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Genetic coefficients and agroecolgical potential of dual purpose soybean varieties for up scaling in Kenya
(2011-08-18)Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the popular pulses in the world. Despite its importance as a source of edible oils, cheap proteins and vitamins, as well as its contribution in the animal feed industry, its cultivation by ... -
Heavy metal pollution in red haricot beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) grown using untreated sewage water in Ruai, Nairobi-Kenya
(2012-11-05)Recurrent rainfall inconsistency experienced across Kenya brings about a reduction in crop production that relies on rain fed agriculture. Nairobi peri-urban farmers have turned to irrigate their residential plots using ... -
Identifying the Barriers to Implementing Education for Sustainable Development in Kenyan Secondary Schools: a Case of Southlands of Nairobi
(2013-07-23)Despite the declaration of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and its accompanying global awareness of the need for sustainable development, the entire concept of ESD has not been wholly integrated in the ... -
The Imact of Captive Facilities in Provision of Conservation Education: A Case ot the Nairobi Safari Walk, Nairobi, Kenya.
(2013-10-15)Present captive wildlife facilities embrace four .important justifications and objectives for keeping wild animals in captivity: recreation, conservation, education and research. Although critics of captive animal displays ... -
Impact of Climate Variability on Food Security in Gachoka Constituency in Mbeere District, Embu County, Kenya
(2014-03-10)Climate change has become one of the most pressing issues facing Kenya. Warming temperatures and decreasing precipitation levels over the last 30 years have led to innumerable weather anomalies causing droughts, floods, ... -
The impact of culture on wetland conservation in Nyando district Kenya
(2011-08-18)The Lake Victoria wetlands serve many different purposes for the different communities living around them. They are valuable ecosystems and are of significance particularly to the biota and water quality of the lakes where ... -
The impact of irrigated agriculture on water quality of Kongoni and Sirimon rivers, Ewaso Ng'iro North Basic
(2011-11-01)Water is the most important resource issue in the 21St Century, given the current conflicts over the use of the resource both by human and wildlife. There is therefore need for better methods of conservation and management ... -
The impacts of forestry clean development mechanism projects on community livelihood in Aberdare forest, Nyandarua County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Over the past five decades, global forest area has been diminishing rapidly due to deforestation. Over 1.6 billion rural people globally depend on forests for their livelihoods, with about 70% of the African population ... -
Impacts of Kipepeo Conservation Project on Livelihoods and Climate Change Mitigations among Arabuko Sokoke Communities, Kilifi County, Kenya
(2014-03-10)Conservation projects can improve the livelihoods of community members as well as tackle climate change. Kipepeo project is a butterfly farming project initiated in 1993 to provide a means of livelihood for the communities ... -
Implications of consumption of unrecorded alcohol on sustainable lifestyles amongst households in “Shauri Yako” Embu County
(Kenyatta University, 2018-06)Living sustainably is apparently the ultimate objective in the cosmos for the resilience of all biotic and abiotic phenomena. Paradoxically, sustainable lifestyles envisaged in sustainable development goals (SDGs), are ... -
Indoor carbon monoxide emmission and particulates produced from combustion of carbon based fuels and their health implications on rural households of Manyatta Division, Embu District Kenya
(2011-08-18)Over eighty percent of rural households in developing countries use biomass fuels (wood, dung and crop residues) for cooking and heating. This is done in open fires or simple stoves, mostly indoors, and rarely with adequate ... -
Influence of Stakeholder Participation on Domestic Waste Management in Biashara Residential Area, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-11)important to involve all stakeholders in the process. This study was conducted to investigate the influence of stakeholder participation on domestic waste management in Biashara residential area, Ruiru sub-county Kiambu ... -
Integrating sustainable environmental practices in community based microfinance organizations in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)This study focuses on integration of sustainable environmental practices into the activities supported by the Community-Based Microfinance Organizations (CBMFOs) which are vibrant in Kiambu County. The objectives of the ... -
Integration of Indigenous and Conventional Drought Prediction and Preparedness Techniques as a Drought Risk Reduction Strategy in Mbeere North Sub-County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018)The study examines the prospects of integration of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and conventional drought prediction and preparedness practices, with an overall aim of applying the two approaches as a Drought Risk Reduction ... -
Linkages between intergrated soil fertility management technologies and marketing of small holder produce in Meru South and Mbeere Districts Kenya
(2011-08-18)Land degradation and declining soil fertility are increasingly being viewed as critical problems affecting agricultural productivity and human welfare in tropical Africa. It is then imperative that improving soil fertility ... -
Mechanisms of Coping with Recurrent Droughts: A Case of Livestock Farmers in Murang'a Sub-County, Murang'a County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-09)One third of the African people live in drought prone areas. Drought is the most limiting factor in agricultural production in Sub Saharan Africa. The disaster is exacerbated by lack of adequate coping mechanisms which ... -
Opportunities and challenges of community-based forest resources conservation in Naro Moru ecosystem, Mount Kenya
(2011-10-31)In spite of its significant role in soil and water conservation, production of wood and non-wood products, carbon sequestration, conservation of biodiversity and social benefits, the status of Mount Kenya forest ecosystem ... -
Opportunities and challenges of ecologising extension service at the farm level, Mitheru agro-ecosystem, Meru Souh District, Kenya
(2011-10-31)Environmental degradation remains a pressing challenge in most Kenya's agroecosystems, despite existence of extension service since pre-colonial period. The current extension service emphasises yield maximisation with ... -
Positive deviance in the adoption of agroforestry technologies within lower Nyando basin, Kenya
(2011-08-18)This study was set to examine positive deviance in the adoption of agroforestry technologies by some farmers in Kadibo Division, lower Nyando river basin in Western Kenya. The study was necessitated on understanding that ... -
The potential role of jatropha curcas l. for environmental management and sustainable livelihoods in kibwezi, kenya
(2013-07-23)It is widely acknowledged that environmental degradation and poverty are positively correlated. Environmental degradation remains a persistent problem in the arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya. Addressing this problem calls ...
