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ASSESSMENT OF TOMATO FARMING STRATEGIES, DISEASES KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS’ IN KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)
Diseases are hindrance to tomato production in Kirinyaga, Kenya. However, information on farmer’s disease
knowledge to warrant pesticide use, disease predisposing factor such as varietal choice, seed source and ...
APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TO EVALUATE EXTEND OF NON LINEARITY AMONG EXPLANATORY VARIABLES WITHIN AND BETWEEN GENOTYPES AND PHENOTYPES
(Chuka university, 2022)
Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been described as one of the models used for marker-based genomic
predictions of complex traits in the field of animal breeding. It accommodates noisy, non-linearity in data set ...
PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF EARLY BLIGHT, LATE BLIGHT AND SEPTORIA SPOT IN DIFFERENT AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)
Tomato production is characterized by inconsistence quality and yields that result from biotic constraints such as foliar
fungal diseases that include septoria spot, early and late blights. Despite of disease constraints, ...
PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PARASITIC ROOT KNOT NEMATODES IN SWEET POTATO FARMS OF KIRINYAGA COUNTY
(Chuka university, 2022)
Sweet potato production is constrained by many biotic factors which include parasitic root knot nematodes. Root
knot nematodes (RKN) pose a significant threat to a wide range of agricultural crops. The effect of RKN on ...
INFLUENCE OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING ON SUSTAINABILITY OF SUGAR COMPANIES IN KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)
Sugar companies in Kenya like many other firms in the world have used Knowledge Management Practices
(KMPs’) since 1959, to transform knowledge to enhance their performance and sustainability but have realized
dismaying ...
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
(Chuka University, 2022)
Environmental safeguarding defines the application of precautionary measures to ward off degradation to the environment and human health that may be occasioned during implementation of a project. The researcher indentified ...
PRODUCTION OF MINERAL NUTRIENT-RICH MULTIPURPOSE PUMPKIN LEAFY VEGETABLESUSING INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
(Chuka University, 2022)
Enhancing mineral nutrient composition in multipurpose pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.) is important since it contributes to household food security.
To respond to this need, an experiment arranged in split-plot in ...
A REVIEW OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS FOUND IN RAW MILK AND THEIR HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE
(Chuka University, 2022)
Raw milk has benefits such as maintenance of healthy bones due to the combination of nutrients helping prevent
diseases such as osteoporosis, high protein content in milk making people full for a longer period of time ...
EFFECT OF TICK CONTROL ON MILK REVENUE OF SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMERS IN KAPSERET SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(Chuka university, 2022)
Milk production is a viable economic enterprise in Kenya. It supports the livelihood of approximately four million
Kenyans through food provision, income generation and employment. However, milk production per individual
animal ...
ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN BONGO IN MOUNT KENYA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY AREAS
(Chuka university, 2022)
The study focused on assessing local community knowledge and attitudes towards Mountain Bongo (Tragelaphus
eurycerus isaaci) in Mt Kenya Forest using a descriptive research design. It was conducted in the community
neighboring ...