Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM): Recent submissions
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Tenure, livelihood and sustainable development: Rangelands as systems for multiple land use and livelihood support.
(University of NairobiCollege of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 2003)Conventional rangeland management has focused on optimisation of secondary production. Yet rangelands provide multiple goods and services at local and landscape scales. The diversity of resources available from rangelands ... -
What it takes to fly: the structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Medicine, 2000-10)In absolute terms, flight is a highly energetically expensive form of locomotion. However, with respect to its cost per unit distance covered, powered flight is a very efficient mode of transport. Birds and bats are the ... -
Thin and Strong! The Bioengineering Dilemma in the Structural and Functional Design of the Blood-Gas Barrier
(University of NairobiFaculty Of Veterinary Medicine, 2005-07)In gas exchangers, the tissue barrier, the partition that separates the respiratory media (water/air and hemolymph/blood), is exceptional for its remarkable thinness, striking strength, and vast surface area. These properties ... -
Influence of micro-catchment technology on above ground biomass production and financial returns of range grasses in southern Kenya
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The role of drought among agro-pastoral communities in a semi-arid environment: The case of Botswana
(University of NairobiDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2013-04)Agro-pastoral livelihoods in semi-arid Botswana have evolved and adapted to recurrent droughts endemic to the region. Droughts, more than any other phenomena, have shaped and influenced rural communities' interaction with ... -
Effects of mulches on soil temperatures under Arabica coffee at Kabete, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Crop Science, 1981)In an experiment in which soil temperatures under coffee mulched with grass, clear polythene, black polythene and white polythene, were recorded at different depths, it was found that grass mulch lowered soil temperature; ... -
Agricultural Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Experiences of the Collaborative Master of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE).
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 2006) -
Effect of a glucocorticoid on the post-operative course following experimental orthopaedic surgery in dogs [Betamethasone, post-operative swelling]
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Nairobi, 1988) -
The resistant specific MRNA is lost during transformation of the serum resistant Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense into procyclic form.
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1992) -
Zambian Munyoko survey. In Handbook of Indigenous fermented Foods,
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 1983) -
The nutritive value of the wild tree foods in Turkana district Norther n arid Kenya, and their role in food security and human welfare development.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 2004) -
Effect Of A Protein Deficient Diet On The Mutageni City And Clastogenicity Potential Of Dimethylnitrosamine And Benzo(a)pyrene.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 1984) -
Probleme Der Ernahrungssicherung In Zwei Verschiedenen Agro-Okologischen Gebieten In Kenia
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 1995) -
Curriculum Development For A National Nutrition Training Programme: Republic Of South Africa.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutrition and Technology, 1997) -
Pigeon pea(Cjanus cajan(L.) Millspuagh in“Crop Production in Tropical Africa
(University of Nairobi,Department of crop protection,, 2010) -
Reaction of potato cultivars to Ralstonia Solanacearum in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Crop Protection,, 2001)A survey of bacterial wilt (BW) incidence was carried out in three potato producing districts of Kenya, namely, Nyeri, Nyandarua, and Meru in 1997. The survey was carried out in 30 randomly selected farms in each district. ... -
Occurrence of pathogenic pathotypes of Fusarium udum Butler in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1999) -
Halo-blight severity on Phaseolus vulgaris CV. Rosecoco-GLP-2 plants and seeds as influenced by the time of inoculation by the time of inoculation
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1998) -
Screening for resistance to floury leaf spot of beans
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 1997)