School of Agriculture and Food Science: Recent submissions
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What Determines Farmers’ Awareness And Interest in Adopting Cricket Farming? A Pilot Study from Kenya
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2020-11-04)Farming crickets for human consumption is emerging as a promising novel and sustainable animal-source food production system. Cricket farming in Kenya first began in 2013; however, adoption rates have been slower than ... -
A Comparative Evaluation of Nutrient Content of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda) Larvae to Other Chicken Feeds
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021-12-30)Fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda is a devastating pest of over 350 plant species especially the cereal crops such as, maize, sorghum and rice. The pest is currently posing threats to food security in Africa. FAW ... -
Integrating Temperature-Dependent Life Table Data into Insect Life Cycle Model for Predicting the Potential Distribution of Scapsipedus Icipe Hugel & Tanga
(PLOS One, 2019-09-25)Scapsipedus icipe Hugel and Tanga (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) is a newly described edible cricket species. Although, there is substantial interest in mass production of S. icipe for human food and animal feed, no information ... -
Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Entomophagy in Nambale Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, 2021-02)Entomophagy describes the practice of eating insects by humans. Globally, there are over 3000 ethnic groups that consume insects. The main aim of this study was to determine the socio economic factors affecting entomophagy ... -
Adaptation Interventions and their Effect on Vulnerability in Developing Countries: Help, Hindrance or Irrelevance?
(Elsevier, 2020-12-23)This paper critically reviews the outcomes of internationally-funded interventions aimed at climate change adaptation and vulnerability reduction. It highlights how some interventions inadvertently reinforce, redistribute ... -
Effect of Partial Substitution of Soybean Flour with Cricket Flour on the Nutritional Composition, in Vitro-Protein Digestibility and Functional Properties of Complementary Porridge Flour
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2021-09-15)Low quality complementary foods are the leading cause of under nutrition during infancy and childhood. Development of more nutritious complementary foods and enhancement of their nutrient content through cost-effective ... -
What Determines Farmers’ Awareness and Interest in Adopting Cricket Farming? A Pilot Study from Kenya
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2020-11-04)Farming crickets for human consumption is emerging as a promising novel and sustainable animal-source food production system. Cricket farming in Kenya first began in 2013; however, adoption rates have been slower than ... -
Forage Preference Identification of Wild Gynanisa Maja (Klug, 1836) and Perspectives for Improved Livelihoods in Zambia2
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2021-01-12)Gynanisa maja (Klung, 1836) is the wild edible caterpillar of a speckled emperor moth belonging to the order Lepidoptera and the family Saturniidae. It is a species of nutritional and economic importance and provides food ... -
Socio Economic Characteristics of Cricket Farmers in Lake Victoria Region of Kenya
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2021-04-02)Crickets require fewer inputs like water and feed but provide higher output per cubic unit of agricultural land compared to other livestock. They also contain important macro and micronutrients and therefore have potential ... -
Growth Performance of Acheta Domesticus And Gryllus Bimaculatus Production Reared Under Improvised Cage System for Increased Returns And Food Security
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2021-04-13)Cricket farming is emerging as a new venture in Kenya poised to help alleviate protein deficiency and improve household living standards. However, competing, limited and unaffordable rearing systems constrain productivity ... -
Growth Performance of Common House Cricket (Acheta Domesticus) and Field Cricket (Gryllus Bimaculatus) Crickets Fed on Agro-Byproducts
(JEZS, 2017-10-15)The present study was conducted to investigate the growth performance of Acheta domesticus and Gryllus bimaculatus fed on different agro-byproducts. The experiment was carried out between February- July 2017 within Jaramogi ... -
Influence of Farmer Characteristics on the Production of Groundnuts, a Case of Ndhiwa Sub County, Kenya
(Paper Publications, 2016-09)Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) is a major annual oilseed crop and its economic and nutritive quality makes the crop a beneficial enterprise for rural farmers in Ndhiwa Sub-County. Researchers have recommended adoption of ... -
Determinants of Credit Access among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Kinangop Sub-County, Kenya
(EPRA ARER, 2020-11-05)Dairy farming plays a major role in the Kenyan agricultural sector as it is dominated by smallholder farmers who contribute approximately 80 per cent of the total milk production. In Kinangop Sub County, there are many ... -
Identification of QTLs and Candidate Genes for Physiological Traits Associated with Drought Tolerance in Cotton
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Map-Based Functional Analysis of the GhNLP Genes Reveals Their Roles in Enhancing Tolerance to N-Deficiency in Cotton
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-10-08)Nitrogen is a key macronutrient needed by plants to boost their production, but the development of cotton genotypes through conventional approaches has hit a bottleneck due to the narrow genetic base of the elite cotton ... -
Co-production of Urban Knowledge: Context Approach for Effective and Efficient Governance of Cities
(ACTA, 2021-02-03)Effective and efficient governance is driven by policies that prevail in urban contexts. Policies are usually the result of knowledge co-production, but the efficacy of the process of translating knowledge into policy is ... -
Genome wide identification of cotton C-repeat binding factor (CBF) and overexpression of Gthu17439 (GthCBF4) gene confer cold stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
(Preprints, 2021-01-12)Low temperature is a common biological abiotic stress in major cotton growing areas. Cold stress significantly affects the growth, yield and yield quality of cotton. Therefore, it is important to develop a more robust and ... -
Examining the Contribution of Community Participation in Water Resource Production and Management: Perspectives from Developing Countries
(Springer Nature, 2021-02-01)As a result of climate change and rapid urbanization, attention increasingly turns to the management of water resources. Proper management of water resources has become a core concern for development practitioners and ... -
Examining the effect of Community Participation on Beneficiary Satisfaction with the work of Water Management Committee in Urban Community-Based Operated Water Schemes
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-28)Community participation (CP) has become popular in development discourse and practice, particularly in relation to water resource management. Greater involvement of beneficiaries in decision-making and implementation of ...
