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Determinants of side selling behaviour in emerging sorghum supply chains in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Cogent, 2022)
Vertical coordination in agriculture has received popularity in recent
years. They have emerged to transform farm enterprises from subsistence farming
to commercially oriented production. Despite the importance attached ...
Culturing live foods for fish larviculture using non‐microalgal diet: The role of waste‐generated bacteria and selected commercial probiotics—A review
(Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 2022)
Condensed suspension of live microalga cells, for example, Chlorella vulgaris, Nannochloropsis oculata and Tetraselmis tetrathele is often utilized as diets for mass production of live food resources, that is, rotifers, ...
Biofloc system improves protein utilization efficiency and growth performance of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fry: Experimental evidence
(John Wiley &Sons Ltd., 2022)
This study evaluated the effect of biofloc technology (BFT) on protein utilization and growth performance of Oreochromis niloticus fry under green house for 14 weeks under a 3 × 2 factorial design involving three crude ...
A Binomial Logit Analysis of Factors Affecting Adoption of Soil Conservation Structures in Kericho County, Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2022)
Kericho is one of the forty-seven counties of Kenya and one that is characterized with steep areas prone to soil
erosion. A number of organizations have for a long time promoted soil conservation technologies in soil ...
Potential of Croton megalocarpus Nut as an Alternative Protein Supplement for Feeding of Ruminants in the Tropics
(University of Kentucky UKknowledge, 2022)
Croton megalocarous is a tree native to the arid and semi-arid rangelands of East Africa that produces nuts reported to contain high crude protein (CP). However, they are often neglected as a potential feed due to lack of ...
Promoting Sustainable Smallholder Aquaculture Productivity Through Landscape and Seascape Aquapark Models: A case Study of Busia County, Kenya
(Frontiers, 2022-06)
The dwindling capture fisheries has triggered an increase in Kenya's annual fish demand deficit, currently estimated at 553,000 MT. With the adoption of sustainable policies, aquaculture can bridge and surpass this deficit. ...
Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae meal improves growth performance, feed utilization, amino acids profile, and economic benefits of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L.)
(AQUATIC RESEARCH, 2022-07)
This study investigated the effect of replacing soybean meal (SBM) with black soldier fly larvae meal (BSFLM) on the growth performance, feed utilization, carcass body composition, and amino acids profile of Nile tilapia ...
Ecological implications of Rastrineobola argentea (omena) fishery: A rapid assessment of bycatch diversity at Dunga Beach, Lake Victoria, Kenya
(AfricArXiv, 2022-06)
Rastrineobola argentea (omena) is the second most important species in the fisheries of Lake Victoria after Nile perch. However, its fisheries have negative impacts on the ecology of the lake especially because of the high ...
Parasitic loads in the genetically improved (F7) Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) cultured in fish farms in Busia and Siaya Counties, Kenya: indicators of increased resistance and efficiencies of synergistic technologies adoptions
(Research square, 2022)
In Kenya, breeding programmes whose source of genetic material is local water bodies are at inception with the National
Aquaculture Research Center, Sagana being the Nile tilapia and African catfish breeding nucleus. Fish ...
Phytoplankton distribution along a salinity gradient in two Kenyan saltworks (Tana and Kurawa)
(AJOL, 2022)
The current study assessed the diversity and abundance of phytoplankton genera in two Kenyan saltworks (Tana and Kurawa) in March and September 2021. Water samples were obtained from ponds with salinities ranging from 30 ...