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Dissemination of agricultural innovations: socio - economic analysis of communication channels used in improved chickpea (Cicer arietinum l) varieties in Embu county, Kenya

Caroline Anyango Oywer

Chickpea is the world‟s second most widely grown leguminous food crop after soybean. In Kenya however, chickpea is a new crop and not known by many. This could be due to insufficient agricultural information on the crop. Hence, it affects …

RUF-36531 2016 CC BY 4.0 7 Dec 2016

Evaluation and selection of drought and pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) tolerant chickpea genotypes for introduction in semi-arid areas of Kenya

P.K. Kimurto · R.M.S. Mulwa · B.K. Towett

This study evaluated 289 chickpea lines for drought tolerance, and 30 for pest resistance. Several promising genotypes have been identified (ICC 2580, ICC 7272, ICCV 92311, ICC 3362, ICCV 95311, ICC 506, EC 583311, ICCVX 906183-1), and the…

RUF-35126 2010 CC BY 4.0 16 Sep 2015