Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Irungu, P"
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Analysis of economic incentives influencing farmers' use of antibiotics in livestock production in Kenya. Final report
Irungu, P; Kariuki, S (2011) -
Analysis of Stratified-Livestock Production Models as Option for Enhancing Cattle Marketing in Pastoral Areas, Keny
Dabasso, BH; Wasonga, O; Irungu, P; Kaufmann, B; Kaufmann, Brigitte (University of Nairobi, 2015)Livestock marketing in pastoral areas is often characterised by low and fluctuating prices, and weak access to high-value markets, thus perpetuating food and income insecurities among pastoral households. Improved livestock ... -
Assessment of lead and cadmium residues in farmed fish in Machakos and Kiambu counties, Kenya
Omwenga, I; Kanja, L; Nguta, J; Mbaria, J; Irungu, P (University of Nairobi, 2014)Lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) concentrations were determined in muscle, gonad, liver and brain of tilapia fish caught from fish ponds in Machakos and Kiambu counties in Kenya. A total of 217 fish samples were randomly sampled ... -
Determinants of farmers
Irungu, P; Mugunieri, LG; Omiti, JM (University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2006) -
Epidemiological factors that influence time-to-treatment of trypanosomosis in Orma Boran cattle raised at Galana Ranch, Kenya.
Bett, B; Orenge, C; Irungu, P; Munga, L K (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2004-02)Four thousand nine hundred and seventy-one trypanosomosis-surveillance records from an open population of Orma Boran cattle raised under natural trypanosomosis challenge in Galana Ranch, Kenya between the years 1990 and ... -
Estimation of tsetse challenge and its relationship with trypanosomosis incidence in cattle kept under pastoral production systems in Kenya
Bett, B; Irungu, P; Nyamwaro, S.O; Murilla, G; Kitala, P; Gathuma, J; Randolph, T.F; McDermott, J (ElsevierTrypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,International Livestock Research Institute,Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi,Department of Public Health Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi,, 2008)In an on-farm trial conducted amongst the Maasai pastoralists in Nkuruman and Nkineji areas of Kenya between April 2004 and August 2005 designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a synthetic tsetse repellent technology, we ... -
Field trial of a synthetic tsetse-repellent technology developed for the control of bovine trypanosomosis in Kenya.
Bett, B; Randolph, TF; Irungu, P; Nyamwaro, SO; Kitala, P; Gathuma, J,; Grace, D; Vale, G; Hargrove, J; McDermott, J (University of Nairobi,, 2010)We conducted a field trial among Maasai cattle-keepers in Nkuruman and Nkineji areas of Kenya to evaluate the effectiveness of a synthetic tsetse-repellent technology developed for the control of trypanosomosis in cattle. ... -
Grower adoption of an integrated pest management package for management of mango-infesting fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Embu, Kenya.
Korir, JK; Affognon, HD; Ritho, CN; Kingori, WS; Irungu, P; Mohamed, SA; Ekesi, S (University of Nairobi, 2015)Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is a well-recognized fruit of economic and nutritional importance to smallholder farmers across Africa. Production and marketing of this fruit is, however, severely hampered by fruit fly infestation ... -
Growth and mortality in sheep and goats under high tsetse challenge in Kenya
Masiga, D K; Okech, G; Irungu, P; Ouma, J; Wekesa, S; Ouma, B; Guya, S.O.; Ndung'u, J.M. (Department of Agricultural Economics, 2002)Trypanosomosis is a major impediment to livestock production and economic development in those areas of Africa where it is endemic. Although small ruminants appear to perform better than cattle in various agro-ecological ... -
Integrating community-based animal health workers into the formal Veterinary service delivery system in Kenya
Mugunieri, G L; Omiti, J; Irungu, P (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004)The community-based animal health workers (CBAHWs) model has been one of the ways utilised in delivery of animal health services following the veterinary service reforms. Government statutory bodies have opposed the ... -
Livestock extension programme Karamoja Diocese, Church of Uganda
Akabwai, D; Shean, V; Irungu, P (2000) -
Participatory research on bovine trypanosomosis in Orma cattle
Catley, A; Irungu, P (2000) -
Technical Efficiency in Kenya’s Sugar Production: a Stochastic Frontier Approach.
Irungu, P; Wambugu, A; Githuku, S.N (In Press, 2009)This study measured technical efficiency overtime and explored sources of technical inefficiency of sugar mills in Kenya. A time varying translog stochastic production frontier was simultaneously estimated with inefficiency ...