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A Novel Statistical Model for Poverty Estimation
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013-02-26)
In this study, individual consumption as a function of income generated by a cow under one-cow-one family program is modelled. The model was applied on sample data collected from Nyaruguru District in Rwanda. The poverty ...
Farmer perception and adaptation strategies on climate change in lower Eastern Kenya: A case of finger millet (eleusine coracana (L.) gaertn) production
(2016)
Eastern Kenya, a semi-arid region, is characterized by low and erratic rainfall, high temperatures, and low soil
fertility. Climate change has further worsened the situation leading to frequent droughts and hence ...
Evaluation of relative competitive ability and fitness of sorghum bicolor×sorghum halepense and sorghum bicolor×Sorghum sudanense F1 hybrids
(2015)
Introgression of crop alleles in weedy sorghum populations may have an additive
effect on the adaptive character of the weeds making them more competitive. The
relative fitness in the F1 generation derived from weedy and ...
Improving potato tuber yields using genotypes with multiple virus resistance in Kenya
(2013)
Potato (Solanumtuberosum L.) viruses play a major role in lowering yields and quality of ware
and seed tubers in Kenya. This experiment was conducted to determine potential of potato clones
with multiple virus resistance ...
On summing multipliers and applications
(Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2001-01-01)
A scalar sequence (αi) is said to be a p-summing multiplier of a Banach space E, if ∑∞i = 1‖αixi‖p < ∞ for all weakly p-summable sequences in E. We study some important properties of the space mp(E) of all p-summing ...
Dynamic risk model for Rift Valley fever outbreaks in Kenya based on climate and disease outbreak data
(PAGEpress-Geospatial Health, 2015-10-18)
Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a mosquito-borne viral zoonotic disease that occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, with heavy impact in affected countries. Outbreaks are episodic and related to ...
Equivalent Banach Operator Ideal Norms1
(HIKARI: International Journal of Mathematical Analysis, 2012-01-01)
Let X, Y be Banach spaces and consider the w′-topology (the dualweak operator topology) on the space (L(X, Y),‖.‖) of bounded linearoperators from X into X with the uniform operator norm.Lw′(X,Y) is the space of all T∈L(X, ...
Advances in composite integer factorization
(International Knowledge Sharing Platiform, 2013-01-01)
In this research we propose a new method of integer factorization. Prime numbers are the building blocks of arithmetic. At the moment there are no efficient methods (algorithms) known that will determine whether a given ...
Effect of soil pH on postharvest pathological deterioration of sweet potato storage roots
(Horticultural Association of Kenya, 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 ...
Effects of phosphorous on growth and yield of snowpeas (Pisum sativum var. oregon sugar pod II)
(2015-07-31)
Two field experiments were carried out concurrently at the Faculty of Agriculture, Field station farm, University of Nairobi in March-July 2000 (season I) and June-September 2000 (season II) to determine the effect of ...