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Factors affecting loan repayment performance of smallholder farmers in East Hararghe, Ethiopia
(2012)
This paper examined the determinants of loan repayment performance among smallholder farmers in East
Hararghe zone, Ethiopia specifically Kombolcha and Babile districts. In the study area, the Regional Government
through ...
Analysis of Farmers’ Perceptions of the Effects of Climate Change in Kenya: the Case of Kyuso District
(2012)
A cross-sectional analysis was carried out to evaluate how farmers in Kyuso District have perceived climate change. Data was collected from 246 farmers from six locations sampled out through a multistage and simple random ...
An Experimental Prototype For Low Head Small Hydro Power Generation Using Hydram
(2012)
The global rise in energy demand has resulted to the over exploitation of both renewable and non renewable energy sources. Most feasible hydroelectric power (HEP) plants sites have been exploited and the current focus ...
Adopting electricity prepayment billing system to reduce non-technical energy losses in Uganda: Lesson from Rwanda
(Elsevier, 2012)
Uganda is contemplating adopting an electricity prepayment billing system (EPBS) as an intervention to reduce non-technical energy losses. To provide more insight on EPBS a study was formulated to assess potential benefits ...
Indifference Pricing of Contingent Claims on NIG L´evy Model
(2012)
We develop an attractive and tractable model to describe the financial
time series of stock prices observed at the Nairobi exchange market
then price financial derivatives on the underlying stock. The stock price
process ...
Analysis of Root Mean Square Roughness of Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Using Scanning Probe Image Processor software
(2012)
Electron transport and recombination has been investigated in dye-sensitized electrochemical solar cells
at varying Ti02 film thickness using experimental electrochemical potential technique. Photocurrent
transients ...
Information needs and study behaviour of non- traditional students with particular reference to university libraries in Kenya
(International Journal of Library and Information Science, 2012-09)
The purpose of the study was to investigate the inf
ormation needs and study behaviour of non-
traditional university students, university librari
es’ role in information provision, how it impacts o
n the
academic ...
Unmet need for induction of labor in Africa: secondary analysis from the 2004 - 2005 WHO Global Maternal and Perinatal Health Survey (A cross-sectional survey)
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
Background
Induction of labor is being increasingly used to prevent adverse outcomes in the mother and the newborn.This study assessed the prevalence of induction of labor and determinants of its use in Africa.
Methods
We ...
Seroprevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease in the Somali Eco-System in Kenya
(2012-06)
The aim of this study was to document the prevalence of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the arid
and semi-arid areas where the pastoral mode of livestock rearing is pre-dominant in Kenya especially in the
Somali Eco-system. ...
Value chain analysis of smallholder snap bean production in Kirinyaga county, Kenya
(2012)
The study aimed to assess the competitiveness of small farmers of snap beans and how the value-added benefits are shared by various participants of the value chain in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Farmers had the lowest share ...