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Gender Influence on Farmer’s Level of Involvement in Utilization and Conservation of Bambara Groundnut
(2015-08-21)
Aims: To understand the role of gender on Bambara groundnut cultivation with respect to
levels of farmers’ involvement in utilization and conservation in Western Kenya.
Study Design: A questionnaire was administered to ...
Farmers’ perceptions on adoption of Bambara nut production as a food security crop in Kakamega county, Kenya
(2015-08-21)
This study was conducted between April and December 2011 to examine perception of
smallholder farmers in four districts of Kakamega County, Kenya in adoption of Bambara nut
production as food security crop. The study was ...
Response of Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit (Leucaena) Provenances to Aluminium in Potted Soil Experiment
(2015-08-21)
Aims: To determine the level of acid or aluminium tolerance provenances in Leucaena (Leucaena
leucocephala) a favourite agroforestry tree in Kenya.
Study Design: The set up was a 2-factor (provenance-aluminium) experiment ...
Comparative analysis of phenotypic characterization of Kenya and Pacific Islands tarogen germplasm collections Colocasia esculenta L. (Schott)
(2015-08-21)
Fifty accessions of taro germplasm collections Colocasia esculenta L.
Received: 15 November, 2014
(Schott) were collected from Kenya and Pacific Islands tarogen germplasm
collections. Twenty five accessions of Kenyan ...
Genetic structure and diversity of East African taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott]
(2015-08-21)
Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L) Schott] is mainly produced in Africa by small holder farmers and plays an
important role in the livelihood of millions of poor people in less developed countries. The genetic
diversity of ...
Effect of wheat bran supplementation with fresh and composted agricultural wastes on the growth of Kenyan native wood ear mushrooms [Auricularia auricula (L. ex Hook.) Underw.]
(2015-08-21)
Nutrient supplements and agricultural wastes used for mushroom cultivation are important in improving
establishment and production of mushrooms. Agricultural wastes such as sawdust, grass, sugarcane
bagasse, wheat straw ...