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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 ...
Socio-economic impacts of sugarcane farming on livelihoods and the biophysical environment in Transmara sub-county, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2016-11)
Sugarcane farming has been practiced the world over since the Persian farmers discovered the “reeds that produced honey without bees” between the 6th and 4th Centuries in India. Since then, sugarcane farming has been ...
Assessment of Adoption of Farming Technologies among Maize Farmers in Yatta Division of Kitui County, Kenya
(2013-11-25)
The need to enhance food production and the efforts by stakeholders to introduce newfarming innovations in addition to enhancement of agricultural extension servicesin farming areas of Kenya is largely under reported. This ...
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 ...
Adoption of biogas technology as an alternative energy source in Gakawa Location, Nyeri County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-02)
ABSTRACT
This study aimed at evaluating the factors influencing the adoption of biogas as an
alternative energy source in Gakawa location, Nyeri County. The study delved into
the socio cultural factors which influence ...
Assesing the effectiveness of the lower Imenti forest reserve electric fence in mitigating human-wildlife conflict
(2011-11-01)
Human-Wildlife Conflicts (HWC) in Meru central district continues to be a pressing challenge with potentially heavy negative effects on community livelihoods. To date, different traditional and conventional strategies have ...
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 ...
Assessment of Adoption of Watershed Management Approaches for Sustainable Constituency Development Fund Projects in Funyula Constituency, Kenya
(2013-10-18)
Management of the natural resource of a drainage basin primarily for the production and
protection is considered essential for soil and water conservation. Despite an increase in
CDF allocations, watershed management ...
Utilisation and Sustainability of Bio-centres in Kibera Slums, Nairobi County
(2014-03-05)
Bio-centre technology has been applied i to counter the challenges of water and
sanitation resulting from high urban growth combined with urban sprawl of Kibera
slums. Despite bio-centres coming handy to solve water and ...