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Item Effects Of Burning On Diet Quality And Associated Production Systems Of Cattle And Goats In Acacia Savannahs Of Kenya(College of Texas A&M Univesity, 1985) Mbui, M.K.One year study on the seasonal effects of burning on the dietary nutrition of cattle and goats was conducted at Kiboko from March 1982 to March 1983. Four esophageally fistulated heifers and two goats were utilized to collect diet samples from two adjacent burned and unburned paddocks. Pre-burn and post-burn herbaceous plant species frequency and density were evaluated in both paddocks. Post-burn shrub/woody plant species were evaluated for density and canopy parameters. Diet samples were subjected to laboratory analysis for crude protein (CP) and organic matter digestibility (OMD). Digestible energy was calculated.Item Issues Affecting Beef Industry in Kenya: Proceedings of the Workshp held at Midland Hotel, Nakuru, 19th-20th, 2001(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2001) Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Ouda, J.O.; Kimani, F.W.; Mbui, M.K.Agriculture sector is estimated to contribute about 30% of Gross Domestic Product(GDP)in Kenya. The population of beef cattle in Kenya is estimated at 9 million heads. Nearly 70% of the beef herd is found in the semi-arid and arid areas. Local demand for beef is expected to increase with rise in population and improved per capita income. KARI ranks beef industry as the second most important commodity for research only second to dairy,improvement in beef industry will have great impact in improving rural standard of living especially for people in the dry parts of the country who depend on livestock for livelihood. Further more, there is high potential of exporting beef and co-products, thus earning the much desired foreign exchange.Item Kenya Agriculture Research Institute Lanet Annual Report 2008(Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, 2008) Muhuyi, W.B.; Onyango, T.A.; Mbuku, S.M.; Mbui, M.K.; Mbui, M.K.; Mburu, C.; Mburu, C.; Ondabu, N.; Gachuki, P.M.; Githui, P.M.; Wahome, P.K.; Kinyua, J.M.; Mugo, B.C.; Murutegek, P.K.; Indetie, A.H.; Indetie, D.W.; Kenya Agriculture Research InstituteThe Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's Lanet Research Centre was established in April 1969 and is on latitude 0° 18¢ and longitude 36°09¢E. It is situated 1920 metres above sea level and located at Lanet Location, Bahati Division of Nakuru North District. It is about 16 km South East of Nakuru Municipality and occupies 1,418 hectares of land of which 20% is in ecological zone three and 80% in ecological zone four. The rainfall pattern at Lanet is bimodal with an annual mean of 800mm and a relative humidity of 83%. The mean minimum and maximum temperatures are 26 and 10°C re:; pectively.
