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Nutrition knowledge, dietary intake and nutritional status of elite Kenyan athletes
(University of University, 2011)
Kenyan athletes are renowned the World over for their outstanding performance in middle and long distance races. Sometimes the performance of some athletes has been impaired by injuries possibly traceable to nutritional ...
Assessment of constraints in information and communication technology use in Banana production; A Case of Kimilili, Bungoma County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
Information and communication technologies play an important role in development, the world over, for disseminating information. However, this potential has not been fully exploited, leading to low productivity in Banana ...
Benefits of spring protection and willingness to pay for improved Water supply in Emuhaya District
(2013)
Supply of reliable and safe water is essential for human health and survival, food security,
empowernment of women and protection of natural resources. Lack of water impedes economic
development, prevents progress towards ...
The role played by mobile phone communication in diffusion of dairy Goats rearing in Mutonguni Division, Kitui County. Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
The study investigated how dairy goat farmers used mobile phones in dairy goat rearing. The
dairy goat farmers targeted were widows, caregivers and orphans in a World Vision project. Kenya is of concern because dairy ...
Forage mineral micronutrient density quality in the quartin clover (trifolium Quartinianum,) Under different phosphate and Soil Conditions
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
A study was conducted at Kabete campus field station between September 2006 and June
2007 to determine the herbage growth and forage micro-minerals density of the Quartin
clover (Trifolium quartnianum) which belongs to ...
Prevalence Of Antimicrobial Resistance And Characterization Of Resistance Genes In Escherichia Coli Isolates From Captive Baboons In Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2011-01)
The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance is a major public health problem globally. In
Kenya and the rest of developing countries the problem of antimicrobial resistance is much pressing
especially due to ...
Effects of information Architecture on Agriculture Website usability: A comparative study between Cgiar Research Map and Kenya Agriculture Information Network (kainet)
(2013)
Websites are an important link in the exchange of agricultural information between the providers and users of the information. The high growth rate of information and communication technology (ICT) has seen a surge not ...
Development of a vitamin A fortified mango nectar for primary school children in Kenya
(2010)
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious public health problem in Kenya; threatening the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, and its Vision
2030, by 2030 particularly on poverty reduction and ...
Nutritional knowledge in association with dietary practices of Cancer patients: A case study of Kenyatta National Hospital Cancer treatment center, Nairobi
(2013)
Cancer is on the increase in Kenya and has become one of the leading public health problems.
This increase is possibly attributed to change in behavior and adoption of predisposing lifestyles
such as smoking, alcohol ...
Nature and sources of agricultural information and preferred channels of communication to small holder commercial broiler farmers: a case of Ruiru district of Kenya
(2012)
The major objective of this research was to determine the nature and sources of
agricultural information available to smallholder commercial broiler farmers and identify
communication channels most preferred in improving ...