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Why Kenyan Sugar Firms Are Failing to Compete Effectively Within the Liberalized Trading Environment in Kenya: the Case of Government - Owned Sugar Firms
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
This study was carried out between April and July, 1999. Its focus was on the
Kenyan sugar industry in the changing Kenyan business environment.
The study as reported in this project sought to establish why Kenyan sugar ...
The Marketing Problems of Small-scale Fish Traders and Strategies Used to Overcome Them: a Case Study of the Landing Beaches in Kisumu District
(Univesity of Nairobi, 1999-06)
The main objective of the study was to identify the problems in the marketing of fish by small scale fish traders and to identify the strategies used in coping or overcoming these problems. The population ...
Exporting to the Pta: Constraints That Kenyan Firms Face
(University of Nairobi, 1993-07)
The Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) of 1980 demonstrated the Commitment of African
Heads of States to reverse Africa's economic decline through collective self-reliance.
The PTA for Eastern and Southern African States is one ...
The Use and Management of Open Spaces in Low Income Residential Neighbourhoods in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
Provision of open spaces in Kenya's urban areas especially in Nairobi has tended to be a matter of standards provided in Town Planning guidelines. There is very little response to changes in people's socioeconomic and ...
Intersectoral Linkages in Smallholder Farming Systems: the Case of Contract Sugarcane Farming in the Mumias Sugarcane Growing Zone, Western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
This thesis is on the inter -sectoral linkages between the cash crop sector and other farm and
non-farm activities. It tfiesi.s examines and synthesises evidence on how a relatively successful
and veritable cash crop ...
Reproductive performance and wastage in Goats in arid and semi arid areas of Kenya with special emphasis on pre-weaning mortality
(1997)
This thesis records the results of a study on the reproductive
performance and wastage (reproductive efficiency) in indigenous
goats in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya, with special emphasis
on pre-weaning mortality.
The ...
Resource use efficiency among small scale wheat farmers in Uasin Gishu district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1995)
This study evaluates the efficiency of the resources used
by the small-scale wheat producers in Uasin Gishu District. The
aim of the study is to suggest ways of increasing the
productivity of these farms and hence the ...
Evaluation of actual Evapotranspiration from Agricultural catchments, Kenya
(1994)
Actual evapotranspiration was evaluated using three models viz water balance, Morton
and Grindley. The catchments used in the study were Oruba, Tugenon, Ndarugu and
Kimakia each having an area less than 100 sq. km. All ...