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Are the AgriTech Technologies Available, Adaptable and Practical to Young Farmers? Lessons from Tomato farmers in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(Journal of Agricultural Science and Food Research, 2020)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) in particular mobile phone applications and internet are
transforming how agribusiness is carried out in some parts of developing countries including Kenya. The spread ...
Restoration of degraded grasslands, but not invasion by Prosopis julifora, avoids trade‑ofs between climate change mitigation and other ecosystem services
(Nature research, 2020)
Grassland degradation and the concomitant loss of soil organic carbon is widespread in tropical arid
and semi-arid regions of the world. Aforestation of degraded grassland, sometimes by using invasive
alien trees, has ...
Nutrient management options for enhancing productivity and profitability of conservation agriculture under on-farm conditions in central highlands of Kenya
(AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020)
Decline in soil fertility is one of the major constraints to sustainable crop production and profitability. To meet the increasing demand for the growing population the issue of low soil fertility needs to be addressed. ...
Variation in Seagrass Carbon Stocks Between Tropical Estuarine and Marine Mangrove-Fringed Creeks
(Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020)
Seagrass and associated blue carbon ecosystems are important carbon sinks, and hence understanding their spatial and temporal variability is vital in appreciating their potential roles in climate change mitigation and ...
Analysis of Institutional Factors Affecting Optimization of Coffee Yields in Chuka Sub-County, Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Research gate, 2020)
The importance of coffee production in the world economy cannot be ruled out due to its contribution
in the developing countries in areas such as creation of employment and rise in foreign exchange.
Most of the coffee ...
Opportunities for Quality Seed Production and Diffusion through Integration of the Informal Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
(videleaf, 2020)
In perpetuating the preferred crop species, seed is exchanged
among family members, neighboring communities or between
tribes and regions according to customs and practices in many
African traditions. Overtime, this ...
The analogy of simple and inter simple sequence repeat markers in the assessment of genetic diversity of pumpkin accessions in Kenya
(Innspub, 2020-09)
Pumpkin is found growing in many parts of Kenya although its genetic variation has not been determined using
available molecular markers. This study compared SSR and ISSR efficacy in assessing diversity of 139 pumpkin
accessions ...
Effect of Institutional and Farmer Based Climate Change Adaptation Measures on Crop Production in Mavuria Ward, Mbeere South Sub-county, Embu County, Kenya
(Research gate, 2020)
Africa is under pressure from climate stresses and is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate
change. In Kenya, agriculture is the backbone of the economy making it an important contributor to
food security of rural ...
Effects of Earthing up and Pruning Systems on Growth and Yield of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon.)
(Research gate, 2020)
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) is an important crop cultivated and consumed worldwide. It provides wide variety of nutrients with many health-related benefits like, protection against cancer, maintains blood pressure and ...
Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Chilopartellus Stem Borers
(Journal of Agricultural Science, 2020)
Developing maize with durable resistance to maize stem borers could be enhanced by identifying genotypes with different mechanisms of resistance and pyramiding the resistances into high yielding genotypes. This study was ...