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This study to determine economic returns of small-scale fish farming in Malawi was carried out in Bunda area, Lilongwe. Thirty two small-scale fish farmers were purposively sampled and interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Cost and…
This study focused on the analysis of a value chain: the case of Fincha Amarti Nashe reservoir of Oromia State, Horo Guduru Wollega zone, Ethiopia. The socio-economic characteristics of the stake holders along the fisheries enterprises and…
The genus Mycobacterium has two main groups, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and atypical mycobacteria. The MTBC species, the causative agents of tuberculosis (TB), has been further typed into different genotypes. Genotyping meth…
Fodder production is increasingly being adopted as a way of building resilience of livestock-dominated pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods in the drylands of Kenya. It is not only embraced as a source of feed for livestock during period…
Grasses among pastoral and agro-pastoral communities have for centuries been used for varying purposes. The objective of the study was to compare pastoral and agro-pastoral perceptions on the importance of indigenous grass species. Trends …
The pigs industry in Kenya has faced many challenges, among them poor animal genetic resource base. To partly address this, genetic parameters were estimated using B-spline functions in random regression models for weight of Large White pi…
Sufficient and quality feed resource has been identified as the main limiting factor to increasing animal flock sizes especially in the tropics where feed quality and quantity fluctuates within and between years. Eritrea is setting up prog…
Indigenous cattle are the main livestock reared among African communities. Indigenous cattle have some distinguishing characteristics that can be used for attribution and grouping. A total of 243 indigenous cattle from 27 populations sprea…
Increasing household nutrition is a top priority in Zimbabwe where protein energy malnutrition is rampant among women and children. In rural areas, most people do not afford protein rich foods that include meat, meat products and other alt…
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…
