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Influence of Farmers’ Socio-economic Characteristics on Adoption of Bambara Nut Production in Western Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2016-11-26)A survey was conducted to determine the effect of the socio-economic and institutional factors on farmers’ adoption of Bambara nut as food security crop. Purposive survey research design was used to generate both qualitative ... -
Influence of Gender on Farmers’ level of Involvement in Bambara Production Activities in Western Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2014-09-24)Aims: The study was conducted to determine the relationship of gender and farmer’s involvement in the production activities of Bambara groundnut, the local crop which is intended for productionfor-use. Study Design: ... -
Influence of gender on participation in cassava value addition in Migori county, Kenya
(RUFORUM, 2018-10-26)In the rural areas, majority of women who are constrained by gender disparity and low incomes can improve their role based on their participation in the cassava value addition, hence enhancing productivity, household incomes ... -
Influence of Irrigation Water, Nitrogen and Phosphorus Nutrient Rates on Relative Weight Loss and Sprouting Characteristics of Seed Potato Tubers After Storage
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013-07-17)Potato has overtime generated special importance in most parts of Kenya and the world as a means of strengthening food security and increasing revenue for farmers. However, potato productivity and industry expansion have ... -
Influence of Legal Requirements on Environmental Concern and sustainability Practices in Small and Medium-size Manufacturing Enterprises in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2015)Until recently it has been too easy to overlook Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the analysis of environmental impact of particularly the manufacturing sector (ibid 2003). SMEs continue to grow, so do their environmental ... -
Influence of Nutrition Knowledge on Dietary Practices and Attitudes of Pregnant Women in Migori, Kenya
(Global Research Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2020-03)Nutrient related deficiency diseases and micronutrient deficiencies which can result to intrauterine growth retardation are manifested. Approximately 200 million women become pregnant each year in developing countries and ... -
Influence of soil moisture levels and packaging on post harvest qualities of tomato
(2015-03-11)Preharvest factors influence postharvest quality of tomatoes. Whereas water stress improves fruit total soluble solids; and polyethylene is used for packaging of fresh horticultural produce, little is known about their ... -
Inheritance of maize phosphorus efficiency in acid soils of western Kenya
(International Journal of Information Research, 2016-04)Soil acidity is a major constraint to maize (Zea mays L.) productivity in tropical soils due to toxic levels of aluminium (Al) and phosphorus (P) deficiency.Selection for acid-soil tolerance is a sustainable way for ... -
Institutional pluralism, access and use of wetland resources in the Nyando Papyrus Wetland, Kenya
(Academic journal, 2015-03)Wetlands support livelihoods of communities living around them as in the Nyando Papyrus Wetland in Kenya. The Nyando Papyrus Wetlands provide multiple resources hence there are multiple uses and users who often overlap ... -
Interaction of Insects and Weeds in a Snap Bean Agroecosystem
(2004)Abstract.Integrated weed management strategies maintain sub-threshold levels of weeds. The remaining weeds may impact the feeding and habitation patterns of both potato leafhoppers and bean leaf beetles in a snap bean ... -
Interactive effects of packaging and storage temperatures on the shelf-life of okra
(ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 2009-05)A study aimed at evaluating the potential benefits of pre-packaging and storage temperature in extending the shelf life of okra was conducted at Egerton University Horticulture Field and Biotechnology Laboratory. Okra ... -
Interference of large crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) with snap beans
(Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Weed Science Society of America, 2003)Field experiments were conducted to determine the effect of large crabgrass densities of 0.5 to 8 plants m-1 of row and emergence time on snap bean yield. Large crabgrass was planted either along with snap beans (early) ... -
Investigations on decomposition of foliage of woody species using a perfusion method
(1992)The time for half of the total oxidizable carbon to be converted into C02 and other gaseous products (t1/2) was studied for five tree species used in agroforestry. The study was conducted in a perfusion system with ... -
Larviciding Potency of Water and Ethanol Extracts of Phytolacca dodecandra (L’ Herit) on Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae)
(Mosquito Research, 2015)Introduction: Plant extracts are an attractive target for search of effective malaria vector control agents. The reason for this is that they present a cost effective, target specific and bio-degradable insecticides. The ... -
Maize Response to Micro Dose Inorganic Inputs on an Acid Smallholder Farm in Kenyan Lower Midland
(Pearl Research Journals, 2016-09-13)The study determined nitrogen, phosphorus fertilizers and lime micro doses effects on soil chemistry and maize performance on an acid soil smallholder farm. Treatments were micro doses (50% of recommendations) of N (0 and ... -
Mapping Qtls for Grain Yield and Yield Components in Kenyan Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Low Phosphorus Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPS)
(American Journal of Plant Sciences, 2021-07-28)Selection for tolerance to low phosphorus (P) using morphological traits alone is slow and often confounded by environmental effects. This study identified some Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) associated with grain yield ... -
Micro-Dosing of Lime, Phosphorus and Nitrogen Fertilizers Effect on Maize Performance on an Acid Soil in Kenya
(Sustainable Agriculture Research, 2015-03-17)High cost of inorganic fertilizers and lime has precluded their use by smallholder farmers to remedy the problem of soil acidity and infertility in Kenya. To address the problem, we tested a precision technique referred ... -
Molecular markers associated with aluminium tolerance in Sorghum bicolor
(Hereditas, 2018)Background: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, L. Moench) production in many agro-ecologies is constrained by a variety of stresses, including high levels of aluminium (Al) commonly found in acid soils. Therefore, for such soils, ... -
Morphometric Study of Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H. S. Irwin and Barneby in Kenya
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 2017)Herbal medicine has been used for many years and it remains widespread in developing countries while the use of complementary alternative medicine is increasing rapidly in developed countries. Senna didymobotrya is important ...