University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The college of health science:brief history
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The College of Health Sciences of the University of Nairobi is the leading tertiary healthcare training center in Kenya and the East Africa region. It was created in 1985 and has its origin in the Faculty of Medicine which ... -
IAGAS september 2013 Intake
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Prediction of the advancing wetting front in border strip irrigation
(University of Nairobi, 1980)Four methods of predicting the advance of the water front in border irrigation are compared for nine sets of experimental data reported in the literature. The water balance method (Bishop et al., 1967), the method of ... -
Design of irrigation border checks.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Simple techniques to design border checks where full ponding results after the inflow stream has been cut off, are discussed. A simple method to predict recession flow and compute storage and application efficiencies without ... -
A theory of stumpage appraisal
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The extent, characteristics, classification and land use of important Vertisols in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1993)When the Kenyan Vertisols are classified following the Soil Survey Staff (1975) 'Soil Taxonomy', the only two subgroups (Typic Pellusterts and Typic Chromusterts) defined for areas with ustic moisture regime have been found ... -
An economic model underlying the choice of capital intensity in timber production.
(1988)A study aimed at applying concepts of economic theory relevant to the formulation of a long-term timber production model as a basis of forest policy. A vertically integrated forest sector production model is described, ... -
Irrigation and drainage criteria of some red tropical soils underlain by plinthic gravel.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Soils with murram within 50-60 cm from the surface were less suitable for irrigation than murram-free soils or soils with murram at greater deptha. -
Logical approaches to solving poverty alleviation and environmental issues.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)This paper examines, in broader terms, poverty alleviation, food security, environmental resilience through capacity building and institutional support, with particular reference to Kenya. -
Kabale apples: boom or burst? A study to develop strategies to exploit market opportunities for apple farmers in Kabale, Uganda.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)Following the identification of apple production and marketing as a priority issue in the southwestern highlands of Uganda (particularly in Kabale district), this study (i) reviewed stakeholder perceptions; (ii) analysed ... -
The effects of cultivation on some physical and chemical properties of three Kenyan soils.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)Changes in organic C, N, CEC and bulk density of three intensively used Kenyan soils were evaluated by comparing cultivated and adjacent uncultivated soils. Results show that cultivation can lead to adverse or beneficial ... -
The effect of cultivation on organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus of some Kenyan red soils.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)In a comparative study of cultivated and uncultivated adjacent soils, changes in carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus were examined. Three soil profiles (0-100 cm) were sampled at increments of 10 cm and analysed. The 3 sample ... -
CEBIB Annual report for 2012-2013
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Economic considerations of alley cropping for food production in semi-arid areas.
(University of Nairobi, 1990)A preliminary technical evaluation of the biological potential and management of alley cropping systems in semiarid areas, based on ecophysiological research carried out at the National Dryland Farming Research Station, ... -
CEBIB Annual report for 2011-2012
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Some parameters of potato growth as influenced by soil water potential and soil temperature.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)Two varieties of potato were grown and their yields related to leaf area duration (LAD) and net assimilation ratio (NAR). Kerrs Pink Yielded 25.1 t/ha of tubers with a maturation period of 10.5 weeks while Anett matured ...
