Ndung'u, Phyllis Wanjungu(University of Pretoria, 2023)
This thesis addresses the contribution of the smallholder mixed crop-livestock systems to greenhouse gas emissions. The first objective of the thesis was to quantify region-specific enteric methane emission factors for ...
Ndung'u, Phyllis Wanjungu; Kirui, Peter; Takahashi, Taro; Du Toit, Cornelius Jacobus Lindeque; Merbold, Lutz; Goopy, John Patrick(Elsevier, 2021-12-04)
This dataset describes the performance of cattle in small- holder livestock systems of Bomet county in western Kenya. Information on live weight, milk production and quality, herd dynamics, and other production parameters ...
Ndung'u, Phyllis Wanjungu; Du Toit, Cornelius Jacobus Lindeque; Takahashi, T.; Robertson-Dean, M.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Merbold, L.; Goopy, John Patrick(CSIRO Publishing, 2022-10-28)
CONTEXT: Accurate reporting of livestock greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions is important
in developing effective mitigation strategies, but the cost and labour requirements associated
with on-farm data collection often prevent ...
