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challenges and opportunities in collective action for manging communal natural resources: study of Shompole Wetland, Kajiado district, Kenya
(2011-08-18)This research set out to investigate challenges and opportunities to collective action in managing communal natural resources derived from Shompole wetland in Magadi division, Kajiado district. Magadi division is classified ... -
Challenges and opportunities of incorporating and teaching environmental education in adult literacy curriculum in Kisau Division, Makueni County, Kenya
(2013-03-19)This research was carried out to investigate the challenges and opportunities of incorporating and teaching Environmental Education in adult literacy curriculum in Kisau Division in Mbooni-East District. The study was ... -
Climate Change Awareness in the Public Service Sector: a Study of Six Institutions in Kenya
(2014-03-10)Climate change is one of the most significant environmental challenges of our time. This calls for the adoption of necessary mitigation and adaptation strategies. These strategies include education and public awareness ... -
Contribution of Ecotourism to Forest Conservation and Improvement of Community Livelihood in Dakatcha Woodland, Kilifi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-10)Globally, ecotourism emerged from the environmental movement of the late 1970s as a reaction to the environmental and social damage caused by mass tourism. In Africa, developing countries were particularly caught up in ... -
Determination of partial nutrient balances for improved soil fertility management in small holder farms of Kirege Location, Central highlands of kenya
(2011-11-01)Soil fertility decline is an acute problem facing smallholder farmers in central highlands of Kenya. Availability of organic and inorganic nutrient resources, their management under spatially variable soil fertility ... -
Developing Ecofriendly Approach for Management of Pests and Diseases of French Beans in Murang’a and Kirinyaga Counties, Central Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production areas are in close proximity to Nairobi and around Mount Kenya. These include Kirinyaga, Machakos, Nyeri, Naivasha and Thika. Production of the crop is majorly hampered by ... -
Ecosystem restoration methods and livelihoods development in Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta university, 2022-09)Among the highly degraded environments in the world are the arid and the semi-arid areas hence mostly vulnerable to Global warming, climate change, soil erosion and other environmental challenges. Understanding ecosystem ... -
Effect of withholding irrigation water after complete heading on rice yield and seed quality in mwea, Kirinyaga County-Kenya
(2014-08-29)Rice is considered main source of calories and protein especially in many countries of Africa as it constitutes a major part of the diet. It is steadily becoming a major staple food for many households in Kenya as annual ... -
Effectiveness of Rainwater Harvesting as a Strategy For Flood Mitigation in Ruai Area, Nairobi County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Harvesting of rainwater is a strategy which primarily benefits the local human livelihoods and ecosystems. Ruai has gone through development boom and densitification, increased infrastructure such as roads, both single ... -
Effectiveness of the management strategies of human-wildlife conflicts in Kitengela dispersal area, Kajiado County Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2014)Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a worldwide problem that causes suffering both to people and wildlife. The study focused on conflict caused by carnivores in Kitengela area. The population of carnivores is declining globally ... -
Effects of Climate Variability on Dodder Invasion, Distribution and Management in Belgut Area of Kericho County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Parasitic weeds are plants that have evolutionarily lost autotrophic way of life during their development stages. Dodder, a plant of the Cuscuta species, is one such invasive parasitic weed with a wide range of world ... -
The effects of cultural practices and perspectives on sustainable community based ecosystem management in Lake Baringo, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-05)Environmental degradation has been common phenomenon in various ecosystems in various parts of the world. This is a result of an interaction of multifaceted nexus of social-economic, technological and institutional factors ... -
The effects of household water-user preference on water security in Obunga Slums of Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(2014-08)Most of the world's water (about 97.5%) exists as salt water in the oceans and seas. Of the world's 2.5 per cent of fresh water, roughly 99 per cent is either trapped in glaciers and ice caps, held as soil moisture, or ... -
Effects of Integrated Tree Based Food-Energy System on the Livelihoods of Small-Holder Farmers’ Perceptions in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Tree Based Integrated Food-energy System is a farming system that combines food crops and trees for wood energy production on the same farm. This farming system aims at producing both food and wood energy on the same ... -
Effects of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies on Sediment and Maize Yield in Tharaka-Nithi and Embu Counties of Kenya
(2014-02-24)Decline in crop yields in Tharaka-Nithi and Embu counties is linked to poor agricultural practices and climate variability. Research has reported positive results from implementation of mulching, tied ridging, minimum ... -
Effects of trends of climate variability and small-scale farmers’ perception and adaptation strategies in Kijabe Location, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-10)This study was undertaken in Kijabe location where small-scale farmers depend on rain fed agriculture and over the years, frequent crop failure due to rain shortages has become common. Climate scientists predict increasingly ... -
Evaluation of Apiculture in the Context of Food Security and Environmental Management in Kathonzweni Division, Makueni County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Kenya holds a huge honeybee population and the ability of honey production is high due to different ecological conditions. Beekeeping therefore has the potential of promoting economic development by supplementing household ... -
Evaluation of ex - ante and ex - post strategies of coping with drought-driven food insecurity in Kwale County, Kenya
(2014-09-03)Drought and famine, in sub-Saharan Africa, are among the leading causes of vulnerability within resource poor households in Arid and Semi-Arid agro-ecosystems. Accordingly, understanding how these communities cope with ... -
Evaluation of growth performance of eucalyptus tree hybrids planted in various agroclimatic areas in Kenya
(2011-10-31)The unprecedented rate of deforestation and forest degradation in Kenya has resulted in acute wood shortage. To address this problem, eucalyptus tree hybrids clones were donated to Tree Biotechnology Project in Karura, ...
