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Technical and allocative efficiency gains from integrated soil fertility management in the maize farming system of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-04)
Declining land productivity and
per capita
food availability poses challenges to overcoming land
degradation and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a need to identify ways of improving land
productivity particularly ...
Influence Of Physical Facilities As A Component Of Institutional Capacity On Academic Performance Of Students In Public Secondary Schools In Usigu Division – Bondo District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Abstract
Disparities in performance have continued to be noticed as one of the many challenges facing education and had raised a lot of concern. The KCSE results had been poor in the recent years and as a result many ...
Understanding the long-lasting attraction of malaria mosquitoes to odor baits.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The use of odor baits for surveillance and control of malaria mosquitoes requires robust dispensing tools. In this study, the residual activity of a synthetic mosquito attractant blend dispensed from nylon or low density ...
School farming makes lunches affordable
(2015-06-30)
Implementation and operational research: correlates of adherence and treatment failure among Kenyan patients on long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy
(2015)
Background: Universal access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is still elusive in most developing nations. We asked whether peer support influenced adherence and treatment outcome and if a single viral load ...
A revision of the genus Conicofrontia Hampson (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, <br />Apameini, Sesamiina), with description of a new species: new insights from morphological, ecological and molecular data
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The aim of this study was to review the species of Conicofrontia Hampson, a small genus of noctuid stem borers (Noctuidae, Apameini) that is distributed in East and Southeastern Africa. We review the morphology of species ...
UNclos and good order at sea: a normative framework
(2015-06-30)
Spatial Analysis of Distribution and Socio-economic Impacts of Immigration: Case Study of Nairobi, Kenya
(2015)
Increasing globalization trends have made migration a key element in national and international deliberations
worldwide. Mapping of immigrant issues has therefore gained prominence in many parts of the world. In Kenya ...
Natural Amphetamine Khat: A Cultural Tradition or a Drug of Abuse?
(2015-06)
Khat, Catha edulis Forsk, is among the most widely used plant-based psychoactive substance in the world. Grown in Eastern Africa, Horn of Africa, and southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula, its fresh young leaves and ...
Influence of resources and materials on the implementation of non-formal basic education curriculum at the non-formal education centres in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu cities, Kenya
(2015)
The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of resources and materials implementation of
the Non-Formal Basic Education Curriculum (NFBEC) in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu urban
centres. The study employed cross ...