Banana (Musa spp) is one of the most important crops providing food security, nutrition and income for many smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. However, production is hindered by scarcity of high quality seedlings, ...

Mida creek on Watamu Marine Reserve is an important socio-ecological system (SES) along the Kenyan Coast. Ecosystems of the creek like mangroves provide the community living around it with different Ecosystem Services: ...

Objective: Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the most important fruits for food security and income. It fruits all year round thus providing a continuous supply of food. Bananas require nutrients so as to give high yields ...

In order to meet the challenges of increasing food production, many agricultural production technologies are being developed and recommended for use by the small- scale fanners who are also the main agricultural producers ...

A field experiment was conducted at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology between 2001 and 2002 to determine nitrogen (N) use in maize-pigeonpea intercrop system. Pigeonpea included long duration (erect - ...

This study presents the past and future variations in mean rainfall and temperature over East Africa (EA) based on reanalyzed datasets, and Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Past climate is limited to ...