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A test for relative efficiency in the Smallholder Tea Sub-sector in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics; University of Nairobi., 2001)
Despite availability of tea growing technologies to all Kenya tea farmers, green leaf production in smallholder sub-sector remains low. Tea in Kenya is grown in the East of the Rift Valley and the West of the Rift Valley ...
Tea
(Oxford, 2003)
This article focuses on the process of tea fermentation. Tea beverages are processed from the young tender shoots of Camellia sinensis L. O. Kuntze. Because of its subtle flavors and health benefits, tea has become the ...
A Measure of Economic Rationality in the Smallholder Tea Sub-Sector in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics; University of Nairobi., 2001)
The smallholder tea sub-sector in Kenya is considered the largest and one of the most successful smallholder schemes in the world. However, tea productivity in this sub-sector has been persistently low when compared with ...
Split application of nitrogen fertilizer rates in two tea cultivars grown in the Eastern and Western highlands of Kenya: I. Confirmatory results on yield effects.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
Two experiments were conducted in Kericho and Kangaita, Kenya during 19991-98 to investigate the effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates (50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 kg/ha) and frequencies of application (1, 2 and 4 split ...
Factors impeding tea production in smallholder sub-sector of the Kenya tea industry: an assessment extension staff awareness of existing technologies.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
This study assessed the level of extension staff in the various technological packages when compared to the agronomic research recommendations. The survey covered 76 extension staff in Kirinyaga, Nyambene, Nandi and Nyamira ...
Chlorophyll meter use on field grown tea: 1. The optimum leaf age and measuring positions on a leaf blade.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)
In a field experiment conducted in Kenya, a Hydro N-tester chlorophyll meter was used to determine the optimum age and reading position for the measurement of chlorophyll in leaves of tea (clone 6/8). Meter readings were ...
Sorghum and salinity: I. Response of growth, water relations, and ion accumulation to NaCl salinity
(Crop Science Society of America, 2004)
Crops grown in salt affected soils may suffer from drought stress, ion toxicity, and mineral deficiency leading to reduced growth and productivity. The present study was conducted to determine how salinity affects growth, ...
Seed dormancy and appropriate germination protocol for Vernonia galamensis (Asteraceae).
(Kenya Forestry Research Institute, 2009)
ernonia galamensis (Cass.) Less., (Asteraceae) is a new potential industrial oil crop that originated in eastern and south-eastern parts of Ethiopia and is endemic primarily to East African countries. On a dry mass basis, ...
Relationship between leaf water status and varietal adaptation of
(East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 2008-09-15)
Field and greenhouse experiments were conducted to examine differences in leaf water status between bean cultivars from low and high rainfall areas of Kenya, and hence investigate the relationship between this parameter ...
Field transmission efficiency of Alternaria sesami in sesame from infected seed
(Elsevier, 2003-11-30)
Four sesame accessions with varying levels of susceptibility to Alternaria sesami were selected from an advanced germplasm collection of the Sesame Improvement Project to determine transmission efficiency of A. sesami from ...