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Enhancing adaptation to climate variability in the East African highlands: a case for fostering collective action among smallholder farmers in Kenya and Uganda
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
There is an increasing recognition of the role of climate change adaptation among smallholder farmers in rain-fed agriculture
in Africa. Collective action among smallholder farmers has been suggested as influencing local ...
Annonated Checklist of Plant Species of Loita Forest (Entim E Naimina Enkiyio Forest or the Forest of the Lost Child), Narok County, Kenya
(IJARBS, 2019)
An ethnobotanical survey was undertaken in Loita forest from 2012 to 2015 to document species richness and compile the first
comphrensive plant species checklist of Loita forest. The forest is located in Narok County, ...
Assessing perceived impacts of climate change and how small scale farmers adapt in N in North Kinangop Location, Kenya.
(2014)
Climate variability and change has been considered to be posing the greatest threat to agriculture and food security in many of the poor, agriculture-based countries in Africa. In recognition of this, an assessment of ...
Effects of Different Maize ( Zea mays L .) – Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) Intercropping Patterns on Yields and its Economics
(Academic Research Journals, 2014-03)
Field experiment was conducted for two seasons to evaluate the effects of different maize and soybean intercropping patterns on its yields and economics at Embu and Meru Counties, Kenya. The experiment was arranged in a ...
Household Energy Demand in Kenya: an Application of the Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System (LA-AIDS)
(Elsevier Ltd, 2011-09)
This paper estimates price and fuel expenditure elasticities of demand by applying the linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand system (LA-AIDS) to 3665 households sampled across Kenya in 2009. The results indicate that motor ...
Enhancing Maize Productivity and Profitability using Organic Inputs and Mineral Fertilizer in Central Kenya Small-Hold Farms
(Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Declining land productivity is a major problem facing smallholder farmers today in Sub-Saharan Africa,
and as a result increase in maize grain yield has historically staggered behind yield gains that have been
achieved ...
Nitrogen recovery by alley-cropped maize and trees from 15N-labeled tree biomass in the subhumid highlands of Kenya
(Springer-Verlag, 2000-05)
The effectiveness of tree-leaf biomass as a source of N to crops in agroforestry systems depends on the rate at which crops can obtain N from the biomass. A study was conducted to determine the fate of 15N labeled, ...
Current Floristic Composition and Growth Forms of Equatorial Rainforest, Kakamega County, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2018)
Floristic composition and growth forms were studied in central Isecheno nature reserve part of the main tropical
rainforest using transects and systematic quadrats following compass direction from January to December, ...
Perceived Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Small-Scale Farmers in North Kinangop Location, Kenya
(2013)
Climate variability and change has been considered to be posing the greatest threat to agriculture and food security in many of the poor agriculture-based countries in Africa. In recognition of this, an assessment of climate ...
Farmers' Perception and Knowledge of Health Risks in Wastewater Irrigation
(Open Science Repository Natural Resources and Conservation, 2013-01-16)
This paper uses cross-sectional survey data to evaluate the farmers’ perception and knowledge of health risks in urban wastewater irrigation in Nairobi, Kenya. In order to identify the determinants of farmers’ perception ...