Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Factors influencing urban agricultural practices in Kenya: a case of Nairobi county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Current global agricultural practices are recognized as unsustainable. The increase in overall human population as well as the global trend of rural to urban migration, partially as a result of historically and continual ... -
Performance of the community based management of acute malnutrition (cmam) programme for children 6-59 months old in lilongwe rural, Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Since the inception of the community based management of acute malnutrition in 2006 in Lilongwe rural the process has not been assesed to gauge its perfomance. The main objective of this study was to assess the performance ... -
An investigation of farm contacts and their potential impact on disease transmission in smallholder cattle production in Bungoma county of western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)ABSTRACT Farm animal movement usually occurs during grazing, watering, and dipping and livestock trade among others. These movements create contacts between different farms and the contacts created form networks of varying ... -
Access and use of knowledge on fruit processing technologies by smallholder farmers: Case study of Mwala, Machakos county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Many fruits are produced and consumed in Kenya. They are eaten either fresh or in processed form. Processing is commonly by formal industry. The Government of Kenya strategy on reducing post-harvest losses to promote ... -
Assessment of beef carcass contamination with escherichia coli 0157:h7 post slaughter in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A cross sectional study was carried out on meat sourced from three slaughterhouses: Dagoretti in Nairobi, Limuru in Limuru and Eldoret Township in Eldoret. The objectives of the study were to assess the probability of ... -
Prevalence and clinico-pathological manifestations of avian leucosis in Chicken in Nairobi And Surrounding Counties
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Avian leucosis (AL) is an important disease causing high morbidity, mortality and reduction in chicken production. There is scanty information in Kenya on the status of the disease in chicken to enable its prevention and ... -
Nutritive value and levels of heavy metals in marketed vegetable amaranth grown with effluent water: a case of ruai and njiru in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The urban areas release enormous volumes of wastewater into the sewerage system. This water serves for irrigation in urban agriculture. However, the water contain large amounts of nutrients, but also toxic constituents ... -
Analysis of the effectiveness of participatory video in dissemination of agricultural information among smallholder farmers of Bungoma county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Participatory video is just one among the tools that are used for disseminating agricultural information. The use of video has been seen as catalyst to effective knowledge transfer to rural areas of the developing world. ... -
Assessment of willingness to pay for quality sweet-potato planting materials: the case of smallholder farmers in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In Africa, malnutrition and hunger continue to be major problems affecting developing countries, especially those in Sub-Sahara Africa. One of the major nutritional problems facing developing countries is micronutrient ... -
Integrating host resistance with tolerance in multiple cropping systems for management of plant parasitic nematodes in sugarcane
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Sugarcane productivity in Kenya has been on the decline over the past decade due to various factors including pests and diseases. Plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are known to infest sugarcane fields due to poor agronomic ... -
Influence of crop management practices and organic amendments on nematodes population and diversity in banana orchards in Embu county
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Bananas (Musa spp) play an important role as a source of food and income for many households in Kenya. However production of this fruit crop has not been easy due to pests and disease among other challenges. The objective ... -
An evaluation of the influence of information sources on adoption of Agroforestry practices in Kajiado Central Sub-County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Access to information on agroforestry is a key transformer to agricultural productivity. This study was undertaken to identify the Information Communication and Technologies (ICT) information sources and determine factors ... -
An assessment of the efficacy of infection and treatment method against east coast fever and the financial and economic benefits in narok county of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A 5-month longitudinal controlled trial was carried out in two sub-counties of Narok County, Kenya to assess safety and efficacy of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) of East Coast fever immunization, using the Muguga ... -
Assessment of spatial and temperal trends of pesticide residues in sediments and water from Nairobi river
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The Nairobi River water is laden with pollutants which emanate from industrial and municipal effluents discharged directly into the river. In the catchment area, riparian agricultural activities and large scale farms ... -
Spatial analysis of risk factors and their effects on peste des petits ruminants control strategies in kajiado and marsabit pastoral systems of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The contribution of sheep and goats to pastoralist livelihoods and economies is limited by the frequent occurrence of small ruminant diseases such as Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR). PPR, also known as ‘goat plague’, is ... -
Assessment of changes in land use and land cover and soil erosion risk factors in Kathe-Kakai catchment, Machakos county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Soil erosion is still one of the most important land problem and most pronounced form of soil degradation in Kenya. Assessment of existing soil conservation measures and soil erosion rates, which would assist in the ... -
Artificial intelligent system for diagnosis and management of maize pest in Uasin Gishu county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Agriculture contributes 24.5percent of the Kenyan Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This makes it one of the economic pillars of the country‘s Economy (Government of Kenya, Agricultural Sector & Strategy, 2010). Maize is the ... -
Efficacy of the Muguga cocktail east coast fever vaccine at a cattle-buffalo interface in Laikipia county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The study was conducted to assess the efficacy of Muguga Cocktail East Coast Fever (ECF) vaccine at a cattle-buffalo interface in some ranches in Laikipia County. It is not known with certainty how the current vaccine for ... -
Empowering households in western Uganda with improved traditional millet porridges as complementary food for mitigation of child malnutrition
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Child malnutrition is a problem in Western Uganda where finger millet porridge is a common complementary food. The aim of this thesis was to empower households in Western Uganda with improved millet porridges as a mitigation ...
