Working Document Series Open Access Comrade Dairy and Food enterprise (CDFE) - Enhancing milk quality through value addition G. Kwendo Muhindu Research shows that about 80% of milk produced in Kenya is sold raw without any value addition. Njoro sub-county in Kenya is not an exception. It lacks adequate processing facilities. It has only one cooling plant in Njoro town. A huge amo… RUF-39837 2019 CC BY 4.0 28 Feb 2023
Theses & Dissertations Open Access Socio-economic analysis of dairy feed technologies promoted in the Kenyan highlands Gregory Ndwandwa Sikumba The cost of feed is one of the major constraints to dairy cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa. East Africa dairy development project is promoting several feed technologies for dairy cattle in order to reduce costs and increase milk pro… RUF-35357 2013 CC BY 4.0 21 Sep 2015
Working Document Series Open Access The Risk of Feed and Milk Contamination by Mycotoxins on Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Kenya T.P. Lanyasunya · T.K. Mutunga Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi in warm environments. Due to the warm climate highly favourable for growth of moulds, the threat of mycotoxin poisoning (livestock and human) is real and of major concern in Keny… RUF-33082 2012 CC BY 4.0 21 May 2014
Working Document Series Open Access A Comparative Analysis of Breeding Information Sourcing and Net Margin Estimates of Inseminations and Replacement Decisions of Smallholder Dairy Farmers P.M. Mshenga · N.J. Muthui · B. Omedo Bebe Milk deficit (MD) in western Kenya (MD) has created high demand for dairy breeding stock. This is mainly sourced from the neighbouring milk surplus Rift Valley (RV) region. Because of limited access to artificial insemination (AI) services… RUF-32239 2012 CC BY 4.0 14 May 2014