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pro vyhledávání: '"Wellington N. Ekaya"'
Autor:
Astere Bararyenya, Herbert Talwana, Yao Nasser, Wolfgang J. Grüneberg, Arfang Badji, Mercy Kitavi, Thomas Odong, Bode A. Olukolu, Jan W. Low, Martina Kyalo, M. Ochwo-Ssemakula, Wellington N. Ekaya, Phinehas Tukamuhabwa, Robert O. M. Mwanga, Dorcus C. Gemenet
Publikováno v:
BMC Plant Biology
BMC Plant Biology, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
BMC Plant Biology, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
Background Continuous storage root formation and bulking (CSRFAB) in sweetpotato is an important trait from agronomic and biological perspectives. Information about the molecular mechanisms underlying CSRFAB traits is lacking. Results Here, as a firs
Evaluation of forage legumes for introduction into natural pastures of semi-arid rangelands of Kenya
Autor:
J.G. Mureithi, P.N Macharia, Jenesio I. Kinyamario, Wellington N. Ekaya, E. G. Thuranira, Ckk Gachene
Publikováno v:
Grass and Forage Science. 65:456-462
To address the potential of legumes to contribute to improved quality and quantity of natural pastures in the semi-arid rangelands of Kenya, five legume species were introduced and evaluated in a small-plot field experiment over three growing seasons
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Ecology. 47:567-573
Human–livestock–wildlife interactions have increased in Kenyan rangelands in recent years, but few attempts have been made to evaluate their impact on the rangeland habitat. This study identified drivers of increased human–livestock–wildlife
Autor:
J. W. Stuth., G Lall, Jean Hanson, W Ngoyawu Mnene, Wellington N. Ekaya, R. H Jamnadass, Jenesio I. Kinyamario, P Mweki
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Range & Forage Science. 22:107-115
Chloris roxburghiana is an important rangeland grass in Kenya. In some areas it has disappeared due to land degradation resulting from overgrazing and drought. Efforts to re-introduce the grass through re-seeding using seeds from research stations ha
Autor:
Motsosi E, D. M. Mbuvi, Muroki Nm, Okunade Eo, Torimiro Do, Alimi T, Demombynes G, Deji Of, J. G. Adewale, Ngichabe Ck, Ayanwale Ab, Farinde Aj, Laogun Ea, Evenson Re, Kolawole Od, Smith S, J. Steinbach, Holden S, Kouame A, S. Barrientos, Kogi-Makau W, Lipton M, Veronicah K, Siegel M, L. O. Olarinde, F. A. Kuponiyi, Oladele Oi, Olayiwola Lm, DeVoe D, Tefera T, M. Okoti, Kirk M, Mathias E, Adeleye Oa, Schellekens J, Kameri-Mbote P, Clemens M, Barbara Rischkowsky, C. Dolan, S. Homann, A. Tallontire, J. C. Ng’ethe, Wellington N. Ekaya
Publikováno v:
Development in Practice. 15:559-571
These success stories describe how two programs helped families to strengthen their health agricultural livelihoods and food security in Malawi. The programs helped households to grow more food guided farmers toward profitable business practices help
Autor:
Wellington N. Ekaya, P.N Macharia
Publikováno v:
Journal of Human Ecology. 17:143-147
A research study was conducted in Mashuru Division of Kajiado District, Kenya with the objective of analyzing the types of vegetation degradation, their causes and their influence on rangeland condition and trend. The study was conducted through remo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Human Ecology. 16:83-89
This study was conducted in the northern part of Kenya, in Kakuma division, Turkana district. Kakuma is a semi- arid area under nomadic pastoralism as the main activity. The presence of a refugee camp has attracted many people from within the Turkana
Publikováno v:
Journal of Human Ecology. 16:43-48
The Maasai indigenous knowledge of animal diseases is comparable to the conventional knowledge of the modern veterinarian. Their diagnostic skills of livestock diseases is based on indigenous symptoms of diseases, vectors of diseases, season effects
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Range & Forage Science. 20:265-270
Fifteen yearling goats of similar weight were used to evaluate the potential of Zizyphus spina-christi leaves as a supplement to goats fed on Cynodon dactylon grass. Animals were randomly assigned to five feeding regimes and individually stall-fed fo
Publikováno v:
Journal of Human Ecology. 14:77-85
The study was conducted in the Blue-Nile valley of Wogidi district in Ethiopia, where woody vegetation degradation associated with intensive land use activities has become a national concern. It wa...