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Lekasi, J.K.Tanner, J.C.Kimani, S.K.Harris, P.J.C.[Manure management strategies to enhance fertilizer quantity and quality as smallholdings in central Kenya highlands]Manure management strategies to enhance fertilizer quantity and quality as smallholdings in central Kenya highlands

Lekasi, J.K.Tanner, J.C.Kimani, S.K.Harris, P.J.C.[Manure management in the Kenya Highlands: Practices and potential]Manure management in the Kenya Highlands: Practices and potential

Concentrate feeds have become an important feature of dairy cattle diets on small-scale farms in the Central Kenya Highlands. Excreta derived from such diets can be of high quality if nutrient losses are minimized. Steers were fed a basal diet of Napier grass supplemented with either commercial d...


Lekasi, J.K.Tanner, J.C.Kimani, S.K.Harris, P.J.C.[Effects of poultry litter amended steer diets and subsequent manure collecting systems on nutrient recovery in composted manures]Effects of poultry litter amended steer diets and subsequent manure collecting systems on nutrient recovery in composted manures

Three hundred mixed, smallholder farms in Kariti location, Kandara Division, Maragua District, Central Kenya, were surveyed. Dairy cattle management practices, including type of animal enclosure, roofing, floor type, drainage, use of bedding, feeding of concentrates; and manure management pract...


Lekasi, J.K.Tanner, J.C.Kimani, S.K.Harris, P.J.C.[Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment]Cattle manure quality in Maragua District, central Kenya: Effect of management practices and development of simple methods of assessment

Treatment of low quality roughaghes such as maize stover with urea to increase feeding value for livestock is a widely tested technology in the tropics. However, the high cost of treatment has led to little uptake by farmers, for fodder improvement. This experiment investigated wheather urea trea...


Methu, J.N.Tanner, J.C.Owen, E.Lekasi, J.K.[Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea]Decomposition in the soil, of different botanical fractions of maize stover, treated with urine and/or urea
Lekasi, J.K.[Manure management in the Kenya highlands:collection,storage and utilisation to enhance fertilizer quantity and quality.]Manure management in the Kenya highlands:collection,storage and utilisation to enhance fertilizer quantity and quality.

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