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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 ...
Analysis of determinants of productivity and technical efficiency among smallholder common bean farmers in eastern Uganda
(Maxwell Science Publishing, 2013-09-20)
The study evaluated factors influencing bean productivity and technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in Eastern Uganda, using a stochastic frontier model and a Tobit model. Findings showed that bean productivity ...
Genetic and phenotypic parameters for feed efficiency in indigenous chicken in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2018-01-01)
This study aims to determine the genetic and phenotypic parameters of net feed efficiency (NFE) traits namely Residual feed intake (RFI), residual gain (RG), and residual intake and gain (RIG) along the growth curve of ...
1683 Genome-wide association analysis of residual feed intake and milk yield in dairy goats
(Oxford University Press, 2016-10-01)
Interest in both dairy and meat goat production in the US has been increasing, and there is tremendous opportunity for genetic progress in traits that are easy to measure (e.g., milk yield) and those that are more difficult ...
Genetic evaluation of growth of Dorper sheep in semi-arid Kenya using random regression models
(Elsevier, 2010-10-01)
Data consisting of 8922 weight records from 2642 Dorper sheep from 20 to 380 days of age spanning 1981–1996 were used to model the growth trajectory using random regression (RR) and estimate genetic parameters. The independent ...
Factors that influence the efficiency of beef and dairy cattle recording system in Kenya: A SWOT–AHP analysis
(Springer Netherlands, 2011-01-01)
Animal recording in Kenya is characterised by erratic producer participation and high drop-out rates from the national recording scheme. This study evaluates factors influencing efficiency of beef and dairy cattle recording ...
The past, present and future genetic improvement of indigenous chicken of Kenya
(Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO), 2014)
Genetic improvement of farm animals encompasses both mating and selection for desired traits and indigenous chicken genetic resources are no exception. In Kenya, previous attempts to genetically improve indigenous chicken ...
The role of Kenya in the trans-african spread of maize streak virus strain a
(Elsevier, 2017-03-15)
Maize streak virus (MSV), the causal agent of maize streak disease (MSD), is the most important viral pathogen of Africa’s staple food crop, maize. Previous phylogeographic analyses have revealed that the most widely-distributed ...