Characteristics of feeding and breeding practices for intensification of smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands

This study aimed at better understanding of the characteristics of feeding and breeding practices smallholder farmers adopt in intensifying their dairy production. Use of hired labour for fodder gathering, growing of fodder crops and purchase of feeds increased with increasing intensification, but Bos taurus breeds did not respond to increasing feeding intensification while Bos indicus cattle responded, calving at earlier age and yielding more milk. Overall, first calving occurred at 32 months, but days open prolonged to 250 days with milk yield of 4 litres per day of calving interval. A principal component analysis extracted six feeding and breeding components, explaining 71.79% of the total variations in feeding and breeding practices for dairy intensification. The six components were labelled: non- intensified feeding and breeding; breeding decisions based-intensification; high external resource based-intensification; moderate resource based-intensification; resource poor based-intensification; and moderate external resource based-intensification. These characteristics points to some `evolutionary process¿ of intensification involving feeding and breeding decisions, depending on the risk-bearing capacity of the household. Intensification enhancing interventions for smallholders need be considered in the context of the household economy. Interventions on feeding and breeding have to be packaged together holistically if intensification is to enhance productivity. A selective intervention on only one of these is associated with low productivity levels, only contributing to sustaining family subsistence livelihood

Lifting fixed points of completely positive mappings

AbstractLet 1⩽n⩽∞, and let {Tj}j=1n⊂B(H) be a row contraction on some Hilbert space H. Let F(T) be the space of all X∈B(H) such that ∑j=1nTjXTj∗=X. We show that, if non-zero, this space is completely isometric to the commutant of the Cuntz part of the minimal isometric dilation of {Tj}j=1n

I have a dream (Volume 8)

All athletes experience setbacks. But to have your limbs - the very tools you use to practice your sport - taken away by an illness at a young age is a setback that many would never overcome. Bebe Vio never gave up her dream of becoming a fencer, despite having her arms and legs amputated when she was eleven years old after suffering from fulminant meningitis. Instead of abandoning her dream of going to the Olympics, she began training for the Paralympics from a wheelchair. Her unwavering determination to win, despite her physical challenges, made her a world champion fencer. She also established her own association, art4sport, to encourage other people to pursue the beauty of life through sport. This is the eighth essay in the Big Ideas series created by the European Investment Bank. The EIB has invited international thought leaders to write about the most important issues of the day. These essays are a reminder that we need new thinking to protect the environment, promote equality and improve people’s lives around the globe

Cell Death Effects Of Garcinia Atroviridis Extracts On Dbtrg-05mg And U-87mg Human Brain Cancer Cell Lines

Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji kesan-kesan kematian sel yang diaruh oleh ekstrak minyak pati daripada daun (EO-L) dan kulit kayu pokok (EO-B) G. atroviridis terhadap sel-sel kanser otak manusia DBTRG-05MG dan U-87 MG The aim of this study was to investigate the cell death effects of the essential oils extracted from the leaf (EO-L) and stem bark (EO-B) of G. atroviridis on DBTRG-05MG and U-87 MG human brain cancer cell

PERKEMBANG EKONOMI NASIONAL DALAM INDONESIA

Penelitian mempelajari untuk pengaruh perkembangan ekonomi secara nasional di indonesiaa pada periode 2014-2019 Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data sesunguh nya yaitu dari sampel dari melakukan uji pengambilan di masyarakat untuk melihat perkebangan ekonomi yang berkaitan dengan kurang nya pemodalan baik jumlah maupun sumbernya dan kurang nya keterampilan untuk mencba peluang bisnis dalam kehidupan masyarakat dan terbatas untuk pemasaran adanya terbatasnya ekonomi sehingga mengakibatkan keadaan lingkup usaha menjadi sempit atau terbatas membuat keadaan kawatir dalam ini dilandasi bahwa wilayah Indonesia akan menghadapi pangsa pasar bebas ketiaka itu terlaksanakan tuntutannya harus mampu bersaing namun mendapatkan suatu permasalah tetapi bisa terselesaikan dengan beberapa kebijakan yang akan membuka peluang bagi untuk mengakses Industri dengan mudah Sebab ini pertumbuhan yang akan diluncurkan dari sektor perbankan Ini menujukan permasalah yang bersumber dari permodalan dapat diselesaikan dengan mudah terselesaikan dan mencari pengelolahan sumber modal berimbas kepada pengelolaan modal dan produk yang dihasilkan akan lebih stabil dan inofati