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Farm production diversity and its influence on diet quality in South Eastern Kenya.
(Informa UK Limited,, 2024-01-27)Agriculture nutrition linkages have long been recognized as a potentially viable pathway of attaining food and nutrition security. However, these insights have started to influence mainstream thinking on agricultural ... -
Farm Productivity and Poverty in Kenya: The effects of Soil Conservation
(University of NairobiSchool of economics, university of Nairobi, 2006) -
Farm Size, Modern Technology Adoption, and Efficiency of Small Holdings in Developing Countries: Evidence from Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2011)Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: ... -
Farm technology adoption in Kenya: a simultaneous estimation of inorganic fertilizer and improved maize variety adoption decisions.
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)This paper models inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties adoption as joint decisions. Controlling for household, plot-level, institutional and other factors, the study found that household adoption decisions on ... -
Farmer demand for clean planting material of biofortified and non-biofortified vegetatively propagated crop varieties: The case of sweetpotato
(Elsevie, 2020-04)Biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP), rich in beta carotene, is currently being promoted due to its role in fighting vitamin A deficiency. To promote farmer access to OFSP planting material (i.e., vines) projects ... -
Farmer management practices of citrus insect pests in Kenya
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2009)A formal citrus insect pest survey was conducted in two citrus growing districts of Kenya, Bungoma and Machakos, to determine important insect pests of citrus and evaluate the pest control practices used by small-scale . ... -
Farmer participation in sugarcane production in the Mumias Sugar scheme, western Kenya.
(Dean, Faculty of Arts, 2002) -
Farmer Perception of Technology and its Impact on Technology Uptake: The Case of Fodder Legume in Central Kenya Highlands
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 2004)Technology adoption by farmers is crucial to increasing agricultural productivity hence meeting food and nutrition challenges in Africa. Economists investigating consumer demand have accumulated considerable evidence showing ... -
Farmer Perceptions on Indigenous Pig Farming in Kakamega District, Western Kenya
(Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2010)Objectives for this paper were to: study farmer beliefs and perceptions on local pig farming practices; and to explore opportunities for improved located production in selected villages of Western Kenya. The paper seeks ... -
Farmer perceptions on rural pig rearing in Kakamega District, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health, 2010) -
Farmer-Friendly Strategies Of Managing Weeds In Carrot (Daucus Carota L.) Production
(University of NairobiDepartment of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 2013)Weed control constitutes one of the main cost items in carrot production. The current study was conducted at the field station farm, University of Nairobi in 2011 with the aim of developing a cost-effective strategy of ... -
Farmers
(Department of sociology, 1993) -
Farmers Information Matrix:
(2009)For over a decade Information Communications Techno logy (ICT) has come to dominate daily life around the globe. Whether it is for financial information, markets, news, general knowledge or simply entertainment, the ... -
Farmers knowledge ,attitudes and practices (KAP) in Embu and Taita benchmark sites before and after below-ground biodiversity project interventions
(Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Nairobi, 2011) -
Farmers Organisations in Kenya: Interest Groups or State Agents
(Institute for Development Studies [IDS], 1994) -
Farmers' cultural practices and management of potato late blight in Kenya Highlands: implications for development of integrated disease management
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protetion, 2004)A survey of 277 farmers in three major potato-growing areas in Kenya was conducted in 2000 and 2001 with the aims of assessing farmers' current perception and knowledge of late blight and practices for its management and ... -
Farmers' ethno-ecological knowledge of the termite problem in semi-arid Nakasongola
(2011)Infestation and destruction of rangeland vegetation by subterranean termites is a major constraint to livestock production in the rangelands of Uganda, particularly, in semi-arid Nakasongola. Ethno¬ecological studies on ... -
Farmers' evaluation of legume cover crops for erosion control in Gathwariga catchment, Kenya
(Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2004)Studies were conducted in Gathwariga catchment, Kenya with the aim of evaluating farmers' perception about the impact of legume cover crops (LCC) on soil erosion control. A sensitization workshop involving the farmers was ... -
Farmers' Organizations in Kenya: State Agents or Civil Institutions?
(1994)This study examines the conditions under which small-scale, resource-poor farmers in Kenya have attempted to engage in representational activities to influence agricultural policies, under conditions that at best can be ...