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Nancy Karanja
Affiliation : University of Nairobi · International Potato Center
- 32Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Nancy Karanja has 32 indexed publications (1997–2023). Their work appears mainly in “Biology and Fertility of Soils”, “Soil Biology and Biochemistry” and “Applied Soil Ecology”. Their most cited article, “Soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics in a Kenyan nitisol under long-term fertilizer and organic input management” (1999), has been cited 207 times. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Japan, Colombia, Canada, South Africa.
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- Spatio-temporal change of selected soil physico-chemical properties in grevillea-banana agroforestry systems
- Short-term influence of biochar and fertilizer-biochar blends on soil nutrients, fauna and maize growth
- Innovative Biomass Cooking Approaches for sub-Saharan Africa
- Dominant tree species and earthworms affect soil aggregation and carbon content along a soil degradation gradient in an agricultural landscape
- Enhancing soil organic carbon, particulate organic carbon and microbial biomass in semi-arid rangeland using pasture enclosures
- Soil macrofauna abundance under dominant tree species increases along a soil degradation gradient
- Spatial variation of soil macrofauna and nutrients in tropical agricultural systems influenced by historical charcoal production in South Nandi, Kenya
- Partitioning the contributions of biochar properties to enhanced biological nitrogen fixation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
- A conceptual approach for measuring farmers’ attitudes to integrated soil fertility management in Kenya
- Creating Space: Sack Gardening as a Livelihood Strategy in the Kibera Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
- Short-term influence of compost application on maize yield, soil macrofauna diversity and abundance in nutrient deficient soils of Kakamega County, Kenya
- Amendment ofTephrosiaImproved Fallows with Inorganic Fertilizers Improves Soil Chemical Properties, N Uptake, and Maize Yield in Malawi
- EFFECT OF DIFFERENT COVER CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT UNDER A TOMATO CROP (Lycopersicon esculentum)
- Urban agriculture, social capital, and food security in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya
- Real or Perceived: The Environmental Health Risks of Urban Sack Gardening in Kibera Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
- Health in perspective: framing motivational factors for personal sanitation in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya, using anchored best–worst scaling
- Food health risk perceptions among consumers, farmers, and traders of leafy vegetables in Nairobi
- Impact of land use types and farming practices on occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) Taita-Taveta district in Kenya
- Anchored vs. relative best–worst scaling and latent class vs. hierarchical Bayesian analysis of best–worst choice data: Investigating the importance of food quality attributes in a developing country
- Consumer Willingness to Pay for Safer Vegetables in Urban Markets of a Developing Country: The Case of Kale in Nairobi, Kenya
- A trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya: study background and farming system characteristics
- Choice of Fresh Vegetable Retail Outlets by Developing-Country Urban Consumers: The Case of Kale Consumers in Nairobi, Kenya
- Recycling Nutrients from Organic Wastes in Kenya’s Capital City
- NEMATODE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AS INFLUENCED BY LAND USE AND INTENSITY OF CULTIVATION
- SOIL MACROFAUNA COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ACROSS LAND USE SYSTEMS OF TAITA, KENYA
- Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa
- Available technologies to replenish soil fertility in East Africa
- Effects of added biomass, soil pH and calcium on the solubility of Minjingu phosphate rock in a Kenyan Oxisol
- Soil biodiversity in rapidly changing tropical landscapes: scaling down and scaling up
- Diagnostic indicators of soil quality in productive and non-productive smallholders’ fields of Kenya’s Central Highlands
- Soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics in a Kenyan nitisol under long-term fertilizer and organic input management
- Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in the tropics: the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Publication venues
- Biology and Fertility of Soils × 2
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry × 2
- Applied Soil Ecology × 2
- Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment × 2
- Springer eBooks × 2
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) × 2
Publications per year
- 20231
- 20193
- 20181
- 20172
- 20153
- 20143
- 20133
- 20125
- 20111
- 20101
Collaborations
Partner institutions : World Agroforestry Centre · International Center for Tropical Agriculture · Moi University · Kirinyaga University · International Livestock Research Institute
Co-authors’ countries : Japan · Colombia · Canada · South Africa
Co-authors
- Solomon Kamau
- Mary Njenga
- Julius Juma Okello
- Fredrick O. Ayuke
- Paul L. Woomer
- Edmundo Barrios
- Paul C. Smithson
- C. O. Othieno
- Jeroen Huising
- John Robert Okalebo
- Charles K. K. Gachene
- Peter Wachira
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