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Improved Livestock Breeds and Household Social Capital: The Case of Sahiwal Cattle Adoption among Isiria Maasai of Narok County, Kenya
(2020-11-11)
The utilization of pastoral resources such as grasses, shrubs, water and salt-licks is an aspect social capital. However, with climatic and socio-economic changes traditional cattle production and livelihood outcomes ...
Working with Bioactive Substances from Medicinal Plants in Animals
(2020-07-20)
Background: Working with bioactive substances from the medicinal plant requires various steps from plant extract preparation to the calculation for scientific evaluation and safe medicinal plant extract administration. The ...
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 ...
Cassava value chain upgrading for secure food, nutrition, income and resilience of smallholder farmers in the Agricultural Semi-Arid Lands of Nakuru County – Preliminary results..
(RUFORUM Working Document Series, 2019)
Cassava is an important food security crop in Kenya, mainly grown for subsistence and limited commerce in the western, eastern, and coastal regions. Demand for the crop has grown in nontraditional growing areas of Nakuru ...
Use of macro invertebrate assemblage to assess the ecological integrity of Nyando Wetlands, Kenya
(academic journal, 2013-07)
This study aimed to investigate changes in macroinvertebrate assemblage within Nyando wetlands and
developed an index of biotic integrity for monitoring human disturbances. Triplicate macroinvertebrate
samples were ...
Community Based Approach to the Management of Nyando Wetland, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Mcpowl Media Ltd, 2012-12)
Tropical wetlands are known to be very productive, providing water and primary productivity upon which large numbers of plants and animal species depend for survival. In the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB), wetlands are part and ...