Improving yield and aroma are among significant objectives of many plant breeding programs, since they are two critical parameters that determine farmers’ and consumers’ variety acceptability and consequently the productivity ...

Water shortage is almost always the factor limiting agriculture production in Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASALs) world over. Water scarcity in today‟s world aggravated by climate change has resulted to increased competition ...

The objective of this study was to determine the level of mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic in the environment and in selected staple foods consumed around Kisumu region of Kenya and to determine if those levels were ...

Rot is a major cause of bulb onion losses in Kenya, accounting for about 14 % of total postharvest losses. In Kenya, the fungi associated with bulb onion postharvest rot of onion postharvest rots are not well known. ...

This study sought to investigate the impacts of the Green Scheme on the livelihood of communities through a comparative study of households that surrounds the Green Scheme (village with GRN intervention) to a village with ...

With decreasing land size, caused by fragmentation as family size increases, competition for this scarce resource has led to prior consideration on what tree species to plant as complementarities to household economy or ...

A study was carried out in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research organization (KALRO) Katumani to evaluate the effect of bio-stimulators; seaweed extracts ...

Greenhouse and field experiments were carried out to determine the growth performance of two banana cultivars inoculated with three AMF inocula under two different soil conditions. A preliminary experiment (Inoculum ...

Flaxseed, also known as linseed, belongs to the Linaceae family. It is emerging as a major ingredient in health promoting foods (functional foods or nutraceuticals), as well as in animal feeds due to high omega-3 fatty ...