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Application of Chow test to improve analysis of farmer participation in markets in Kenya
(2009-08)
High population growth rates and emergence of urban settlements provide opportunities as
well as challenges to economic development in many countries. While the supply of labour and
markets are potential positive outcomes ...
Natural products research network for Eastern and Central Africa (NAPRECA)
(2009)
Themandate of NAPRECA is mobilization of scientists in the Eastern and
CentralAfrica subregion to contribute effectively in the development of scienceof
natural products. It is also to promote Natural Products research ...
Innovative Farmer Advisory Services Using ICT
(2009)
Over the past 10 years, there has been a remarkable progress in the use of ICT in African agriculture, especially in the area of farmers’ access to market information. Various projects have been developed that integrate ...
Knowledge Management in Libraries: an introduction
(2009)
Knowledge management is a concept that has
emerged explosively in the business community
starting from the 60s and has been discussed
extensively in the literature. The essential part of KM
is, of course, knowledge. ...
Proceedings of the First Workshop on Language Technologies for African Languages
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
In multilingual situations, language technologies are crucial for providing access to information and opportunities for economic development. With somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 different languages, Africa is a multilingual ...
Temperature regulation of seed dormancy in Vernonia galamensis
(2009)
The seeds of Vernonia galamensis (Cass.) Less. contain 35-45% of triglyceride oil
rich in vernolic acid, a naturally epoxidized fatty acid with low viscosity. Naturally
epoxidized, vernolic acid is a potentially useful ...
Green chemistry paradigm: the role of natural products
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
The world is going
green and chemists are being asked to ‘shift’ their thinking to
Green Chemistry for sustainable development
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design processes that ‘
---
meet the
needs of the present without compromising the ...
Red hot compounds from the red hot poker plants, kniphofia species
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)
Knipholone, the first 4
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arylanthraquinone was discovered from the stem of
Kniphofia
foliosa
(Asphodelaceae) in 1984 [1]. Since then a number of 4
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arylanthraquinones
including knipholone anthrone have been ...
Challenges of strategy implementation at oxfam Great Britain- Kenya
(2009-09)
Strategy implementation is the process of transforming strategic intentions into actions, then
into acceptable results. Successful strategy implementation is as critical and difficult as the
strategic choice. It requires ...