School of Agricultural Sciences: Recent submissions
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Assessment of developing-country urban consumers’ willingness to pay for quality of leafy vegetables: The case of middle and high income consumers in Nairobi
(2010-09)The improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers in urban centers. Improvement in income usually causes the shift to consumption of non-staples including leafy ... -
Gender Differences in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Participation in Group-based Approaches: An Intra-household Analysis From Rural Kenya
(Elsevier, 2016-04)Existing studies on adaptation to climate change mainly focus on a comparison of male-headed and female-headed households. Aiming at a more nuanced gender analysis, this study examines how husbands and wives within the ... -
Means-end chain analysis explains soil fertility management decisions by peri-urban vegetable growers in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Past studies of the use of soil fertility management strategies by farmers usually model input use decisions based on the neoclassical utility/profit maximization principle in which farmers use soil fertility management ... -
Choice of Fresh Vegetable Retail Outlets by Developing-Country Urban Consumers: The Case of Kale Consumers in Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)Fresh produce retailing in many developing-country urban centers is changing with the recent emergence and rapid growth of supermarkets and specialty stores. These retail outlets are competing with the traditional wet ... -
Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya
(2011-04)Improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers. In major urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections selling variety of leafy vegetables in ... -
Tapping Indigenous Knowledge in Livestock Feeds
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Social networks and the adoption of agricultural innovations: The case of improved cereal cultivars in Central Tanzania
(ICRISAT, 2014)Literature on the adoption of agricultural innovations highlights the importance exposure to these technologies for the adoption decision of small scale farmers. This study assesses the relevance of exposure and other ... -
Gender and Educational Dimensions of Handicraft Industry in Mwala District, Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014-09)In Kenya, communities have since time immemorial practised indigenous technologies such as woodcarving and basket weaving. The “kiondo” (African Basket) for example, is now an international handicraft while the woodcarvings ... -
Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement for Sorghum & Millets (HOPE): Baseline Survey, Tanzania
(ICRISAT, 2013)The baseline survey was made in Singida Rural and Kondoa districts of Central Tanzania. A random sample of 360 farm households was sampled, divided into treatment, diffusion, and control groups. The survey was conducted ... -
THE DIFFUSION AND ADOPTION OF GREEN REVOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES: LESSONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FROM PIGEONPEA FARMERS IN KENYA
(2013)Significant advances have been made in generating high yielding varieties which are part of the so called Green revolution technologies. Raising hopes for a pulse green revolution, a number of improved varieties of ... -
Forms of Gender Inequalities in Fish Farming in Kwnza Division, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya.
(IISTE, 2013)Fish farming being a sub-sector in agriculture has a major contribution to the Kenyan economy and therefore should be fully promoted to enhance its productivity. To achieve this, women who form a large proportion of ... -
Dryland cereals and Household Food Security in Tanzania: Potential and Constraints of Improved Sorghum Cultivars
(2011)More than one third of the population in Africa is still facing undernourishment and malnutrition. While poor and food-insecure people are most often living in unfavourable agricultural zones, such as semi-arid areas, ... -
Influence of instructional resources in learning agriculture in secondary school on employment creation in Vihiga County, Kenya
(2018-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of instructional resources in learning agriculture in secondary sch ool on employment creation in Vihiga County, Kenya. The study was ... -
TEACHERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE CURRICULUM IN KENYA’S ARID AND SEMI ARID SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(2018-08)One of the major challenges of the 21 st century is the increasing level of academic qualifications at the expense of relevance in education. School agriculture is one of the subjects which require teachers who as ... -
Social Network Effects on Consumer Willingness to Pay for Biofortified Crops
(2018-02)Micronutrient deficiency, also known as hidden hunger, affects about two billion people globally. Adoption and consumption of micronutrient-enriched—that is, biofortified—staple crops, is a potential solution to alleviating ... -
Acceptability of Whey-Fruit Juice Drink Mix Prepared with Cottage Cheese Whey
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Inhibition of auxin-induced ethylene production in cucumber fruit discs by carbon dioxide
(Elsevier B.V., 2003-10-02)The induction of ethylene biosynthesis by indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and its regulation by CO2 was examined in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L., var. Sharp-1) fruit discs. Treatment of discs with IAA significantly stimulated ... -
Expression of a 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase gene in peach (Prunus persica L.) fruit in response to treatment with carbon dioxide and 1-methylcyclopropene: possible role of ethylene
(Africa Jounals Online, 2004)In this study we investigated the effect of exogenous ethylene treatment on ethylene production, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase activity and expression of an ACC oxidase (PP-ACO1) gene previously cloned ... -
Effect of Film Thickness on Postharvest Ripening and Quality Characteristics of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) Fruit Under Modified Atmosphere Packaging
(Africa Jounals Online, 2003)Two different gauges, (0.04mm and 0.08mm) of low density polyethylene (LDPE) films were tested for their effectiveness in controlling ripening and quality of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L. cv. Cal J) fruit during ...
