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Use oMinjingu Phosphate Rock with Tithonia Diversifolia in Maize-Bean Intercrop For Improved Maize Yields in Two Soil Types in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)
Phosphorus deficiency and aluminium phytotoxicity are major factors limiting crop production in acid soils. Use of mineral fertilizers, especially by small scale farmers, to alleviate deficiencies of nutrients, such as P, ...
Population dynamics and management of vectors of viruses causing maize lethal necrosis disease in Bomet County Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-04)
Maize production in Kenya is under threat due to infection by maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND). The disease is known to cause intensive complete yield loss. It is caused by a synergistic infection of maize by maize ...
Analysis of Vertical and Horizontal Integration as Determinants of Market Channel Choice among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Lower Central Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-11)
Dairy farming is a significant economic activity in Kenya as it accounts for four percent of
the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and fourteen percent of total value of
agricultural output. Market-oriented smallholder ...
Fingerprinting and Relating Juvenile Characters of Rice to Yield and Yield Components in Kiambu and Kirinyaga Counties
(Kenyatta University, 2019-02)
Rice is increasing as an important food and cash crop in Kenya and is third to maize and wheat in terms of consumption. Consumption has continually outstripped production resulting in massive importation. The main problem ...
Characterization, Water Stress and Nutrient Management of Yellow Passion Fruits (Passiflora Edulis, Var F. Flavicarpa. Deg) in Kiambu and Embu Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)
Passion fruit has gained significant importance as a horticultural crop of choice among farmers in Kenya. The yellow passion has been recently commercialized in Embu County due to its adaptation to the hot arid conditions ...
Determinants of crop and land management practices and effects on production risks under variable climatic conditions in Eastern Uganda.
(2014-08)
This study aimed to establish the effects of various crop and land management
practices in reducing production risks under variable rainfall regimes in Eastern
Uganda. An approach that integrated both rainfall variability ...
Soil Moisture Conservation, Cropping Systems and Soil Fertility Effects on Soil and Maize Performance in Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)
The main causes of food insecurity in semi–arid parts of Kenya are low soil fertility, low and unreliable rainfall. These two causes are the main challenges facing small-scale farmers in food production especially in ...
Economics of biological control of cereal stemborers in Eastern Africa: a case study of maize and sorghum production in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-01)
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), undertook a biological
control (BC) programme for control of stemborers from 1993 to 2008, to reduce cereal yield
losses due to stemborer attack in East ...
An analysis of the efficiency of rural food markets in the Eastern Central highlands of Kenya
(2014)
Agricultural markets offer opportunities for households to access incomes and food. Efficient food marketing systems assume a competitive structure thus enabling food distribution from surplus to deficit areas. Liberalization ...
Molecular characterization and non-chemical management of root-knot nematodes (meloidogyne spp.) on African nightshades in selected parts of Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)
Root-knot nematodes (RKN) (Meloidogyne spp.) cause up to 80 % yield losses in infected vegetables. A study was carried out to; assess the influence of farmers’ knowledge and awareness on RKN damage on African nightshades ...