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Factors influencing adoption potential of purple tea in Nyeri County: A geographic perspective
(2015)Kenya is the world’s third largest producer of tea after China and India. Tea plays a major role in Kenya’s economy as it is the third major foreign exchange earner, behind tourism and horticulture and employs approximately ... -
Farm Household Typology Based on Soil Quality and Influenced by Socio-Economic Characteristics and Fertility Management Practices in Eastern Kenya
(2023-04-12)The smallholder farming systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are highly diverse and heterogeneous in terms of biophysical and socio-economic characteristics. This study was conducted in upper Eastern Kenya (UEK) to categorize ... -
Farmers' Preference for Onion Varieties and Implications of Knowledge of Iris Yellow Spot Disease in Kenya
(African Crop Science Journal, 2021-03)Thrip transmitted Iris yellow spot disease (IYSD) is an economically important viral disease, affecting bulb onions worldwide. Recommended IYSD resistant varieties are not commonly grown in countries like Kenya, yet ... -
Genetic mapping and identification of quantitative trait loci for yield and drought tolerance in tea
(2015)Accelerated breeding and selection of improved tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) cultivars requires sound knowledge and understanding of genetics associated with desirable attributes.Quantitative trait loci (QTL) ... -
ICT and technological development in advancing tea research in Kenya
(2015)Agriculture is the backbone of the Kenyan economy and it is constantly influenced by changes in technology. Because of the rapid development of ICT in the world, each organization or person has to concern their products ... -
Impact of innovation on the financial performance of KTDA managed tea factories: A case of Meru and Kirinyaga counties
(2015)Kenya is a key player in global tea industry and especially through Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA). However, KTDA has been facing the challenges of increasing cost of production in the recent past. The higher processing ... -
Influence of Vegetation Cover and Topographic Position on Water Infiltration, Organic Matter Content and Aggregate Stability of Grassland Soils in Semi-Arid Kenya
(Advances in Agricultural Science, 2019)A study was conducted in Mpala and Ilmotiok ranches in Laikipia County, Kenya, to investigate the influence of vegetation cover and topographic position on soil organic matter, bulk density, aggregate stability and water ... -
Integration of Manure and Mineral Fertilizers among Smallholder Farmers in Kenya: A Pathway to Sustainable Soil Fertility Management and Agricultural Intensification
(ECRTD-UK, 2020-07)Combination of mineral fertilizers and manure has been proposed as the sustainable approach of soil fertility management. This study evaluates the use of these two soil fertility practices. Data for this study was obtained ... -
Origin, discovery of tea, wild tea and early development of tea in Assam, indigenous tea and tea drinking habit among the tribes in Assam of India
(2015)Tea is the most popular beverage in the world and its consumption is next only to water. The scientific findings on its health beneficial properties and as a drink of general wellbeing are contributing to make it even ... -
The polyphenolic composition and radical scavenging properties of Kenyan tea cultivars
(2015)Interest in medicinal and health enhancing properties of functional components in foods continues to arouse a lot of interest. Polyphenolic fractions in tea are potent bioactive molecules. In this study, the polyphenolic ... -
Prospects for organic tea farming in Kenya: Two case studies
(2015)Organic tea farming entails non-use of pesticides and inorganic fertilizers, including the processing and packaging of the tea. This implies that documents must be filed which prove all requirements are met throughout ... -
Quality assurance in Tea Industry
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Recent advances in tea research
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Salinity tolerance, growth and survival of three Artemia franciscana (Kellogg, 1906) populations under laboratory conditions
(Wiley, 2024-04)In the 1980s, Artemia franciscana from San Francisco Bay (SFB) was introduced into Kenyan saltworks, where it has colonized and established stable populations. However, little is known about its biology, particularly with ... -
Tea and biofertilizers: A below ground biodiversity sustainable approach
(2015)Tea is produced in the humid tropical and sub-tropical regions, which are home to rich biodiversity. The tea plantation environments have the potential to conserve a rich biodiversity which could serve as a source of ... -
Tea trade in Kenyan markets: Effects of marketing strategies on sustainable domestic market and return to the smallholder tea enterprise
(2015)Kenya is the third largest tea producer and the leading producer of black tea in the world. It exports over 99% of her tea as black CTC of which 88% is exported in bulk form while the rest as value added tea. Kenyan tea ... -
The use of modern information and communication technologies in smallholder agriculture: Examples from Kenya and Tanzania
(Information Development, 2015-09)Through examining the example of commercial small-scale horticultural farmers in Mt. Kenya region and Mwanza region, this empirical study aims to provide an explanation for why different perspectives on the impact of ...