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Community efforts towards farms management through agroforestry activities in Western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The study sought to investigatecommunity farms management efforts through agroforestry
activities in western Kenya. The study employed descriptive resea
rch design. The population of
40
0 households along Kakamega ...
Effect of participation in ICT-based market information services on transaction costs and household income among smallholder farmers in Malawi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
There have been efforts in recent years to promote adoption of ICT-based market information services (MIS) to enhance smallholder farmers’ access to agricultural markets. Application of such services improves information ...
Camel mik hygiene: analysis of camel milk contamination in Garissa and Wajir counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Camel rearing is a common practice in the arid areas of Africa where regular droughts followed by famine are common. Camel milk is known to have high nutritional values as well as medicinal properties as the camel ...
Determinants of financial performance of general insurance underwriters in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Good performance of financial institutions, including general insurance underwriters, is critical due to the
important role that these entities play in an economy. Financial performance of general insurance underwriters ...
Appraisal of pese des petitis ruminants disease by Turkana pastoral community of Turkana county in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Peste des petits ruminants
(PPR)
a disease of the sheep and goats remains a major constrain to
small stock production in Turkana Kenya.
The disease has not been known for long
period
in
Kenya,
though
the Turkana ...
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: an Empirical Analysis of Kenyan Data
(2014)
The paper investigates the main drivers of real Gross Domestic Product growth in Kenya as well as those that drive the foreign direct investment (FDI) in Kenya. It is widely acknowledged that FDI has potential benefits ...
Effective intervention to reduce intravaginal practices among hiv-1 uninfected Kenyan women.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Intravaginal practices (IVP) are common among African women and are associated with HIV acquisition. A behavioral intervention to reduce IVP is a potential new HIV risk-reduction strategy. Fifty-eight HIV-1-uninfected ...
Infant neutropenia associated with breastfeeding during maternal antiretroviral treatment for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hiv
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Maternal antiretroviral treatment (ART) is recommended for prevention of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission (PMTCT), including in women with high CD4+ cell counts. Within a pediatric HIV-1 vaccine trial PedVacc 002, we ...
Roots and Routes of Political Violence in Kenya’s Civil and Political Society: A Case Study of Marsabit County
(University of Nairobi,, 2014-06)
Struggles to influence the balance of power and the distribution of economic resources in Kenya have a long history of violence: national and local, actual and threatened, physical and psychological. Somewhat controlled ...