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An integrated assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation in maize-based smallholder crop-livestock systems in K...

Nutritional and microbial quality of extruded fish feeds containing black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L) larvae meal ...

Published online: 24 May 2021 / The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) is a potential substitute of fish meal in feeds. However, information on the nutrition and safety of these feeds is inadequate. This study examined the quality of fish feed pellets extruded from blends formulated with and without black soldier fly larval meal (BSFLM). A fu...

Physico-chemical soil attributes under conservation agriculture and integrated soil fertility management

Conservation Agriculture (CA) and Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) have been promoted in Sub Saharan Africa as a means to improve soil quality. A four season research (March, 2017 to March, 2019) was conducted to evaluate CA-based treatment, no tillage with residue retention (NTR), ISFM-based treatment, conventional tillage with use of m...

Can black soldier fly Desmodium intortum larvae-based diets enhance the performance of Cobb500 broiler chickens and smal...

Published in Poultry Science

This study aimed to evaluate the performance of broiler chickens fed on 3 black soldier fly larvae ( BSFL ) ( Hermetia illucens ) and Greenleaf desmodium ( Desmodium intortum )-based meals. We evaluated growth performance, carcass quality, and profitability under various commercial pathways (doorstep, retail, whole, and assorted). Desmodium and BSF...

Diversity and structure of prokaryotic communities within organic and conventional farming systems in central highlands ...

Open Access Journal; Published online: 13 Aug 2020 / Management practices such as tillage, crop rotation, irrigation, organic and inorganic inputs application are known to influence diversity and function of soil microbial populations. In this study, we investigated the effect of conventional versus organic farming systems at low and high input lev...

Camera settings and biome influence the accuracy of citizen science approaches to camera trap image classification.

Scientists are increasingly using volunteer efforts of citizen scientists to classify images captured by motion-activated trail cameras. The rising popularity of citizen science reflects its potential to engage the public in conservation science and accelerate processing of the large volume of images generated by trail cameras. While image classifi...

Fungal diversity within organic and conventional farming systems in Central Highlands of Kenya

Open Access Article; Published online: 30 June 2020 / Fungal diversity in agro-ecosystems is influenced by various factors related to soil and crop management practices. However, due to the complexity in fungal cultivation, only a limited number has been extensively studied. In this study, amplicon sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS...

Underground knowledge: estimating the impacts of soil information transfers through experimental auctions

Published online: 11 May 2020 / Soil degradation, a serious environmental problem in many developing countries, often necessitates the use of fertilizers to improve crop yields. However, smallholders usually do not have sufficient information about their soil nutrient levels to make profit‐maximizing decisions about fertilizer usage. We conducted t...