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Technology-Mediated Open and Distance Education (Tech-MODE) in Agricultural Education and Training in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges
(2008)
Open and distance learning (ODL) in Kenya,
like in many other developing countries,
is characterized by, and offered through,
dual mode institutions. Most of these
programmes are in humanities and social
sciences. ...
Fusarium and mycotoxin contamination in freshly harvested wheat grain in Kenya
(2005)
A survey was carried out during the 2004 wheat-cropping season in 6 agro-ecclogical zones to determine fusarium contamination of freshly harvested wheat grain. This was done by plating in culture media. Contaminations with ...
Leveraging ICT in the development of a clinical cancer registry – lessons learnt from the Kenya Oncological Research Database
(2010)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer estimates that worldwide, by 2020 there will be 15
million new cases of cancer a year, 70% of which will occur in developing countries1. It is feared that
most cases of ...
Long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012)
This briefing paper is one of the
10-part Global Development
Network (GDN) Agriculture Policy
Series for its project, ‘Supporting
Policy Research to Inform
Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia’. ...
Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
(2010-07)
The ten ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) have adopted, or are planning to adopt, a range of climate change adaptation ...
The influence of urban transport policy on the growth of motorcycle and tricycles in Kenya
(2012)
The major towns of Kenya are faced with challenges of accommodating the motorcycle
(bodaboda) and tricycle(Tukutuku) modes of transport in the already set system as stipulated in
the urban transport policy. This article ...
Relationship between Agency Banking & Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(2013)
Banking agents are usually equipped with a combination of point-of-sale (POS)card reader, mobile phone, barcode scanner to scan bills for bill payment transactions, Personal Identification Number(PIN) pads, and sometimes ...
The role of public-private partnerships and collective action in ensuring smallholder participation in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Many developing countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets and urban domestic ...
The political economy of timber governance in Ghana
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
Kenya's Agricultural Policy And Sector Performance: 1964 To1996
(1998-10)
T
his paper reviews agricultural policy and the performance of the sector in
Kenya for the period 1964 to 1996. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to learn from
history: to identify the weak and strong points of ...