A Study of the African White Rice Stem Borer (Maliarpha separatella Rag.) Population Density Fluctuations at Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Central Kenya

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The African white rice stem borer (Maliarpha separatella Ragonot) is a major pest of rice in Kenya. To understand and develop appropriate management packages, its population dynamics were studied at Mwea irrigation scheme in Central Kenya. This was for two wet and two dry periods. Farmer fields located in different parts of the scheme and […]

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Analysis of Water Use in Rice Production under Paddy System and SRI in Ahero Irrigation Scheme, Kenya

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Food security in Kenya is a challenge due to increasing demand from the growing population and impacts of climate change among other factors. The impact of climate change is felt on rainfall pattern in terms of seasonal variability and long-term change. Therefore, it is necessary to go beyond the normal intensification of food production to […]

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Special Issue “The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) Contributions to Agricultural Sustainability”

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The System of Rice Intensification, developed some four decades ago in Madagascar, started receiving international attention only after 2002. As SRI methods have been found repeatedly to evoke more productive and robust rice phenotypes from given genotypes, its use has spread, and the methodology has now been validated in >60 countries. During this process, the […]

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