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Item Advocacy for camel Research and development in Kenya(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2009) Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Ministry of Livestock Development Kenya KARI (National Veterinary Research Centre)Kenya's camel population is about three million (MSPND, 2009), majority are kept by pastoralists in the northern Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs) i.e. in North Eastern (57%), Rift Valley (33%), and Eastern (8%) while the rest (2%) are sparsely spread countrywide. All camels are the one humped dromedary (Came/us dromedariu.s) . Camels are important in ASALs for providing milk, meat, hides, transport and draught that improves the livelihoods of pastoralists. Its milk is of superior quality and posses some medicinal properties (Yagil and Van Creveld, 2000; Agrawal et ai,Item East African Economics Programme 1975(East African Common Services, 1975) East African Common ServicesThe Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture, GOK and the Department of Economics, Egerton College cooperated with CIMMYT in the demonstration of an interdisciplinary farming system based approach to planning adaptive agricultural research in part of Siaya District, Nyanza Province, Kenya. Chapter I of the report describes the objectives of such demonstrations and the methods followed. Chapter 2 describes the .of circumstances of people farming in the part of Siaya District with less than 1500 rom rainfall per year.Item Integrated Management of Water and Nutrient In Arid and Semi-Arid Environment(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1993) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteFor many Kenyans today, the solution to the frequent food deficits and poverty in the rural areas lies in development of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL's). They will mention the untapped irrigation potential of the country, which lies in the eighty percent (80%) arid or semi-arid land. Researchers have often been challenged to device ways of conserving rain water for agriculture and ensure that the ASAL's are productive. One vital roll which researchers have not performed well is the of generation of crop production functions for the ASAL's. Indeed, most Kenyan agricultural engineers find it difficult to obtain regional data on various crop responses to water and fertilizer inputs which they require when designing irrigation schemes. The farm management hand book of Kenya (Jaetzold R and Schmidt H., 1982, 1983, volume II parts A, Band C, respectively) provides agro-ecological zone specific data but does not provide enough flexibility for water and nutrient management options. Correct advice on fertilizer and water application must be based on correctly assessed soil-nutrient water functions, to know how much additional yield can be expected per amount of nutrient or available water to a particular crop and location.Item KARI Agricultural Research Centre Muguga South Annual Report 2007(2007) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteGray leaf spot of corn caused by Cercospora zeae-maydis has increased in incidence and severity due to the wide-spread use of conservation tillage in conjunction with the susceptibility of most commercially grown hybrids. Though gray leaf spot was first identified in 1925 from lesions on corn leaves collected near McClure, in Alexander County, Illinois, the disease did not become a problem until the mid-1970s. This disease is a significant threat where corn is grown continously Tillage practices can reduce levels of inoculum and although rotation is a key management practice, susceptibility to gray leaf spot should be carefully considered when selecting a hybrid. Host resistance is an ideal and promising approach to disease control. Hybrids exhibit differing levels of partial resistance to gray leaf spot. Gray leaf spot will still develop on a partially resistant hybrid, but it typically is slower to develop and less severe (Vincelli, 2001). Verma 2001 reported yield losses due to GLS as ranging from 28 to 54% with an average loss of 33.5%. In the same studies, both GCA and SCA were found highly significant for GLS indicating the importance of both additive and non-additive components although GLS was relatively more important.Item KARI/DFID NARP II Appendices to Quarterly Report Additional Information Ovi Group Technical Reports January to April 1997(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1997) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteThis set of Technical Appendices have been submitted by Project staff to supplement the information in the main body of the report. They have been compiled and edited for format by the KARI/DFID Co-ordinator.Item KARI/DFID NARP II Volume 2 Appendices to Quarterly Ovi Group Technical Reports July to September 1998(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1998) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteThe direct losses from MCF in Narok are higher than in Kajiado although the greater complaints were from the latter district. On average, approximately 10 % of the herd value is lost annually as a result of MCF occurrence. The indirect costs of MCF are not a function of the incidence rate. It would seem that these costs are dependent on the initiative and priorities of the individual ranch management and the type of cattle kept. The greater costs were from those ranches practising dairy cattle rearing.Item Kenya Soil Survey-IC 30(Kenya Soil Survey, 1987) Kenya Soil SurveyThe soil information used by the Kenya Soil Survey is an adaptation of the ISIS system developed at the International Soil Reference and information centre ISRIC) BY VAN WAVEREN (1987). It is a system developed for IBM compatible micro computers and can thus be run on the Olivetti computers currently in use at KSS. Although it has been thoroughly modified the basis is still the ISIS system and therefore it has retained the ISIS name. The text of this manual is therefore mainly based on an earlier ISRIC manual(van Waveren, 1986).
