JK Ransom, GD Odhiambo (1994)

Tanzania has recently embarked into a period of liberalisation which is undoubtedly having an impact on the agricultural sector. The effects of liberalisation are feeding through to the animal feeds sector, which is ...

The use of weather and climate forecasts by rural people to enhance food production.

Nyakwada, W., Akunda, E. (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.

Oteng'i, S. B. B.,Akunda, E. (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 ...

Effect of intercropping maize and beans on striga incidence and grain yield

Odhiambo, GD; Ariga, ES (2001-02-15)

Intercrops can smother weeds in cereal crops and improve the overall productivity. Although intercropping with beans has long been practised in the region, a practical bean population and arrangement is required in the ...

Effect of intercropping maize and beans on Striga incidence and grain yield. Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the New Millennium.

GD Odhiambo, ES Ariga (2002)

^ AIntercrops can smother weeds in cereal crops and improve the overall productivity. Although intercropping with beans has long been practised in the region, a practical bean population and arrangement is required in the ...

Transposons and tolerance; teh identification of genes for Striga tolerance in maize. Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the New Millennium.

S Hearne, DA Hoisington, FK Kanampiu, D Grimanelli, AL Gurney, GD Odhiambo, PO Mbogo, MC Press, JD Scholes, R Vasey (2002)

^ AStriga is one of the most severe constraints to cereal production in areas of the semi-arid tropics of Africa where subsistence agriculture is predominant. The development of Striga tolerant or resistant germplasm has ...

Development and diffusion of integrated Striga control practices for small-scale farmers in western Kenya

Dennis Keith Friesen, GD Odhiambo, J Agunda, Andreas Oswald (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program (PRGA), 2002)

The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica has become one of the most significant constraints to cereal production in western Kenya. In 1995 a collaborative project among CIMMYT, the University of Hohenheim (UH) and the Kenyan ...

Amplification of 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic (ACC) deaminase from plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in Striga-infested soil

Babalola, Olubukola O; Osir, Ellie O; Sanni, Abiodun I; Odhiambo, George D; Bulimo, Wallace D (Academic Journals (Kenya), 2003)

Experiments were conducted in pots to determine the growth effect of different rhizobacteria on maize under Striga hermonthica infestation. Three bacteria were selected based on their plant growth promoting effects. Whole ...

Striga control in western Kenya: Raising awareness, containing and reducing the infestation and developing strategies for eradication

PL Woomer, EJ Mukhwana, G Odhiambo, D Okello, M Omare, N Sanginga (2004)

Isolation of rhizobacteria associated with maize and assessment of their potential for use in Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. suicidal germination

OO Babalola, AI Sanni, GD Odhiambo (2004-11-23)

A screen-house pot experiment with commercial hybrid maize variety H511 was conducted at Kenya Sugar Research Foundation, Kisumu sub-station; Kenya. The experimental soil was infested with Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. ...

Farmers' perceptions and evaluation of integrated approaches to combat striga, stemborer and soil fertility problems in Western Kenya

E Rutto, H De Groote, B Vanlauwe, F Kanampiu, G Odhiambo, Z Khan (2005)

Striga emergence and seed bank dynamics under different maize management practices in Western Kenya

G Odhiambo, PL Woomer (African Crop Science Society, 2005)

Striga management options in western Kenya

PL Woomer, J Tungani, G Odhiambo, FM Mwaura (2005)

FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT Promotion and dissemination of Integrated Pest and Soil Fertility Management Strategies to combat striga, stemborers and declining soil fertility in the …

Zeyaur Khan, Hugo De Groote, Fred Kanampiu, Joseph Kikafunda, Dickens Nyagol, Charles Midega, George Odhiambo, Esther Rutto, Ignath Rwiza, Bernard Vanlauwe, John A Pickett, Lester J Wadhams (2005-02-14)

Demonstrations with best-bet technologies for the control of Striga weed and stemborers and enhancement of soil fertility were continued in 2005 in both long rainy season (March to July) and short rainy season (September ...

Integrated pest and soil management to combat striga, stem borers and declining soil fertility in the Lake Victoria Basin

Zeyaur Khan, Hugo De Groote, Fred Kanampiu, Joseph Kikafunda, Dickens Nyagol, George Odhiambo, Esther Rutto, Ignath Rwiza, Bernard Vanlauwe (Final Technical Report, 2005-04-20)

Demonstrations with best-bet technologies for the control of Striga weed and stemborers and enhancement of soil fertility were initiated in the long rainy season (March to July) of 2003 in Kenya and Uganda and during the ...