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Contribution of Civil Society in Climate Change Adaptation in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(IJLSAR, 2023-10): The impacts of climate change, the brunt of which is experienced in the Global South, has occasioned the development of adaptation plans, policies and strategies by developing countries, with the aim of reducing ... -
An Empirical Assessment of the Factors Influencing Acceptance of COVID 19 Vaccine Uptake between Kenyan and Hungarian Residing Populations: A Cross Sectional Study
(Scientific Reports, 2022)The development of efective, safe, and acceptable vaccines is a long process. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy continues to elicit mixed reactions among diferent quarters despite numerous evidence of their efectiveness. This ... -
Apiculture for Sustainable Land Use and Enhanced Community Livelihoods in Dryland Ecosystems: The Case of Makueni in Kenya
(EANSO, 2023)The scarcity of water in drylands is a major cause of crop failure, food insecurity, and consequent human ill-being. Relying on tilling and crop farming is therefore a risky investment and a direct threat to sustainable ... -
Evaluating the Growth and Cost–Benefit Analysis of Feeding Improved Indigenous Chicken with Diets Containing Black Soldier Fly Larva Meal
(Frontiers in Insect Science, 2022-09)The high cost of feed has been the major hindrance to a hindrance to the growth, sustainability, profitability, and expansion of poultry production. Black soldier fly larva (BSFL) meal is one of the most promising ... -
Demonstrating Education for Sustainable Development through Rainwater Harvesting in Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya: The Potential at Kenyatta University
(UNESCO, 2023)The challenge of water scarcity is increasing in most countries of the world with potentially severe negative effects on human well-being and sustainable development. This paper reports on the hirtherto untapped potential ... -
Agro Pastoralists’ Awareness and Knowledge on Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Two Selected Counties in Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2022)Poor identification of Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia diseases from its signs and symptoms is a major problem to goat farmers which leads to use of wrong method of disease control. The uptake of control strategies ... -
Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of Microsymbionts Nodulating Promiscuous Soybeans from Different Agro-Climatic Condition
(Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2022)Background: Global food supply is highly dependent on feld crop production that is currently severely threatened by changing climate, poor soil quality, abiotic, and biotic stresses. For instance, one of the major challenges ... -
Fingerprinting and Assessing Relatedness of Selected Rice (Oryza Sativa) Genotypes in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB), 2018)Rice is becoming an important food and cash crop in East Africa and is second to maize in terms of consumption. Genetic markers are very useful in managing germplasm and are greatly applied in biotechnology as breeding ... -
Gender Differentiated Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices by Farmers in Kenyan Agricultural Highland Catchments
(2022)Soil and water conservation practices or measures are critical in sustaining land productivity for food production while maintaining the integrity of the land. Cardinal measures in this context are broadly categorised as ... -
Socioeconomic and Customer Factors Affecting Fresh Produce Trading in Nairobi City Park Market
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2020)The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence and motivate people to engage in fresh produce trading at the Nairobi City Park market. Three objectives guided this study, thus: (i) To determine the ... -
Soil Properties and Maize Yields Under Tied Ridging, Fertilizer Micro-Dosing and Different Cropping Systems in Semi-Arid Regions of Kenya
(RUFORUM, 2018)In semi-arid parts of Kenya, the major threat to food security is declining soil fertility, inadequate and un-reliable rainfall. In order to minimize these challenges, there is need to adopt soil management practices ... -
Effect of Integrating Tied ridging, Fertilizers and Cropping Systems on Maize Performance’ in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2019-09)The main cause of food insecurity in the semi–arid parts of Eastern Kenya is decline in soil fertility, unsuitable cropping systems, low and unreliable rainfall. This has led to low food productivity. An experiment was ... -
Land Access in the Development of Horticultural Crops in East Africa. A Case Study of Passion Fruit in Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda
(MDPI, 2020)Rapid population growth in fertile agricultural lands of East Africa creates land scarcity, which has become a major hindrance to land access for the introduction of new horticultural crops. But their introduction in ... -
Determinants of smallholders farmers’ participation in collective marketing of maize in the central highlands of Kenya
(African Journal of Rural Development, 2019)Collective marketing has been proposed as a solution to the problem of poor access to markets in developing nations. However, smallholders’ market participation is still limited. This study assessed farmers’ perception ... -
Effect of Integrating Tied ridging, Fertilizers and Cropping Systems on Maize Performance’ in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2019)The main cause of food insecurity in the semi–arid parts of Eastern Kenya is decline in soil fertility, unsuitable cropping systems, low and unreliable rainfall. This has led to low food productivity. An experiment was ...
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Contribution of Civil Society in Climate Change Adaptation in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(IJLSAR, 2023-10): The impacts of climate change, the brunt of which is experienced in the Global South, has occasioned the development of adaptation plans, policies and strategies by developing countries, with the aim of reducing ... -
An Empirical Assessment of the Factors Influencing Acceptance of COVID 19 Vaccine Uptake between Kenyan and Hungarian Residing Populations: A Cross Sectional Study
(Scientific Reports, 2022)The development of efective, safe, and acceptable vaccines is a long process. COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy continues to elicit mixed reactions among diferent quarters despite numerous evidence of their efectiveness. This ... -
Apiculture for Sustainable Land Use and Enhanced Community Livelihoods in Dryland Ecosystems: The Case of Makueni in Kenya
(EANSO, 2023)The scarcity of water in drylands is a major cause of crop failure, food insecurity, and consequent human ill-being. Relying on tilling and crop farming is therefore a risky investment and a direct threat to sustainable ... -
Evaluating the Growth and Cost–Benefit Analysis of Feeding Improved Indigenous Chicken with Diets Containing Black Soldier Fly Larva Meal
(Frontiers in Insect Science, 2022-09)The high cost of feed has been the major hindrance to a hindrance to the growth, sustainability, profitability, and expansion of poultry production. Black soldier fly larva (BSFL) meal is one of the most promising ... -
Demonstrating Education for Sustainable Development through Rainwater Harvesting in Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya: The Potential at Kenyatta University
(UNESCO, 2023)The challenge of water scarcity is increasing in most countries of the world with potentially severe negative effects on human well-being and sustainable development. This paper reports on the hirtherto untapped potential ... -
Agro Pastoralists’ Awareness and Knowledge on Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Two Selected Counties in Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2022)Poor identification of Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia diseases from its signs and symptoms is a major problem to goat farmers which leads to use of wrong method of disease control. The uptake of control strategies ... -
Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of Microsymbionts Nodulating Promiscuous Soybeans from Different Agro-Climatic Condition
(Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2022)Background: Global food supply is highly dependent on feld crop production that is currently severely threatened by changing climate, poor soil quality, abiotic, and biotic stresses. For instance, one of the major challenges ... -
Fingerprinting and Assessing Relatedness of Selected Rice (Oryza Sativa) Genotypes in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB), 2018)Rice is becoming an important food and cash crop in East Africa and is second to maize in terms of consumption. Genetic markers are very useful in managing germplasm and are greatly applied in biotechnology as breeding ... -
Socioeconomic and Customer Factors Affecting Fresh Produce Trading in Nairobi City Park Market
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2020)The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence and motivate people to engage in fresh produce trading at the Nairobi City Park market. Three objectives guided this study, thus: (i) To determine the ... -
Gender Differentiated Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices by Farmers in Kenyan Agricultural Highland Catchments
(2022)Soil and water conservation practices or measures are critical in sustaining land productivity for food production while maintaining the integrity of the land. Cardinal measures in this context are broadly categorised as ... -
Soil Properties and Maize Yields Under Tied Ridging, Fertilizer Micro-Dosing and Different Cropping Systems in Semi-Arid Regions of Kenya
(RUFORUM, 2018)In semi-arid parts of Kenya, the major threat to food security is declining soil fertility, inadequate and un-reliable rainfall. In order to minimize these challenges, there is need to adopt soil management practices ... -
Effect of Integrating Tied ridging, Fertilizers and Cropping Systems on Maize Performance’ in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2019-09)The main cause of food insecurity in the semi–arid parts of Eastern Kenya is decline in soil fertility, unsuitable cropping systems, low and unreliable rainfall. This has led to low food productivity. An experiment was ... -
Land Access in the Development of Horticultural Crops in East Africa. A Case Study of Passion Fruit in Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda
(MDPI, 2020)Rapid population growth in fertile agricultural lands of East Africa creates land scarcity, which has become a major hindrance to land access for the introduction of new horticultural crops. But their introduction in ... -
Determinants of smallholders farmers’ participation in collective marketing of maize in the central highlands of Kenya
(African Journal of Rural Development, 2019)Collective marketing has been proposed as a solution to the problem of poor access to markets in developing nations. However, smallholders’ market participation is still limited. This study assessed farmers’ perception ... -
Effect of Integrating Tied ridging, Fertilizers and Cropping Systems on Maize Performance’ in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Eastern Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST), 2019)The main cause of food insecurity in the semi–arid parts of Eastern Kenya is decline in soil fertility, unsuitable cropping systems, low and unreliable rainfall. This has led to low food productivity. An experiment was ... -
Adoption of Soybean by Smallholder Farmers in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(International Scholars Journals Publishing Corporation, 2019-05)Current demand for soybean in Kenya is higher than production, and the deficit is filled through importation from neighboring Countries. Despite the high demand, production and adoption remain low. The study sought to ... -
Application of infrared technique in soil properties’ characterization in South Kivu province of DR Congo
(International Research Journals, 2015)Understanding soil properties is an essential pre-requisite for sustainable land management. Assessment of soil properties has long been done through conventional laboratory analysis, which is costly and time consuming. ... -
Soil acidification and lime quality: sources of soil acidity, its effects on plant nutrients, efficiency of lime and liming requirements
(Sjournals, 2013)Agriculture sectors support economy of most developing countries. In Sub-Sahara Africa, the agriculture is predominantly based on rain-fed agricultural production of small, semi-subsistence, and increasingly fragmented ... -
Interactive effect of goat manure, phosphate fertilizer and lime on soil fertility in Embu County, Kenya
(Discovery Publication., 2018)Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is one of the most important legume crops being introduced into the smallholder farming systems of the Central Highlands of Kenya (CHK) to improve income and household nutrition of ... -
Impact of plant clinics on disease and pest management, tomato productivity and profitability in Malawi
(Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, 2018)omato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the most widely cultivated vegetable crops in Malawi and a crucial source of vitamins and mineral nutrition. However, tomato production has been more constrained by pests and ...
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