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Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya
(2011)
Improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers. In
major urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections selling variety of leafy vegetables ...
Awareness of Mobile Phone-Based Money Transfer Services in Agriculture by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
(2012-01)
Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization
in developing countries. The ICT revolution in Africa has however brought an opportunity to ease
this ...
Exploring Cash Transfer as an Instrument for Food Security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Cash transfer schemes in which beneficiaries receive a monthly payment in cash are relatively new in Kenya. This paper uses available secondary and primary data collected from senior personnel from government ministries ...
Community understanding of pneumonia in Kenya
(2008-06)
Background
Effective management of pneumonia demands active participation by the caretaker to facilitate early seeking of appropriate health care and adequate compliance to home care messages. This would only be possible ...
Groundwater salinlty and depth effects on soil salinlty in a furrow lrirrigated area in Kenya
(2003)
The effect of groundwater salinity and depth on soil salinity was investigated in a furrowirrigated
area of Kenya dqring consecutive wet and dry seasons. The groundwater salinity was
significantly (P < 0.05, R2 = O.75-O.88) ...
Prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes of HIV-positive women diagnosed with invasive cancer of the cervix in Kenya.
(2013)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) and assess access to, and outcomes of, treatment for ICC among HIV-infected women in Kisumu, Kenya.
METHODS:
We performed a retrospective ...
Risk factors associated with occurrence of nematodes in free range pigs in Busia District, Kenya
(2012)
Nematode infections are a serious constraint to
pig production, especially where free range pig keeping is
practiced. This study investigated the epidemiology of
nematodes in free range pigs in Busia District, Kenya.
Three ...
Meat supplementation increases arm muscle area in Kenyan schoolchildren.
(2013)
The present study examines the effect of animal-source-food (ASF) intake on arm muscle area growth as part of a larger study examining causal links between ASF intake, growth rate, physical activity, cognitive function and ...
Risk factors for cervical precancer detection among previously unscreened HIV-infected women in Western Kenya.
(Wiley, 2013)
HIV and cervical cancer are intersecting epidemics in many low-resource settings, yet there are few accurate estimates of the scope of this public health challenge. To understand disease prevalence and risk factors for ...
Nosocomial infections at Kenyatta National Hospital Intensive-Care Unit in Nairobi, Kenya
(2006)
The objective of this study was to identify the common bacteria isolated from patients, antibiotics used, sensitivity patterns, therapeutic procedures and cleaning protocols practised in Kenyatta National Hospital ...