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Morphological, biochemical and molecular characterization of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria of African nightshades ( Solanum scabrum Mill.)
(INNSPUB, 2016-07)African nightshade (Solanum scabrum Mill.) is one important vegetable in terms of food security and nutritional balance. The vegetable is usually medicinal and also a source of income to many small scale farmers in Kenya. ... -
Mukhebi theory of economic development: lionizing the Kenyan economy
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2016-04)The author argues that since independence in 1963, Kenya’s national mission has been to eradicate three evils of poverty, ignorance and disease. However, these afflictions are to-day endemic in the country and have grown ... -
Multiobjective programming of income and employment generation in small scale agriculture: a case study from Kenya
(IDEAS, 1981)The major objective of this paper is to investigate the feasibility of generating substantially higher (20 percent or more) income and employment in Kenyan small scale agriculture under various policy options, using data ... -
Plant growth and leaf N content of Solanum villosum genotypes in response to nitrogen supply.
(Global Science Books, 2009)Solanum villosum is an important leafy vegetable in Kenya whose production faces low yields. Two potentially high leaf-yielding genotypes of S. villosum, T-5 and an octoploid have been developed. Field experiments were ... -
Plant residue-derived organic carbon input into soil in African indigenous vegetable production systems
(2016-09)Food production in sub Saharan Africa is constrained by low soil fertility, whereby soil organic matter (SOM) is key factor regulating many soil functions that determine the yielding ability of soils. SOM content is ... -
Review on community food security and edible insect’s resources: biodiversity and policy implications for safeguarding human consumption.
(Scitecpub, 2013)The aim of this paper is to review the impact of climate change on food security with emphasis to alternative food resources such as edible insects in the Lake Victoria region. It goes further and outlines basic recommendations ... -
Ripening characteristics of purple passion fruit on and off the vine
(Elsevier B.V., 1996)The characteristics of purple passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.), detached at intervals from the vine and ripened, were compared with fruit left attached until just before analysis. The objective was to determine the ... -
Spatial distribution of African animal trypanosomiasis in Suba and Teso districts in Western Kenya
(BMC, 2010-01)Background: Studies on the epidemiology of African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) rarely consider the spatial dimension of disease prevalence. This problem is confounded by use of parasitological diagnostic methods of low ...