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Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi commonly present in the environment. They grow under favorable conditions on extensive variety of substrates in the form of fungi mycotoxin contamination which present risk to crops, livestock …
Indigenous chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) are valued in Kenya for their important role of providing food in form of eggs and meat and also income to rural households especially in Western Kenya. However their productivity is low and th…
A feeding trial was performed to evaluate response of grower broiler chicken (Gallus gullus domesticus) to dietary replacement of maize (Zea mays) with low-tannin grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (LTS) in a small-holder poultry farm setting …
A feeding trial was carried out in Kadoru campus, University of Juba. Six sorghum cultivars; Tabat and Safra, Umbenin and Wad Akar, Yarawasha and HSP 5907 with low, medium and high tannin contents respectively were subjected to a feeding t…
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) are an acute viral disease of small ruminants caused by Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV). The PPRV has high morbidities and mortality rates in domestic small ruminants causing high socio-economic los…
This study utilised full Mahalanobis matching and a variety of propensity score matching methods to adjust for pre-treatment observable differences between treated and untreated groups for measuring the impact of technologies. Data were co…
The treatment and supply of drinking water in Rwanda is carried out by Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC), a state owned public company. However, WASAC is not able to supply water to all households. Consequently, the non-serviced hou…
Tanzania is among the Sub-Saharan Africa countries that experience water scarcity. Water scarcity is caused by unreliable rainfall and prolonged drought which greatly affects both soil moisture and crop productivity. The study was conducte…
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important crop widely grown in cool and high moist conditions of Rwanda. This study explored the productivity of different potatoes varieties under increasing nitrogen fertilizer application rates in d…
Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas) is an important food crop in Kenya, but farmers experience low production and thus their food and income security is threatened. This study was done to document factors affecting sweetpotato production and soil…
African nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.) is widely used as leafy herbs and vegetables, as a source of fruit and for various medicinal purposes in the world. Nonetheless the diversity of Solanum nigrum in terms of its morphological characteri…
Conservation of cassava (Manihot esculentum) genetic resources is crucial given their critical role in Agricultural production. Cassava landraces have over the years been conserved in situ directly or indirectly. However, farmer traditiona…
Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas), is a tuber crop that plays a significant role in soil fertility, provides animal protein, improves human nutrition and generates income. Sweetpotato has however remained under low production with little attent…
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a multipurpose oil seed crop that is drought, heat, cold and saline tolerant, but minor and neglected despite its many uses. However, recently there is renewed interest in safflower due to its drought…
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a multipurpose oil seed crop that can be used for cooking oil production, as a vegetable crop, cut flower, forage crop (for both forage and seed for animal feed concentrates), industrial crop for dye …
Grain cereal production gives rise to crop residues in the farm once the grain is harvested or processed. The common residues include straw and husks of small grains such as wheat, barley, rice, sorghum and pearl millet and stalks, husks a…
Fodder production has increasingly become important among pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Kenya. A number of pasture production technologies have been introduced to these communities not only to enhance availability of livestock …
This study investigated the effects of intercropping arrangements and fertiliser combinations on growth and yields of African nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.). The study was carried out at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organi…
Exposure of rice (Oryza sativa) to cold stress has significant negative impacts on its development and yield. Prospects of increasing production by growing rice in highland areas of Uganda have not been fruitful due to cold stress. It is t…
Blackberry (Rubus L. sub-genus Rubus Watson) fruits grow wild in Kenya, though in some parts of the world they have been domesticated and are cultivated. There is potential for their adoption in Kenya, however this requires that informatio…
Rural households mostly utilise wild fruits and vegetables as a supplement to household nutritional needs during lean seasons. However, nutritional benefits derived from a given food are influenced by nutritional knowledge, attitude and pr…
Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) leaves are important non-timber forest product (NTFP) in rural areas and increasingly in urban areas in Africa. However, the overharvesting of the leaves constitutes a threat for natural stands of baobab. Thi…
The main objective of this research was to investigate the effect of chemical fertilizer, organic fertilizer and a combination of the two on maize (Zea mays L.) yield in Sudan. Three levels of fertilizer: 86 kgN/ha, 4 tonnes chicken manure…
Performance evaluation of five treatments on soil chemical characteristics and yield of maize was carried out in Lower Gweru, Zimbabwe. The treatments were gypsum, mopane ash, green manure, combined gypsum and green manure (green manure + …
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is an important food and cash crop for smallholder farmers, giving more food, more nutrition and more cash per unit of area and time. Adoption of the crop is therefore seen as a pathway to improved smallholder fa…
