Communities living in Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASALs) face many challenges such as poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, and limited means of livelihoods. This has been worsened by the rapid changing climate that has ...

Compliance with various food safety standards has continued to gain significance in the international agri-food trade arena. Although considered voluntary, farmers involved in agri-trade have to comply with safety standards ...

Smallholder farmers in arid and semi-arid parts of Kenya can increase maize yields by growing improved varieties that are available through formal seed markets. Smallholder farmers’ access to improved germplasm, however, ...

The main research objective was to analyze the determinants of agricultural credit performance in Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) Kenya. The specific objectives were to analyze the historical and current performance ...

A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence, intensity and risk factors associated with the transmission of helminths and haemoparasites of pigs in Homabay District, Kenya. A questionnaire survey ...

Regular reporting in Kenya occurs every year in all the provinces of the country except North-Eastern Kenya where serotypes O and A have been encountered in the past but current epidemiological maps on the disease have ...

Mango production is a major form of income generation for Kenyan large and small-scale farmers. However, it is confronted with the major threat of fruit fly infestation which causes reduction of quality and quantity of ...

In Kenya, information on the nutritional status of schoolchildren is scanty. This study assessed malnutrition levels (stunting, underweight, thinness, and anemia and serum RBP levels), dietary diversity and morbidity among ...

Past studies have indicated that trade in snap beans is highly profitable. However, there is limited information on costs and how value added benefits are shared by value chain participants. The objective of this study ...