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Enhancing response farming for improved strategic and tactical agronomic management of risks of seasonal rainfall variability
(AJOL, 2014)Seasonal rainfall variability, particularly the uncertainty with respect to the direction and extent that variability will assume in a given season, forms the greatest source of risk to crop production in semi-arid areas ... -
Assessment of Association between Perceived Stigma, Social Support and Substance Abuse among Clients at the Comprehensive Care Centre at the Coast Province General Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Introduction: Clients in Comprehensive Care Centres (CCC) usually face stigma and have poor social support which results in poor coping mechanisms including substance (alcohol and illicit drugs) abuse. The prevalence of ... -
Desertifilum fontinale sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) from a warm spring in East Africa, based on conventional and molecular studies
(2014)Desertifilum is a filamentous cyanobacterium of crusts and biofilms, recently described from the extreme hot and dry Thar Desert in north–western India. A new species was isolated from a warm spring near Lake Bogoria, Kenya ... -
Specific Energy Consumption of Onion Slices During Hot-air Convection, Infrared Radiation and Combined Infrared-Convection Drying
(AENSI Journals, 2014)Total energy requirement and specific energy consumption for drying of onion slices were evaluated using various drying methods including hot-air convection, infrared radiation and hot air convection-infrared combination ... -
Identification of new sorghum genotypes resistant to the African and spotted Stem borers
(2014)Lepidopteran stemborers, mainly the African stemborer Busseola fusca Fuller and spotted stemborer Chilopartellus Swinhoe, are among the economically important pests of sorghum in Kenya. Identification of sources of resistance ... -
Interaction of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.vasinfectum and the fungal feeding nematode Aphelechus avenae on Bt cotton
(2014)The fungal feeding nematode Aphelenchus avenae (APH) feeds on different species of fungi including Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) that causes wilt in cotton. The objective of this study was to assess the ... -
Laboratory surveillance of cholera in Nyanza Province
(2014)Cholera continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in many areas of the world, and there is currently a high frequency of new outbreaks in Africa. Following a confirmed cholera outbreak in Siaya, Kisumu, ... -
Diffusivity of Sulphate Ion in Selected Ordinary Portland and Portland Pozzolana Cements Mortar
(Kenya Chemical Society, 2014)Cement is subject to degradation by aggressive media. This study investigated sulphate diffusivity in mortar made from selected Kenyan cements which included three brands of Ordinary Portland Cements (OPC) and three ... -
Effect of Government Regulations on the Relationship Between Return on Investments and Financing of Water Investments In Nairobi Peri-Urban Markets in Kenya
(2014)For any economic development it is important to finance infrastructure such as water and sanitation. Water has historically been viewed as public good not as a market commodity and thus water utilities have ... -
The effects of exchange rate liberalization in Kenya on French beans exports
(Pak Publishing Group, 2014)The adoption of a floating exchange rate system in Kenya was an effort to make it more aligned to the market determined equilibrium rate. However, there is limited empirical evidence that success has since been achieved ... -
Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae
(2014)Planctomyces brasiliensis Schlesner 1990 belongs to the order Planctomycetales, which differs from other bacterial taxa by several distinctive features such as internal cell compartmentalization, multiplication by forming ... -
Empowering smallholder rice farmers in Tanzania to increase productivity for promoting food security in Eastern and Southern Africa
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Despite low rice yield levels in Tanzania, the country is the leading producer in Eastern and Southern Africa. Given that this business is dominated by smallholder farmers and that the country is endowed ... -
Molecular genetics: science and technology regulation
(BioMed Central, 2014)The 23rd Annual Dialogue series at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation aimed at suggesting important inputs in the regulatory process for the approval and commercialisation of genetically modified crops. -
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: Scientific basis for action
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) addresses the challenge of meeting the growing demand for food, fibre and fuel, despite the changing climate and fewer opportunities for agricultural expansion on additional ... -
Potential environmental and population health impacts of local urban food systems under climate change: a life cycle analysis case study of lettuce and chicken
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Climate change is expected to have an impact on food production, processing and transport systems. While food systems have become globalized in recent decades, interest has re-emerged for local production and ... -
Pollination and biological control research: are we neglecting two billion smallholders
(BioMed Central, 2014)Food insecurity is a major world problem, with ca. 870 million people in the world being chronically undernourished. Most of these people live in tropical, developing regions and rely on smallholder farming for food ... -
Back to baselines: measuring change and sharing data
(BioMed Central, 2014)International research for development is under increasing pressure to demonstrate development outcomes that enhance people’s food security and well-being while preserving the natural resource base. The CGIAR Research Programme ... -
To label or not to label: balancing the risks, benefits and costs of mandatory labelling of GM food in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2014)There seems to be growing controversy among interest groups worldwide about whether genetically modified (GM) foods need to be labelled. There are also growing concerns, particularly among civil society groups, about ... -
The role of varietal attributes on adoption of improved seed varieties: the case of sorghum in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2014)This paper examined the effect of variety attributes on adoption of improved sorghum varieties in Kenya. Using data from a random sample of 140 farmers, a multivariate probit was used to identify variety-specific drivers of ... -
An Investigation of the Latent Semantic Analysis Technique for Document Retrieval
(2014)Latent semantic analysis (LSA) application in information retrieval promises to offer better performance by overcoming some limitations that plagues traditional termmatching techniques. These term-matching techniques ...