MST-Department of Environmental Education: Recent submissions
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Effects Of Climate Variability On Water And Pasture Availability In Turbi Division Of Marsabit County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Water is life and the heart for existence in the biosphere. Where water is magnanimously plentiful, people and ecosystems thrive in abundance but in places where it is scarce, complex adaptation strategies and sophisticated ... -
Adaptation Strategies to Adverse Effects of Climate Variability on Water and Sanitation Access in Mukuru Kwa Njenga Slum, Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-10)Climate variability is an environmental pressure to urban slum dwellers economic activities in most developing countries where households have been adapting to it for years. Slum dwellers are faced with inadequate access ... -
Climate Change Effects on Food Security and Coping Strategies by Women Groups in Gikindu Division, Kiharu Sub County, Murang’a County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)The study sought to find out the climate change effects on food security, and the community coping strategies in Gikindu Division in Murang’a County. The study was in response to the profound climate change effects over ... -
Implications of Conservation Agroforestry on Carbon Sequestration, Soil Fertility and Costs in The Drylands Of Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Kenya’s drylands constitutes about 80% of the country’s size. These drylands are prone to relatively high vegetation and general environmental degradation; translating to changes in soil physical and chemical properties. ... -
Impacts of Effluent Discharge from Kapkoros Tea Factory into Kipsonoi River on the Local Community of Bomet County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Agro-industrial industries are among of the major contributors of industrial effluent. Poor management of these effluents has resulted in myriad challenges to developing countries on environment and human health. The ... -
Curriculum and its contribution to awareness of climate change among learners in secondary schools in Githunguri Sub-County, Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-12)ABSTRACT Climate change poses a danger to the current and the future generations. Sad to note though is the fact that although developing countries have contributed the least to the current mess, they will be more ... -
Impact of land use and land cover change on stream flow in Nyangores sub-catchment Mara river, Kenya
(2016-11)The Nyangores sub-catchment of the transboundary Mara Basin of Kenya and Tanzania is an important upstream area due to its ecological composition. Like many other sub-catchments in Kenya, Nyangores sub-catchment has undergone ... -
Wastewater Management in Cotton Wet Processing in Thika Cloth Mills in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-04)Wastewaters generated from textile industry are usually variable in composition, difficult to biodegrade and have been classified as potentially harmful to the environment. Research on the physico-chemical characteristics ... -
Farmers’ Perceptions on the Effects of Climate Variability on Dairy Farming in Masaba North, Nyamira County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2017-03)Climate variability is an emerging phenomenon that is threatening dairy farming globally. The dairy-climate change dilemma in Kenya cannot be mistaken. However, extensive research into dairy farming and an understanding ... -
Environmental Implications of Utilization of Rural Domestic Energy: the Case of Sabatia Division, Kakamega District
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The role of grassroots institutions in enhancing household adaptation to climate variability in farming systems in Embu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-09)The highlands of East Africa are the food baskets of the region, yet the livelihoods of communities in these areas are at risk with increase in climate variability. Adaptation measures are needed to cushion these communities ... -
Effects of climate variability on livestock production and coping strategies in my maikona location, Marsabit County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-10)Climate change is viewed as one of the greatest challenges facing humanity manifested in form of variation in amount and distribution of precipitation, ocean salinity, wind patterns and aspects of extreme weather leading ... -
Attitudes influencing adoption of biogas fuel among workers and learners in selected Christian based training institutions in Nandi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-09)Over-dependence on unsustainable wood fuel and other forms of biomass energy as the primary source of fuel to meet household energy needs has contributed to environmental drawbacks. Adoption of biogas as alternative source ... -
Factors Influencing Awareness and Participation of Secondary School Students in Environmental Education Activities in Dagoretti -West Sub-County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015)Widespread environmental degradation persists, despite teaching of environmental education at various levels of education. The objectives of this study were to establish the level of awareness and participation on Environmental ... -
Impact of climate variability on selected Kipsigis sacred plant species in Belgut division, Kericho County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-10)Indigenous plant species have salient socio-cultural significance among many peoples of Africa. In Kenya, certain plant species are important for ceremonial functions such as marriage and rites of passage. Among the Kalenjin, ... -
Effects of climate variability on livestock production and coping strategies in Maikona Location, Marsabit County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2016-10)Climate change is viewed as one of the greatest challenges facing humanity manifested in form of variation in amount and distribution of precipitation, ocean salinity, wind patterns and aspects of extreme weather leading ... -
Farmers’ perception and its impacts on adoption of new agroforestry tree (gliricidia sepium) in Mwala Division, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-03)Mwala Division, Machakos County, suffers from different forms of land degradation which include low soil fertility, soil erosion and loss of soil biodiversity. Traditionally, small-scale farmers in the Division intercropped ... -
Effects of selected soil water conservation strategies on maize yield in farmer managed trials in Embu and Tharaka-Nithi Counties, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-04)Smallholder farmers in Embu and Tharaka-Nithi counties have experienced a decline in crop yields in the recent decades due to continuous cropping without addition of adequate fertilizers and manures, and nutrient loss ... -
Environmental and socio-economic impacts of sand harvesting on the community in river kivou catchment, Mwingi sub county, Kitui County, Kenya
(2015)Sand harvesting is a worldwide activity in both developed and developing countries. The leading nations in sand harvesting are United States of America, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, India, Spain, Nigeria, Kenya ... -
Awareness and Sources of Climate Change Information among Secondary Students in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014)The study investigated the awareness and sources of climate change information among the secondary school students in Nairobi County. The objectives of the study were to find out whether students and teachers are aware ...
