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Item 11th Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Biennial Scientific conference and the 3rd Agricultural forum: Programme and Abstracts(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2008) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteItem The 1st East Africa Herbicide Conference, Muguga,24th to 25th January 1957(Ministry of Agriculture, 1957) Ministry of AgricultureItem 2nd 3 Monthly Report of the Support to Research into the Field Application of East Coast Fever Immunization and the Epidemiology of Related Tick Borne Diseases in Cattle(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1993) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteItem 3rd Biannual KARI/ODA Monitoring Part 1 March 1996(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1996) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteThis report records the results of the third Biannual Monitoring visit to the KARI/ODA projects supported under the Second Phase of the National Agricultural Research Project [NARP II].Item 4th International Soil classification Workshop. Rwanda 2nd -12th June 1981(Kenya Soil Survey, 1981) Muchena, F.N.; Sombroek, W.G.; Kenya Soil SurveyThe report covers Oxisols which cover only a minor part of Kenyan land surface. They occur on a variety of physiographic positions and are developed on a variety of parent materials. They are also found in varying present-day climates. on plateaus, gently dissected older peneplains ("uplands") and non-dissected erosional plains.Item 77Ministry of Agriculture IADP Basic Report NO 1 1977/1978(Ministry Of Agriculture, 1977/1978) Ministry of Agriculturethe project Financiers and kenya government listed two main sets of objectives i establishing the monitoring and evaluation system . the first is to generate reliable statistical information on soe of the basic indicators of the Agricultural base and of agricultural performance in subsequentyears in the project area and to develop the institutional capablity requiredto carry outItem 7th biannual monitoring Part 2 Action points from 6th Bmv(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1998) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteDevelop and implement a streamlined system for reimbursement of accountable grants. All OVI Groups to nominate deputies who may authorize imprest applications in the absence of either the OVI Group Manager or Team LeaderItem 9th AGM of the Soil Science Society 1989(Kenya Soil Survey, 1989) Kenya Soil SurveyIncreasing 'rates of nitrogenous fertilizer decreased the aluminium contents in mature leaf of tea but increased the soil extractable aluminium in -the soil at 30cm soil depths. Splitting fertilizer applications, using NPKS 25' 5 : 5; 5 or NPK 20: 1 O: 10 did not affect the order of responses. The concetrationsof aluminium in the mature leaf were well above the minimum required for response to tea yields'. The increase in extractable soil aluminium due to higher nitrogen rates explains the generally low potassium and calcium contents in the leaf and soil.Item Aberdeen University Expedition to Mwabyi Game Reserve. Southern Malawi. Central Africa(East Africa Trypanosomiasis Research Organisation, 1975) Wynne, V.C; Dunnet, G.M.; Gimingham, C.H.; East Africa Trypanosomiasis Research OrganizationThe expedition arose from a request to carry out an evaluation of the ecology and wildlife resources of Mwabvi Game Reserve in the Lower Shire Valley, Southern Malawi. The Reserve has been adopted by the National Fauna Preservation Society of Malawi in agreement with the department of National parks and Wildlife, with the intention that the society should play an active role in the evaluation and development of the Reserve. The National Fauna preservation Society of Malawi offered its official recognition together with logistical support and financial assistance whilst His Excellency the Life President of Malawi, Dr. H.K.Banda, very kindly gave his approval.Item Accelerated Multiplication and Distribution of Healthy Planting Materials of Cassava Varieties in Western Kenya 1997(Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, 1997) Kenya Agriculture Research InstituteAgriculture plays a very important role in the economy of Kenya. With a population of over 25 million people, 77% are employed in the agricultural sector. The constant drought and famine in parts of Kenya has led her Government to encourage smallholder farmers to diversify food crop production to ensure food security, improve national food and nutritional status and provide raw material for industries.Item Access Barriers to Formal Health Services: Focus on Sleeping Sickness in Teso District, Western Kenya(Kennnedy Wanjala Barasa, 2012) Kennnedy Wanjala BarasaThis study was designed to investigate access barriers to formal health services among communities in Teso district, one of the traditionally known human trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness foci in western Kenya. The focus of the study was on the National Sleeping Sickness Referral Hospital (NSSRH) based at Alupe. The study was undertaken between March and June 2010 in four divisions of Teso District, namely, Chakol, Amukura, Amagoro and Ang'urai. Three questions that centred around an establishment of people's knowledge and attitude towards sleeping sickness, treatment procedure and the hospital; the factors that influence health seeking behaviour of the people living in the research site; and whether formal health providers in the study site offered referral advice to potential sleeping sickness patients formed research questions that the study sought to answer. The overall objective of the study was to assess barriers to formal health services offered at the National Sleeping Sickness Referral Hospital. A combination of disease theory and the health belief model guided the study.Item Acidic Soils in Kenya: Constraints and Remedial Options(Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, 2002) Kanyanjua, S. M.; Ireri, L.; Wambua, S.; Nandwa, S. M.; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute; Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteAcidic soils can be identified when a soil sample is analysed in any soil laboratory. In soil laboratories within the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), acidic soils are classified further according to severity of acidity (Table 1). Crop tolerance to acidity Different crops have various degrees of tolerance to acidity. Chillies, sweetpotatoes and irish potatoes are tolerant to acidity and can do well in soils with pH values below 5.5 (Plates 1 and 2). Most of the horticultural crops (onions, spinach, carrots, cabbages and cauliflower) do not tolerate acidity and can only grow well in soils with pH values above 6.0. Other crops like maize lie in the medium tolerance range and would do well in 5.5-6.0 pH values. Among the maize varieties, local cultivars like Githigu commonly found in central Kenya are adapted to the lower end of the tolerance range. Most of the flowers grown for export are sensitive to acidity. When crops are grown in soils with pH values below the lower limit, they give low yields and are of poorItem ACRIDA -Acridological Abstracts PART 7(Kenya Soil Survey, 1975) Kenya Soil SurveyThese abstracts have been prepared for publication by the Scientific Information and Library Service of the Centre for Overseas Pest Research, Ministry of Overseas Development, London.Item Action Plan for the environment and Land use Component of the KETRI/ODA Trypanosomosis Research Project: 1996-97(Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute, 1996/1997) Bourn, D. ; Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute: Overseas Development Administration ; Environmental Research Group Oxford LimitedThe primary objectives of the environment and land use component of the ODNKETRI Trypanosomosis Research Project are to: heighten awareness of the environment and the changing patterns of land use in Kenya; integrate these considerations in KETRI's decision making process; assist in the prioritisation and targeting of activities; and advise on appropriate strategies for the control of tsetse and trypanosomosis in different settings. Priority activities are to:Item Adaptive Research Programme(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2007) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteKenya Agricultural Research Institute - Mtwapa (KARl Mtwapa) is situated 20 km north of Mombasa in Kilifi district, in coastal lowland zone three (CL3, coconut-cassava zone). The rainfall in the coastal region is bimodal with the long rains in March to June and the short rains in October to December. The annual rainfall is highest in CL2, which receives 1400 mm. However, this covers only a small part of Kwale district (Ramisi). Mtwapa which is in CL3 has an annual rainfall average of 1200 mm. However, 2007 had exceptionally high rainfall of 1800 mm much of which was received in April (229 mm) and May (803 mm) The mean temperature ranges from a minimum of 24-27°C in May-July to a maximum of 30-32°C during January to April. The climate becomes drier moving inland from the ocean and from South to North. KARl Mtwapa is an adaptive research centre addressing agricultural constraints in farming specific to the agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions of coastal lowland Kenya. The Centre also conducts strategic research for improvement of maize, cassava, tree crops and aspects of natural resource management specific for the mandate region. The priority enterprises for the region in order of priority are: vegetables, dairy, coconut, maize, cashew, cassava, fruits, poultry, small ruminants, sorghum and millets and sweet potato. The mandate Districts of the Centre increased from the original six to ten to include: Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Malindi, Lamu and (new ones Tana delta, Kaloleni, Msambweni, Kilindini and Kinango). The mandate districts cover the same area of about 66,368 km2 . The region is food deficient and farmers occasionally receive food aid. The region's poverty level is 69.7% (Kenya Facts and figures, 2007).Item Address By Hon.Kirugi L. M Mukindia , Mp Minister For Research Science And Technology On The Openinig Of KARI Geographic Information Systems GIS Symposiu- Hilton Hotel Nairobi On 5th March 1992(Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, 1992) Kenya Agriculture Research InstituteIt gives Me Great pleasure to welcome you all this symposiu on the application of geographic information system for efficient data storage and handling for those of you who are visiting kenya from other countriesi welcome you to kenya and to Nairobi and Wish you a pleasant stay hereItem Adoption and Profitabiltiy of Smallholder Dairy Goat Production in Kenya: The case of Meru South and Meru Central Districts .(Tabby Njeri Karanja - Lumumba, 2010) Lumumba, K. N. T.Goats play an important role in the life of smallholder farmers. Improving production of goats by increasing the efficiency of goat milk production through crossbreeding local goats with exotic breeds would result in higher incomes and increase the availability of animal protein. Although, the dairy goat technology has been promoted in the central Kenyan highlands by a number of development agencies for more than a decade, very little documentation has been done on the uptake of the technology, factors influencing adoption and its profitability. This study attempted to fill this information gap by estimating the determinants of dairy goat adoption and determining the profitability of the enterprise among adopting farmers, using Meru South and Meru Central districts in Kenya as case studies.Item Adoption Of Agricultural Innovations By Smallholder Farmers in the Context of Hiv/Aids: The case of tissue culture banana in Kenya(Wageningen academic publishers, 2007) Nguthi, F.N.The use of improved technologies has remained the major strategy used by governments to increase agricultural productivity and promote food and livelihood security. The Kenya government is no exception in view of the fact that 70-80 per cent of the population earns a living from agriculture. The agricultural sector contributes about 30 per cent of the GDP and accounts for 80 percent of national employment, mainly in the rural areas. In addition,the sector contributes more than 60 per cent of the total export earnings and about 45 percent of government revenue, while providing for most of the country 's food requirements. The sector is estimated to have a further indirect contribution of nearly 27 per cent of GDP through linkages with manufacturing, distribution, and other service-related sectors. In the first decade after independence agricu ltural production grew by 4.7 per cent annually (Karanja 2002). However, this impressive growth rate did not continue in the subsequent decades and today agricultural production has shrunk to an annual growth rate of 1.8 percent (Republic of Kenya 2003a).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 The African Armyworm Its Recognition and Control Armyworms(Kenya Soil Survey, 1946) Kenya Soil SurveyThe pest of agriculture known as the armyworm is the larva or caterpillar of a particular kind of moth* of the family Noctuidae; when present in the large numbers characteristic of outbreak years it can do considerable damage to forage grasses and to cultivated plants of the grass family (Gramineae), especially (in East Africa) maize, different kinds of millet, rice, wheat and other cereals, and occasionally sugarcane. The insect occurs throughout Africa south of the Sahara, and in certain other tropical countries. It can be particularly damaging in eastern. central and southern Africa.
