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Poverty reduction in Africa: Challenges and policy options
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2002)
The paper looks at the magnitude and evolution of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa over
the period 1980–1998. It examines the spread, depth and severity of poverty for the
region as well as for specific countries, in part ...
Spartial distribution of trichodermia spp.in Embu and Taita Regions,Kenya
(2009-09)
The distribution of Trichoderma species in soils of
Embu and Taita benchmark sites in Kenya with
relation to land use practices was investigated. The
study areas were chosen because of their significant
land use ...
The management of children with Kaposi sarcoma in resource limited settings
(2013-04)
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is common where HIV infection is endemic. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced the incidence in well-resourced settings but in some parts of the world access to ART is delayed. These recommendations ...
Persistence of Features of Traditional Healing in the Churches in Africa: The Case of the Akurinu Churches in Kenya
(2009-12)
One of the attractions of new converts from mainline churches to the African
Instituted Churches (AICs) is faith healing. Healing understood in its wider sense as
the restoration of the wholeness of life is not new to ...
Major heretofore intractable biotic constraints to African food security that may be amenable to novel biotechnological solutions
(2004-08)
The input costs of pesticides to control biotic constraints are often prohibitive to the subsistence farmers of Africa and seed based solutions to biotic stresses are more appropriate. Plant breeding has been highly ...
Technical innovation and farm productivity growth in dryland Africa: The effects of structural adjustment on smallholders in Kenya
(2000-12)
This paper uses non-parametric approach to measure technical innovation and productivity growth at the smallholder farm-level in dry-land sub-Saharan Africa during the initial years of the structural adjustment programmes ...