Browsing Research Papers by Subject "Kenya"
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Farmers’ Perceptions of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Yield Response in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2008)To develop soil fertility techniques that respond to farmers’ actual concerns, researchers and agricultural development practitioners in developing countries need to identify how farmers in those regions form perceptions ... -
Gender Aspects in HIV/AIDS Infection and Prevention in Kenya
(IPARCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2004)According to National Aids Control Council, the national prevalence rate stood at 14 per cent in the year 2000, being higher or lower in some areas than others. This fell from 13.1 per cent in 2001 to 10.2 per cent in 2003 ... -
Globalization and the International Governance of Modern Biotechnology in Kenya: Implications for Food Security
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Human related dimensions of quality management practices
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)This paper focused on the role of human-related dimensions of quality management (QM) practices on performance of Market Research Firms. Considering the critical role-played by Market Research Firms of providing information ... -
Impact of Agricultural Trade and Related Policy Reforms on Food Security in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004)Kenya’s agricultural sector has undergone various changes emanating from policy reforms over the years. These reforms, which occurred from the late 1980s to the early 1990s, were aimed at reducing government involvement ... -
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Primary Education in Kenya
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The Influence of the External Environment on the Performance of Publicly Quoted Companies in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011)This study investigated the effect of the external environment on corporate performance. Based on a survey of 23 companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, three environmental dimensions of complexity, dynamism and ... -
Informality, Ethnicity And Productivity: Evidence From Small Manufacturers In Kenya
(School of Economics, 2000)A rapidly increasing share of firms in Kenya consists of not only small but also informal establishments. This paper investigates the role of ethnicity and other factors in the choice of formality status at start-up. ... -
Innovation and Policy Process: Case of Transgenic Sweet Potato in Kenya
(School of law, 2002)Biotechnology is being integrated into the existing science and technology policy process in Kenya. This process is embedded in the country's history of agricultural development, characterised by conventional technology, ... -
Institutional and policy issues relevant to pastoral development in Kenya
(Department of Agricultural Economics, 2002)Pastoral life is dependent upon and bound to livestock. Pastoralists operate in a fragile and precarious environment characterised, by long dry spells, interspersed with low and erratic rainfall. These factors, together ... -
The Land Question in Kenya: Legal and Ethical Dimensions”, in Governance
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Land Tenure and Sustainable Environmental Management in Kenya
(School of Law, University of Nairobi, 2008) -
Legume research network project: a sythensis report of phase 1 (1994-2000)
(Department of soil science, University of Nairobi, 2004)The Legume Research Network Project (LRNP) was started in 1994 (by then known as the Legume Screening Network) to evaluate suitable legume species for different agro-ecological environments and to subsequently incorporate ... -
The linkages between land- use change, land degradation and biodiversity in Embu and Mbeere Districts, Kenya
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Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons in Kenya: Analysis of Maternal and Child Well - being
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2010)This paper utilizes Demographic and Health Survey data to generate multidimensional poverty profiles for women and children in Kenya during the period 1993 to 2003.We measure wellbeing in two dimensions: assets and health ... -
Ours by Right: Law, Politics and Realities of Community Property in Kenya
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Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar
(Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2004-10)DESPITE TWO DECADES OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, poverty rates increased, and the sense has spread that the “Washington Consensus” approach of getting macroeconomic policy and prices ... -
Primary education in Kenya
(IPARCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2005)The study provides a critical analysis of primary education in Kenya between 1989 and 2002, focusing on participation, internal efficiency and equity. Key findings indicated that the major challenges facing primary school ... -
A Production Function Analysis of Different Firm Sizes in Kenya
(Institute For Development Studies, 1974) -
Provision and Use of Family Planning in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies And Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 2004-02)This report from the POLICY Project documents a study which explored how family planning is being implemented in Kenya in the context of high HIV prevalence. The study involved discussions with providers, family planning ...