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Fine Mapping and Transcriptome Analysis of Virescent Leaf Gene v-2 in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
(Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020)
Leaf color mutants are the ideal materials to explore the pathways of chlorophyll
metabolism, chloroplast development and photosynthesis system. In this study, a new
virescent leaf mutant 104Y was identified by spontaneous ...
EVALUATION OF TOMATO VARIETIES FOR RESISTANCE TO TOMATO LEAFMINER (TUTA ABSOLUTA) IN KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA
(African Journal of Horticultural Science, 2020-07)
The tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta) (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive
insect pest of tomato crops in many parts of Africa. It causes substantial economic losses to
tomato crops in Kenya. Majority of ...
COLONIAL ROOTS OF FOOD SHORTAGE IN KENYA: THE MARGINALIZAION OF THE AGIKUYU WOMEN’S INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM ON FOOD CROP PRODUCTION
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2020-08)
Since pre-colonial period, the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) on food crop production have
played a significant role in enhancing the supply of food in the society. This paper examines the
effects of marginalization ...
Food safety knowledge and practices of street food vendors in selected locations within Kiambu County, Kenya
(African Journal of Food Science, 2020)
The safety of street foods remains a public health concern especially in developing countries like
Kenya where foodborne illnesses associated with these foods have often been reported. This study
determined the food ...
Multi-Mycotoxin Occurrence in Dairy Cattle and Poultry Feeds and Feed Ingredients from Machakos Town, Kenya
(MDPI, 2020-12)
Mycotoxins are common in grains in sub-Saharan Africa and negatively impact human and
animal health and production. This study assessed occurrences of mycotoxins, some plant, and bacterial
metabolites in 16 dairy and 27 ...
Factors Affecting Profitability of Agribusiness Activities: A Case Study of Smallholder Pig Farming in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2020)
Aims: There have been concerted efforts to commercialize the pig sub-sector so as to make it more
profitable to farmers, especially smallholder farmers. Despite the development, the profitability in the
sector has not ...
Assessment of the Effect of Solar Powered Milk Cooling Technology on Small Holder Dairy Farmer Earnings, Siaya County, Kenya
(IAR Journal of Agriculture Research and Life Sciences, 2020)
The dairy industry in Kenya is dominated by small-scale farmers and is
the most developed of the livestock sub-sectors. Yet, 85% of the approximately
850,000 small-scale dairy farmers have no access to electricity. The ...
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. ...