Markets and marketing of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a major issue of concern to small scale farmers and other actors in the bean value chain in Kenya, particularly inconsistency in supplying sufficient volumes required for trade. This case study assessed market arrangements used by s...
Wanjala, S.P.O
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Karanja, D.
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Wambua, S.
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Otiep, G.
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Odhiambo, C.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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[Market arrangements used by small scale bean farmers in Kenya: What needs to change for sustainable trade volumes?]
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Market arrangements used by small scale bean farmers in Kenya: What needs to change for sustainable trade volumes?
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Sustainable diets are an environmental, economic, and public health imperative, but identifying clear intervention points is challenging. Decision-making will require descriptive analyses from a variety of perspectives, even under the inevitable uncertainty introduced by limited data. Th...
Heller, Martin C.
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Walchale, Abhijeet
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Heard, Brent R.
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Hoey, Lesli
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Khoury, Colin K.
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de Haan, Stef
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Burra, Dharani Dhar
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Thi, Thanh Duong
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Osiemo, Jamleck
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Thi Huong, Trinh
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Jones, Andrew D.
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[Environmental analyses to inform transitions to sustainable diets in developing countries: case studies for Vietnam and Kenya]
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Environmental analyses to inform transitions to sustainable diets in developing countries: case studies for Vietnam and Kenya
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient but is commonly limiting for food production in tropical
and subtropical maize cropping. The efficiency of P fertiliser uptake is often low (5–30%) for various
site-specific reasons and so identifying the drivers of P efficiency for different systems is imp...
Das, Bianca
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Huth, Neil
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Probert, Merv
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Paul, Birthe
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Kihara, Job
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Bolo, Peter Omondi
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Rodriguez, Daniel
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Herrero, Mario
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Schmidt, Susanne
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[Drivers of Phosphorus Efficiency in Tropical and Subtropical Cropping Systems]
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Drivers of Phosphorus Efficiency in Tropical and Subtropical Cropping Systems
Two perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) varieties and 5 festulolium hybrids (L. perenne × Festuca spp.) were evaluated on-farm for their performance over one growing season on clay loam soils at Ol-joro-Orok in the central highlands of Kenya at about 2,600‒2,800 masl. Seed was sown in May 2015 an...
Mwendia, Solomon W.
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Maass, Brigitte L.
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Njenga, David
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Perennial ryegrass and novel festulolium forage grasses in the tropical highlands of Central Kenya: Preliminary assessment = Nuevos pastos de ryegrass y festulolium en tierras altas del trópico de Kenia central: Evaluación preliminar]
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Perennial ryegrass and novel festulolium forage grasses in the tropical highlands of Central Kenya: Preliminary assessment = Nuevos pastos de ryegrass y festulolium en tierras altas del trópico de Kenia central: Evaluación preliminar
Rodents are one of the major storage pests in on-farm maize storage in the tropics. However, information on actual magnitude of weight and quality losses caused by rodents in maize stores and species of rodent associated with the losses is scarce and if available would help to improve maize posth...
Ognakossan, K.E.
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Mutungi, C.M.
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Otieno, T.O.
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Affognon, Hippolyte D.
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Sila, D.N.
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Owino, W.O.
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[Quantitative and quality losses caused by rodents in on-farm stored maize: a case study in the low land tropical zone of Kenya]
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Quantitative and quality losses caused by rodents in on-farm stored maize: a case study in the low land tropical zone of Kenya
Geomorphological and sedimentary records near the confluences of the Tana River and major tributaries draining the eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya and the Nyambeni Range, indicate impacts of Late Quaternary volcanic activity in their fluvial records. The main reconstructed event was triggered by a 36...
Schoorl, J.M.
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Veldkamp, A.
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Claessens, L.
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Wijbrans, J.R.
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Olago, D.O.
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Lievens, C.
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[Late quaternary lahars and lava dams: fluvial responses of the upper Tana river (Kenya)]
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Late quaternary lahars and lava dams: fluvial responses of the upper Tana river (Kenya)
A soil carbon assessment was performed comparing agricultural cropping systems with natural vegetation along a sampling transect spanning different agro-ecologies on the eastern foot slopes of Mount Kenya in Embu county, 125 km from Nairobi, Kenya. The aim was to determine differences in soil car...
Segnini, A.
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Posadas, A.
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Silva, W.T.L. da
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Milori, D.M.
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Gavilan, C.
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Claessens, Lieven
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Quiróz, R.
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[Quantifying soil carbon stocks and humification through spectroscopic methods: a scoping assessment in EMBU-Kenya]
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Quantifying soil carbon stocks and humification through spectroscopic methods: a scoping assessment in EMBU-Kenya