PhD Thesis: Department of Water and Agricultural Resource Management
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(UoEm, 2025-06-03)French beans are common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) that have palatable pods. The crop is mostly grown for export, supporting Kenyan smallholder farmers. In Eastern Africa, developing French bean varieties with high pod ...
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(COLLINS MUIMI MUSAFIRI, 2020-09)Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is an essential drought-resistant crop that could enhance food security. However, its productivity remains relatively low in Kenya. Efforts to increase sorghum productivity through the application ...
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(University of Embu, 2021-07)Kenya is rated 6 in Africa with an annual overall production of 397,007 tons of tomato fruit. Tomato production in Kenya is constrained by many biotic and abiotic factors and among them, diseases such as early and late ...
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(2019)Food grain shortage in Kenya is attributed to low rainfall and poor distribution in maize growing areas particularly as well as low soil fertility associated mainly with nitrogen deficiency. Use of irrigation water and ...
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(Kenyatta University, 2008-05)Land productivity in the central highlands of Kenya is mainly constrained by low and declining soil fertility. In the maize-based farming systems, continuous cultivation without adequate soil fertility enhancement measures ...
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(Kenyatta University, 2011-06)More than three decades after the introduction of prosopis species in the drylands of Kenya there is now increasing concern about the negative impacts of the plant on the livelihoods of dryland communities and on the ...