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Socioeconomic burden of trypanosomiasis: Evidence from crop and livestock production in Ethiopia

Abro, Zewdu; Gebeyehu, Manie Fetene; Menale, Kassie; Tigist, Mekonnen Melesse (The Agricultural Economics Society, 2023)

This paper estimates the impact of trypanosomiasis on crop-livestock production, economic loss and poverty in Ethiopia. We use unique panel data to estimate how the disease affects livestock ...
Socioeconomic burden of trypanosomiasis: Evidence from crop and livestock production in Ethiopia

Zewdu, Abro; Gebeyehu, Manie Fetene; Menale, Kassie; Tigist, Mekonnen Melesse (Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023)

This paper estimates the impact of trypanosomiasis on crop-livestock production, economic loss and poverty in Ethiopia. We use unique panel data to estimate how the disease affects livestock deaths, production costs and ...
Protein Content and Amino Acid Profiles of Selected Edible Insect Species from the Democratic Republic of Congo Relevant for Transboundary Trade across Africa

Nsevolo, Papy; ALABI, Taofic; Kiatoko, Nkoba; KAMBASHI MUTIAKA, Bienvenu; Francis, Frédéric; Megido, Rudy Caparros (MDPI - Insects, 2022)

This study analyzed the protein content of ten edible insect species (using the Dumas method), then focused on the amino acid (AA) profiles of the six major commercially relevant species using HPLC (high-pressure (or ...
Body size as a proxy of probing time and visitation rates on cucumber by two African stingless bees increase fruit quality and seed quantity

Kiatoko, Nkoba; Pozo, Maria I; Kasiera, Wendie; Kariuki, Sophia K.; Langevelde, Frank van; Hundt, Baerbel; Jaramillo, Juliana (Scientia Horticulturae, 2022)

Pollinators are of essential importance for sustainable agriculture. However, pollination efficiency depends on interacting factors such as pollinator behaviour and morphology. We compared the effect of probing time length ...
Incentivizing and nudging farmers to spread information: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia

Balew, Solomon; Bulte, Erwin; Abro, Zewdu; Kassie, Menale (American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022)

Information does not flow freely through social networks. We use an experiment to study knowledge diffusion about an innovation (integrated pest management, IPM) in farmer groups in Ethiopia. Group leaders are incentivized ...
Parallel construction of Random Forest on GPU

Senagi, Kennedy; Jouandeau, Nicolas (The Journal of Supercomputing, 2022)

There is tremendous growth of data generated from different industries, i.e., health, agriculture, engineering, etc. Consequently, there is demand for more processing power. Compared to computer processing units, general-purpose ...
Ex vivo development of Phasmarhabditis spp. associated with terrestrial molluscs

Pieterse, A; Haukeland, S; Půža, V; Ross, J.L; Malan, A.P (Journal of Helminthology, 2022)

The success of Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider) Andrássy (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) as a biological control agent of molluscs has led to a worldwide interest in phasmarhabditids. However, scant information is ...
A fungal‑based pesticide does not harm pollination service provided by the African stingless bee Meliponula ferruginea on cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

Omuse, Evanson R.; Niassy, Saliou; Kiatoko, Nkoba; H. Michael, G. Lattorff; Wagacha, John M.; Dubois, Thomas (Apidologie, 2022)

Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) provide pollination services to crops and produce high–quality honey. The application of agrochemicals during the management of crop pests is an increasing threat to pollina tors and the ...
Susceptibility of the Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera and the African Stingless Bee Meliponula ferruginea (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to the Entomopathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana

Omuse, Evanson R.; Niassy, Saliou; Wagacha, John M.; Ong’amo, George O.; H. Michael, G. Lattorff; Kiatoko, Nkoba; Mohamed, Samira A.; Subramanian, Sevgan; Akutse, Komivi S; Dubois, Thomas (Journal of Economic Entomology, 2022)

This study assessed the nontarget effect of entomopathogenic fungi on the Western honey bee Apis mellifera L. and the African stingless bee Meliponula ferruginea Cockrell (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Pathogenicity of five ...
Fragmented landscapes affect honey bee colony strength at diverse spatial scales in agroecological landscapes in Kenya

Ochungo, Pamela; Veldtman, Ruan; Abdel-Rahman, Elfatih M.; Muli, Elliud; Ng'ang'a, James; Tonnang, Henry E. Z.; Landmann, Tobias (Ecological Applications, 2022)

Landscape fragmentation and habitat loss at multiple scales directly affect species abundance, diversity, and productivity. There is a paucity of information about the effect of the landscape structure and diversity on ...
A scientific note on in-hive positioning determines small hive beetle trap efficacy

Muturi, Michael N. K.; Papach, Anna; H. Michael G., Lattorf; Neumann, Peter (Journal of Apicultural Research, 2022)

The small hive beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida, a parasite of honey bees is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa and has become a global invasive pest. Adequate surveillance methods based on trapping methods need testing and ...
Can encroached rangelands enhance carbon sequestration in the African Savannah?

Musekiwa, Nyasha B.; Angombe, Simon . T; Kambatuku, Jack; Mudereri, Bester Tawona; Chitata, Tavengwa (Trees, Forests and People, 2022)

Climate change and bush encroachment pose huge challenges to rangeland management in Namibia. These challenges require a holistic management approach that ensures consistent and optimum forage productivity and sustainability. ...
Correction to: The Dynamics and Role of Gender in High-Value Avocado Farming in Kenya

Beatrice, Muriithi; Jane, Kabubo-Mariara (The European Journal of Development Research, 2022)

The article “The Dynamics and Role of Gender in High-Value Avocado Farming in Kenya”, written by Beatrice Muriithi, Jane Kabubo-Mariara, was originally pub- lished electronically on the publisher’s internet portal on 12 ...
The period of insect research in the tropics: a bibliometric analysis

Moleseng, Claude Moshobane; Thembile, Khoza; saliou, Niassy (The International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2022)

The International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (Int J Trop Insect Sci) is a peer-reviewed journal established in 1980 to promote insect science mainly in the tropics. This study aimed to provide a Bibliometric overview ...
Predicting future distribution patterns of Jatropha gossypiifolia L. in South Africa in response to climate change

Moleseng, Claude Moshobane; Bester, Tawona Mudereri; Mukundi, Mukundamago; Tavengwa, Chitata (South African Journal of Botany, 2022)

Invasive alien species such as Bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolia L.) pose immense threats to global food security, biodiversity, ecosystem integrity and provision of ecosystem services. The Bellyache bush has generally ...
Characterization of honeys produced by sympatric species of Afrotropical stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

Hosea, O. Mokaya; Kiatoko, Nkoba; Robert, M. Ndunda; Nicolas, J. Vereecken (Food Chemistry, 2022)

We investigated the effect of bee species identity and harvesting methods on the chemical composition and antiradical activity of 53 honey samples, produced by six stingless bee species in western Kenya (Kakamega forest). ...
Intensity of adoption of integrated pest management practices in Rwanda: A fractional logit approach

Vincent, Gadamba Misango; Jonathan, Makau Nzuma; Patrick, Irungu; Menale, Kassie (Heliyon, 2022)

The push-pull technology (PPT) is considered as an alternative integrated pest management strategy for the control of fall armyworm and stemborer, among smallholder maize farmers in sub-Sahara African to conventional ...
The use of multisource spatial data for determining the proliferation of stingless bees in Kenya

David, Masereti Makori; Elfatih M., Abdel-Rahman; Nelly, Ndungu; John, Odindi; Onisimo, Mutanga; Tobias, Landmann; Henri, E. Z. Tonnang; Nkoba, Kiatoko (Taylor & Francis, 2022)

Stingless/meliponine bees are eusocial insects whose polylactic nature enables interaction with a wide variety of wild plants and crops that enhance pollination and, hence, support ecosystem services. However, their true ...
Host Plant-Based Artificial Diets Enhance Development, Survival and Fecundity of the Edible Long-Horned Grasshopper Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Alfonce, Leonard.; James, P. Egonyu.; Chrysantus, M. Tanga.; Samuel, Kyamanywa.; Ekesi Sunday.; Fathiya, M. Khamis.; Sevgan, Subramanian. (Journal of Insect Science, 2022)

Wild swarms of the long-horned grasshoppers Ruspolia differens (Serville) which are widely harvested for consumption and sale in Africa are seasonal and unsustainable, hence the need for innovative ways of artificially ...
Genetic Diversity, Distribution, and Genomic Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence of Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains in Kenya

Shahiid, Kiyaga; Cecilia, Kyany'a; Angela, W. Muraya; Hunter, J. Smith; Emma, G. Mills; Caleb, Kibet; Gerald, Mboowa; Lillian, Musila (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. It can produce a range of debilitating infections, have a propensity for developing antimicrobial resistance, and present with a variety of ...

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