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Study of The Effects of Varrying The Concentration Of Aluminium on The Properties of Caal2o4: Ce3+ Phosphors.
(University of Embu, 2019)
Population increase has been observed in the past few years and as a result there is need for development in order to improve living standards of people. Lighting in homes and industries one of the major areas that needs ...
Bringing Climate Smart Agriculture to Scale: Experiences from the Water Productivity Project in East and Central Africa
(IntechOpen, 2018-03)
Since 2010, six research organizations in the region have implemented a regional project that sought to combat food insecurity, poverty and climate change by up-scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies across ...
Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens – Evidence from selected case studies in Africa.
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
The demand for food and other ecosystem services have risen in the recent past in many parts of the world due to increasing human population. This has promoted agricultural intensification and increased extraction of natural ...
Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement in Kenya
(Springer International Publishing, 2016)
Kenya is an agricultural nation, with over 12 million people residing in
areas with degraded lands. Unfortunately, the food crop productivity growth in the
country has failed to exceed the population growth. The growth ...
Issues for quality enhancement and harmonization of education in East Africa.
(Springer Link, 2016-03)
This chapter provides a description of the historical and political development of the current mass education system in East Africa. It goes on to provide a comparative analysis of the structure of the school education ...
Role of Latent Local Technologies and Innovations to Catapult Development in Kenya
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
The domination of “colonization shadow” may have reduced
the manifestation of young indigenous technologies and innovations
that with minimal value addition could help local communities overcome
many challenges. Rediscovery ...
Changes in Soil Organic Matter as Influenced by Organic Residue Management Regimes in Selected Experiments in Kenya
(Springer, 2007)
The failure to understand the dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) is a major limitation to the sustainability of smallholder production systems that predominantly relied on organic resources for the maintenance of soil ...
World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001)
Use of scientific (Latin) names of living organisms
is a basic norm in all scientific literature. Yet,
to write these names correctly is a daunting task
for not only the novices, but even seasoned professionals.
This ...
Partial balance of nitrogen in a maize cropping system in humic nitisol of Central Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2007)
The application of nitrogen in a soil under agricultural production is subject to several pathways including de-nitrification, leaching and recovery by an annual crop. This is as well greatly influenced by the management ...
Fertilizer nitrogen recovery as affected by soil organic matter status in two sites in Kenya
(Springer, 2007)
Management of nitrogen (N) nutrition is a vital aspect in maize production systems ofKenya. In Central andWestern parts of Kenya, high population density has eliminated the use of traditional fallow farming systems for ...