Chenyambuga, S W; Waiswa, C; Saimo, M; Ngumi, P; Gwakisa, P S(2010-07-22)
A study was conducted in three districts around Lake Victoria; Kisumu (Kenya), Kiruhura (Uganda) and Tarime
(Tanzania) to assess the farmers’ perceptions on tick-borne diseases (TBDs) and resistance of their local ...
Mwalukasa, Nicholaus(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012-10)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess sources of agricultural information used by farmers
for climate change adaptation in the semi arid areas of Tanzania.
Design/methodology/approach – Mixed quantitative and ...
Lisuma, Jacob B; Semoka, J. M. R; Semu, E(American Society of Agronomy, 2006-07-12)
Micronutrients, which are often deficient in volcanic soils, together
with macronutrients may lead to higher yields in these soils. A study
was conducted under pot and field conditions to identify and correct
some ...
This study assessed crop farmers’ willingness to pay for AESs and identified factors influencing their
willingness to pay for AESs. Data were collected from 292 randomly selected crop farmers’ households
between December ...
Ahmad, A.; Abbas, M.; Abdalla, H.; Hadjiiska, R.; Yoon, I.; Zaleski, S.(IOP Publishing for Sissa Medialab, 2020-10-15)
The CMS muon system in the region with 2.03 < |η| < 2.82 is characterized by a
very harsh radiation environment which can generate hit rates up to 144 kHz/cm 2 and an integrated
charge of 8 C/cm 2 over ten years of ...
Kinabo, J. L.; Durnin, J. V. G. A(British Journal of Nutrition, 1990-02)
The effect of meal composition and energy content on the thermic effect of food (TEF) was investigated
in sixteen adult, non-obese female subjects. Each subject consumed four different test meals, each meal
on a different ...
Kebeney, S. J; Semoka, J. M. R; Msanya, B. M; Ng’etich, W. K(2014-06-24)
Standard soil survey was carried out in Western Kenya to establish representative research sites on
the basis of landforms and other physiographic attributes. Soil profiles were characterized at
Emalomba (Nambale District) ...
Semoka, J. R. M; Okalebo, J. R; Othieno, C. O; Woomer, P. L; Karanja, N. K; Bekunda, M. A; Mugendi, D. N; Muasya, R. M; Bationo, A; Mukhwana, E. J(Springer, 2006)
Low inherent soil fertility in the highly weathered and leached soils largely accounts for low and unsu- stained crop yields in most African countries. But in particular, the major nutrients, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus ...
Ahmad, A.; Abbrescia, M.; Abbas, M.; Abbaneo, D.; Abdelalim, A.A.; Zhang, A.(Elsevier, 2016-03-08)
This contribution introduces a new type of Micropattern Gaseous Detector, the Fast Timing Micropattern (FTM) detector, utilizing
fully Resistive WELL structures. The structure of the prototype will be described in detail ...
de Bruin, Annemarieke; Cinderby, Steve; Mbilinyi, Boniface; Mahoo, Henry; Barron, Jennie(Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012-07)
This report describes the results of a baseline assessment of current livelihood strategies in the Mkindo
watershed of the Wami River Basin in Tanzania. The work is part of the IWMI project entitled ‘Agri-
cultural Water ...
This study aims at identifying factors which affect the adoption of improved maize varieties in three woredas in
Central Oromia, Ethiopia. The study utilized cross-sectional farm household level data collected by CIMMYT
from ...
Wetlands are resources of paramount importance with many values and functions that need proper management for their continued
functioning and the delivery of benefits to the community. Sustained functioning of wetlands ...
Complementary foods in most developing countries are based on staple cereal or root crops. Although,
commercial foods of high quality are occasionally available, they are often expensive and therefore
unaffordable by ...
There is a scarcity of research-based data on the factors associated with skin irritation due to algal
blooms in seaweed farming. Changes in temperature with an increase in nutrients levels lead to the
growth of harmful ...
Baha, Michael; Temu, Andrew; Philip, Damas(2013-07)
Maize yield in Tanzania has been decreasing in the past few years. The decline has been
attributed to many factors. This paper assesses production efficiency and its determinants among
maize farmers in Babati district. ...
Traditional forage conservation, locally known as “ngitili”, which involves retaining an area of standing vegetation from the beginning of rainy season and opening it up for grazing at the peak of dry season, has become ...
Three experiments were carried out
to evaluate the nutritive value of fresh
unpeeled cassava tubers, peeled, soaked
cassava tubers, cassava root meal and
cassava chips as energy sources for growing-
finishing pigs. ...
Tanzania like any other developing countries is depending on uncertain rainfall for their
subsistence and commercial agriculture. In this paper the start and end of rains for Mbeya
Meteorological Station in Tanzania ...
The effect of meal composition and energy content on the thermic effect of food (TEF) was investigated
in sixteen adult, non-obese female subjects. Each subject consumed four different test meals, each meal
on a different ...
Ikerra, Susan T.; Maghembe, Jumanne A.; Smithson, Paul C.; Buresh, Roland J.(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999-04)
Many soils of southern Africa are severely N deficient, but inorganic fertilizers are unaffordable for most sub-
sistence farmers. Rotations and intercrops of legumes with crops may alleviate N deficiency through biological ...