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Rural livelihoods in the arid and semi-arid environments of Kenya: Sustainable alternatives and challenges
(2005)
Abstract
The improvement of the welfare of inhabitants of arid and semi-arid lands, either through the enhancement of existing livelihoods or the promotion of alternative ones, and their potential constraints are ...
Tsetse control and land-use change in Lambwe valley, south-western Kenya
(2005-03)
For a long time, trypanosomosis, spread by the tsetse fly Glossina, constrained human settlement in the Lambwe Valley, a south-western Kenya rangeland. After lengthy efforts to control tsetse over many years, the valley ...
Seasonal botanical and chemical composition of sheep and goat diets on a common range in eastern Africa
(2004)
he botanical and chemical composition, intake and digestibility of local sheep (Ovis aries) and goat (Capra hirtus) diets were evaluated over the wet (growing) and dry (dormant) seasons. Diet botanical composition was ...
Essays on Earnings and Human Capital in Kenya
(GUPEA, 2003)
Among Sub-Sahara Africa countries, Kenya has had a
rapid educational expansion. This dissertation
provides empirical analyses of the impact of education on labor earnings in Kenya, based on surveys of
manufacturing firms ...
Breeding goals for the Kenya Dual Purpose Goat I. model development and application to smallholder systems
(Springer Netherlands, 2007-10)
A deterministic model was developed and applied to evaluate biological and economic variables that characterize smallholder production systems utilizing the Kenya Dual Purpose goat (KDPG) in Kenya. The systems were defined ...
Perspectives of adolescent boys on the risks of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections: Kenya
(Elsevier, 2001)
Sexual debut for boys in Kenya occurs mostly by mid-adolescence. This study looks at the perspectives of adolescent boys aged 15–19 attending schools in rural, eastern Kenya on the dual risks of unwanted pregnancy, STDs ...
Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2004-07)
The epidemiology of malaria over small areas remains poorly understood, and this is particularly true for malaria during epidemics in highland areas of Africa, where transmission intensity is low and characterized by acute ...
Decomposition Rates of Biomass Obtained from Six Month-Old Tephrosia vogelii, Tithonia diversifolia and Natural Fallow Vegetation at Maseno, Kenya
(2001)
Organic residues incorporated into soil release their nutrients through decomposition. This process may be slow or rapid depending on the biomass quality and environmental conditions. For a period of 8 months, an incubation ...
Occurrence of a severe acute livestock poisoning by borehole water in Marsabit district, Kenya: A case study.
(2005)
This article report on an outbreak of acute livestock
poisoning by bore hole water that occurred at Kargi in
Marsabit District, Kenya in 2000. The borehole had
been out of use for 3 years and after its was rehabi ...
Oral health in Kenya
(2004)
This paper gives general infonnation on the location of Kenya, its demography, economy, organisation of health services, general health policy, health financing, oral health infrastructure, problems that hamper health ...