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FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION OF GRAIN AMARANTH/MAIZE INTERCROP AMONG SMALL HOLDER FARMERS IN KIMININI SUB-COUNTY, TRANS NZOIA, KENYA
(2018)
Food insecurity is a real challenge to most populations globally. For several years, agriculture has been the single most important sector, providing livelihood for at least 53% of the economically active population. In ...
EVALUATION OF COMPOUNDED SUPPLEMENTARY CONCENTRATE ON MILK YIELD AND QUALITY AMONG HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE
(2018)
The Dairy industry in Kenya contributes 26% of the National GDP. However, dairy farmers experience low milk production despite their investment on commercial concentrates. Seed processing factories spend money in disposing ...
INTROGRESSION AND QTL MAPPING OF STEM RUST RESISTANCE GENES USING BI-PARENTAL WHEAT POPULATIONS
(2018)
Rust diseases are a global challenge to wheat production, causing yield losses of up to 50% and even 100% in susceptible host cultivars. A virulent stem rust race named Ug99 (TTKSK) was discovered in Uganda in 1999, and ...
EFFECT OF PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata) IN NANDI SOUTH
(2018)
Phosphorus deficiency remains a key constraint to cowpea productivity in Kenya. In addition, there exist conflicting results about the effect of leaf harvest on cowpea yield. Therefore, an on-farm and greenhouse study was ...
INTROGRESION OF MAIZE STREAK VIRUS TOLERANCE INTO SELECTED PHOSPHORUS EFFICIENT AND ALUMINIUM TOLERANT KENYAN MAIZE LINES
(2018)
Maize is one of the most important cereals produced globally. It has a number of uses such as the production of feed, food, as well as industrial products. However, its productivity is limited by both biotic and abiotic ...
MAIZE-SOYBEAN PRODUCTION AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AS AFFECTED BY RHIZOBIA INOCULATION AND CROPPING SYSTEMS IN A FERRALSOL IN WESTERN KENYA
(2018)
The use of promiscuous soybean varieties and commercial inoculants has been shown to increase production and improve soil fertility. However, most cropping systems are characterized by indigenous bradyrhizobia whose ...
ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND YIELD OF SELECTED SESAME (Sesamum indicum L.) GENOTYPES IN WESTERN KENYA
(2018)
Sesame is one of the most important oilseed crops in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Despite its importance, sesame yields in Kenya is very low due to lack of improved and high yielding varieties as well ...
IMPROVEMENT OF NITROGEN IN FERTILITY DEPLETED SUGARCANE SOILS THROUGH SHORT- TERM PREPLANTING OF LEGUMINOUS PLANTS
(2018)
Sugarcane is the main cash crop in the sugar belt of western Kenya and provides income for farmers, particularly poverty stricken smallholders, in the region. However, due to declining soil fertility particularly, soil ...
EVALUATION OF CHICKPEA GENOTYPES FOR RESISTANCE TO ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT IN RIFT VALLEY, KENYA
(2018)
In Kenya dry highlands where wheat, maize and barley are main crop, chickpeas are considered as off-season crop (October-February) before the next cropping season providing an alternative source of income to farmers. ...
FARMYARD MANURE, LIME AND ZINC IMPROVE MAIZE (Zea mays) AND DESMODIUM (Desmodium intortum) RESPONSE TO MINERAL FERTILIZERS IN VIHIGA COUNTY
(2018)
Persistent food and fodder yield gaps witnessed in Vihiga County even with the application of recommended fertilizer are becoming an issue of concern to most smallholder farmers residing in the region. Closing these yield ...