• The Effects of Food Support Interventions on Vulnerable Adolescents Girls Affected by HIV and AIDS in Ol-Joroorok Sub County, Kenya 

  Gichuhi, David; Wachira, Wanjugu; Wachera, Lydia M. (Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2018-07)

  Abstract: The global HIV and AIDS pandemic have continued to change the lives of many people especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Both boys and girls have been affected by this menace. However, girls face considerable ...
• In vitro investigation of orange fleshed sweet potato prebiotic potential and its implication on human gut health 

  Muchiri, Mary N.; McCartney, Anne L. (Functional Foods in health and disease, 2017)

  Some food ingredients (prebiotics) have been shown to promote a healthy gut by selectively stimulating growth/activity of beneficial gastrointestinal microbes and metabolites such as short chain fatty acids (SCFA) while ...
• Physical characteristics, proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors in grains of lablab bean (Lablab purpureus) genotypes from Kenya 

  Kilonzi, Sheila M.; Makokha, Anselimo O.; Kenji, Glaston M. (2017-06)

  Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the physical characteristics, nutritional composition and anti-nutritional factors of grains from three lablab bean varieties with different colours and size ...
• Dynamics of agricultural use differentially affect soil properties and crop response in East African wetlands 

  Kamiri, Hellen; Kreye, Christine; Becker, Mathias (Springer Science, 2013)

  Agricultural land use changes differen- tially affect soil fertility and crop production potential of wetlands. We studied East African wetlands with contrasting hydro-geological characteristics (high- and lowland floodplains ...
• In vitro investigation of orange fleshed sweet potato prebiotic potential and its implication on human gut health 

  Muchiri, Mary N.; McCartney, Anne L. (2017)
• Horticulture in the Mt. Kenya Region – Dynamics and challenges in the context of globalization Experiences of an Intercultural Study Project 

  KarU, Karatina University; UoC, University of Cologne; HUB, Humboldt-University of Berlin (2015-03)
• Plant Communities Changes in Relation to Land Uses and Soil Properties in Malinda Wetland, Tanzania 

  Kamiri, Hellen; Mogha, Neema; Handa, Collins; Alvarez, Miguel; Möseler, Bodo (2016)
• In Vitro Analysis of Antibacterial and Antifungal Potency af Tissue Cultured and Indigenous Aloe Secundiflora Plant Extracts 

  Kaingu, Fredrick Baraka; Gicharu, Gibson Kamau; Mwagandi, Chimbevo Lenny; Kinyamasyo, Erastus Maingi (American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2014-06)
• Integration of Commercial Microbiological Products into Soil Fertility Practices as a Potential Option for Acclimatization and Growth of TC Banana in Kenya 

  Mwangi, Agnes Mumo Kavoo; Kahangi, Esther M.; Ateka, Elijah; Onguso, Justus (SciRes, 2014)
• Effect of soil PH on postharvest pathological deterioration of sweet potato storage roots 

  Kihurani, A.W.; Narla, N.D.; Shibairo, S.; Imungi, J.; Carey, E. (African Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 2008)

  Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) is the world’s seventh most important food crop but its potential to contribute to food security and income generation is limited in tropical developing countries by its short ...
• Constraints to On-Farm Maize (Zea mays L.) Seed Production in Western Kenya: Plant Growth and Yield 

  Wambugu, P.W.; Mathenge, P.W.; Auma, E.O.; VanRheenen, H.A. (ISRN Agronomy, 2012)

  Studies have shown that that about 85% of maize farmers in Western Kenya plant local varieties with about 80% using own farm-saved seeds. The production system is characterized by late harvesting, heavy striga infestation, ...
• Economic and Biological Values for Pasture-Based Dairy Cattle Production Systems and their Application in Genetic Improvement in the Tropics 

  Wahinya, P.K.; Okeno, T.O.; Kosgey, I.S.; Kahi, A.K. (Journal of Animal Production Advances, 2015)

  Economic and biological values for milk yield (MY), milk butter fat (FY), daily gain (DG), weaning weight (WWT), mature live weight (MLW), calving interval (CI), pre-weaning survival rate (PreSR), post-weaning survival ...
• Effects of maturity stage, desiccation and storage period on seed quality of cleome (cleome gynandra l.) 

  Kamotho, G.N.; Mathenge, P.W.; Muasya, R.M.; Dullo, M.E. (Research Desk, 2014)

  Cleome gynandra (L.) is a weed that grows throughout the tropics and sub-tropics. In Kenya it is gradually being domesticated and grown as a vegetable that is used in many culinary systems for its remarkable nutritional ...
• Evaluation of Kenyan Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) Purees for Functional Food Production 

  Muchiri, M.N.; McCartney, A.L. (Journal of Life Sciences, 2014-02)

  Consumption of functional foods with health promoting benefits and/or disease prevention has been on the increase globally. The study aimed at evaluating the potential of utilizing Kenyan orange fleshed sweet potato (Ipomoea ...
• The use of modern information and communication technologies in smallholder agriculture: Examples from Kenya and Tanzania 

  Krone, M.; Dannenberg, P.; Nduru, G. (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 ...
• Sorghum [sorghum bicolor (l.) Moench] seed quality as affected by variety, harvesting stage and fertilizer application in bomet county of kenya 

  Ochieng, Lilian, A.; Mathenge, Patrick, W.; Muasya, R. (African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2013-09)

  A set of laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate the physiological quality of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench seeds subjected to different field cultural management practices. The main aim of this study was to ...
• Effect of management and soil moisture regimes on wetland soils total carbon and nitrogen in Tanzania 

  Kamiri, Hellen; Kreye, Christine; Becker, Mathias (Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2013)

  Wetland soils play an important role as storage compartments for water, carbon and nutrients. These soils implies various conditions, depending on the water regimes that affect several important microbial and physical-chemical ...
• An Assessment Of The Physiological Quality Of Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L Moench) Seeds Planted By Farmers In Bomet District Of Kenya 

  Ochieng, L.A; Mathenge, P.W.; Muasya, R. (African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2012-08)

  Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) is an important crop that enhances food security in a region. As a food crop, sorghum is nutritious, containing starch (75-79%) as the major component, followed by protein (6.0-16.1%) ...
• 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 

  Baruah, P. (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 role of Tea Industry in the achievement of the Kenya Vision 2030 

  Wainaina, G. (2015)

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