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Analysis of Farmers’ Perceptions of the Effects of Climate Change in Kenya: The Case of Kyuso District
(Moi University Press,, 2012)
A cross-sectional analysis was carried out to evaluate how farmers in Kyuso District have perceived climate change. Data was collected from 246 farmers from six locations sampled out through a multistage and simple random ...
Assessment of farmers’ adaptation to the effects of climate change in Kenya: the case of Kyuso District
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2012)
The study was carried out to assess how farmers in Kyuso District have adapted to the effects of climate change. Survey data was collected from 246 farmers from six locations that were sampled out through a multistage and ...
Food security in Kenya: the impact of building rural farmers' capacity through agricultural education in secondary school
(Sabinet, 2012-06-01)
Many developing countries today face major challenges with regard to food security due to changes in rural land use, coupled with population pressure. One of the ways Kenya has responded to this is by teaching agriculture ...
Determinants of common bean productivity and efficiency: a case of smallholder farmers in eastern Uganda
(2012)
Agriculture sustains the livelihoods of about 70.8% of Ugandans, while common bean has emerged to be an important cash crop as well as a staple food for the majority of farmers and consumers. Although Uganda’s bean output ...
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(2012-03-01)
Herbicide applied to imidazolinone resistant-maize seed as a Striga control option for small-scale African farmers
(Weed Science Society of America, 2012-04)
Striga is a major constraint to food production in Africa. Most technologies developed for the eradication of Striga asiatica from the United States are not adaptable to Africa. Imazapyr and pyrithiobac coated imidazolin ...
Evaluation of Yield Advantage of Maize+ Artemisia And Maize+ Beans Intercrops In a Sub-Humid Ecozone Of Maseno, Western Kenya.
(2012)
An experiment on intercropping systems at Maseno, western Kenya sought to evaluate the yield potential of maize indifferent maize+artemisia spacing regimes in comparison to a standard maize+bean system, by identifying the ...