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Shifting focus from external to in situ organic resources The redesign of four tropical long-term experiments
(UoEM, 2024-07)Long-term experiments (LTEs) are critical for evaluating strategies that can maintain or increase crop yields, soil fertility and soil organic carbon (SOC), and help adapt to climate change. Yet, scientific knowledge is ... -
Shifting the Canon: An Analysis of Achebe’s Women in Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2018-07-06)This paper analyses the image of women in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and Anthills of the Savannah to bring into focus on the shifting of the canon through Achebe’s depiction of female characters in the two novels. ... -
Short communication: Efficacy of two commercial disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae spores
(2021-03)Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterium causing American foulbrood (AFB) in honey bee larvae. The remains of a diseased larva contains billions of extremely resilient P. larvae spores viable for decades. Burning ... -
Short Communication: Efficacy of Two Commercial Disinfectants on Paenibacillus larvae Spores
(Frontiers, 2022-05)Paenibacillus larvae is a spore-forming bacterium causing American foulbrood (AFB) in honey bee larvae. The remains of a diseased larva contains billions of extremely resilient P. larvae spores viable for decades. Burning ... -
A Simple model for the ethnic, sub ethnic, clan and religion based politics in Kenya presidential elections
(2016)A simple deterministic model with Kenya specific attributes was developed to describe the ethnic based voting blocs. Four compartmental classes: Agikuyu (A), Luo (L), Kalenjin (K) and the Rest (R) were formulated, and first ... -
Simulation of a Deterministic Model of HIV Transmission between Two Closed Patches
(2020-09)Numerical simulation of a deterministic model of HIV transmission between major cities in Kenya is carried out. The model considered two closed patches connected by the commuter movements of truck drivers being the ... -
Simulation of a Deterministic Model of HIV Transmission between Two Closed Patches
(Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science, 2020-09-08)Numerical simulation of a deterministic model of HIV transmission between major cities in Kenya is carried out. The model considered two closed patches connected by the commuter movements of truck drivers being the agents ... -
Smallholder Coffee Productivity as Affected by Socioeconomic Factors and Technology Adoption
(Hindawi, 2021-02)Despite the increase in area under coffee in Kenya in the last decade, productivity has been on the decline. Numerous production technologies have been developed through on-station research but there has been limited ... -
Socio-Demographic Factors And Knowledge Influencing Associated With ORS Use For Diarrhoea In Children At Miathene Sublocation, Meru County, Kenya
(2020-05)Oral rehydration solution is the gold standard treatment option in childhood diarrhoea though there are other practices like use of rice water, water sugar mixtures, continuous breast feeding for under six months ... -
Socio-Economic Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Kenya: An Application of Logistic Regression Model
(Science Publishing Group, 2015-11)Babies born with Low-birth weight are at increased risk for serious health problems which are accompanied by disabilities and even death. The purpose of this study was to determine socio-economic factors that lead to low ... -
Socio-economic Effects of Mpesa Adoption on the Livelihoods of People in Bureti Sub County, Kenya
(HRmars, 2014-12)MPesa is a mobile phone based money transfer system in Kenya which grew at a blistering pace following its inception in 2007. Its adoption is country wide; both in the urban and rural areas. Mpesa enables the users to send ... -
Socioeconomic Impact of Establishment of University of Embu on Small Scale Farmers in Nthambo Sub-Location, Kenya
(SCIENCEDOMAIN international (SDI), 2018-11)The University of Embu is one of the fast developing and recently chartered University in Kenya. It is located in Nthambo sub-location, which is an agricultural potential area. Universities establishment have considerable ... -
Socioeconomic Impact of Establishment of University of Embu on Small Scale Farmers in Nthambo Sub-Location, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 2018-11)The University of Embu is one of the fast developing and recently chartered University in Kenya. It is located in Nthambo sub-location, which is an agricultural potential area. Universities establishment have considerable ... -
Soil fertility inputs and tillage influence on maize crop performance and soil water content in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2019-05)Rigorous land ploughing and cropping fertiliser treatment and mineral fertiliser combined with animal manure treatment) consistently enhanced maize crop growth and development as observed through enhanced chlorophyll ... -
Soil fertility status, management and research in East Africa
(2004)This study reviews and synthesizes the soil fertility status, management among smallholder farmers and research in the three countries of east Africa, namely Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. We observe that many studies note ... -
Soil fertility under Calliandra calothyrsus hedgerows and other land-use treatments following forest clearance in Jamaica
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003-02)An experiment in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica investigated the consequences of three land-use treatments applied following forest clearance on soil fertility and resulting crop growth over a five year period. The treatments ... -
Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Maize Production Under Different Soil Fertility Management Practices in East Africa
(2020-06)In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), few studies have quantified greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions following application of soil amendments, for development of accurate national GHG inventories. Therefore, this study quantified soil ... -
Soil Inorganic N and N Uptake by Maize Following Application of Legume Biomass, Tithonia, Manure and Mineral Fertilizer in Central Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2011-05)In the smallholder farms of central Kenya soils suffer from nitrogen (N) deficiency due to inability to replenish it through application of chemical fertilizers and/or manure. This study evaluated the effect of some ... -
Soil nutrients and crop yield response to conservation-effective management practices in the sub-humid highlands agro-ecologies of Kenya
(Heliyon, 2021)Crop productivity in most smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa experience low use of soil amendment resources, low and erratic rainfall, frequent dry spells, and droughts. Rain-fed agriculture has a high crop ... -
Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Fractions and Sugar Beet Sucrose Yield in Furrow-Irrigated Agroecosystems
(2015-03)Soil organic matter (SOM) fractions were determined using extraction-, incubation-, and density-based fractionation techniques on samples collected from a range of furrow-irrigated sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) ...