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Measuring food security: identifying indicators for monitoring and evaluation of a food security project in Vihiga District, Kenya.
(2005-01)
The Christian Partners Development Agency (CPDA) food security project III Vihiga
District aims at improving the quality of life by supporting communities to attain food
security through improved agricultural and nutritional ...
Effects of land tenure status on land productivity and sustainable livelihood in the traditional pastoral areas of Kenya: a case of Narok District.
(2006)
This Thesis analyzed the effects of land tenure status on land productivity and sustainable
livelihoods in the traditional pastoral areas in Narok District, and recommended policy
guidelines to the government and other ...
Household storage practices of traditional cereals and Legumes and their effects on food security: a case study of Maragua and Gikingo locations, Tharaka District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
A cross-sectional survey that had a laboratory analysis component was carried out. The aim
of the investigation was to establish household storage practices of traditional cereals and
legumes and their effects on food ...
Infiltration and surface runoff responses To land use and tillage in Awach Kano Watershed, Lake Victoria Basin.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Understanding of runoff sources and sinks coupled with development of rubost models
that provide rapid and less expensive assessment of the impacts of land management on
surface runoff is critical in the management of ...
The seroprevalence and risk factors of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia in the Northwestern area of Turkana District, Kenya i
(2009)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a severe respiratory disease affecting
cattle. The study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors
associated with the disease in North-western Turkana, ...
Feeding practices and nutritional status of Children 6-36 months in muslim and christian Households: a human rights perspective (a case study of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The right to adequate food and nutrition is a powerful tool to combat malnutrition and hunger
worldwide. Current thinking views integration of human rights into nutrition programming as an
essential component in which ...
A survey of human Taeniosis/Bovine cysticercosis in Northern Turkana District,Kenya
(2008)
Bovine cysticercosis IS a zoonosis of socioeconomic and public health importance. A
survey was carried out in northern Turkana District to: 1) estimate the prevalence of bovine
cysticercosis using serology and meat ...
Prevalence and risk factors of vitamin A Deficiency amongst pre-school children in Gichugu division, kirinyaga district, kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
This study was undertaken to assess the risk of vitamin A deficiency and determine its
possible determinants in three sub-locations, Thimu, Thumaita and Rwambiti of Gichugu
Division, Kirinyaga District. Socio-economic ...
Response of African nightshades (solanum villosum) and spider plant (cleome gynandra) to farmyard manure and calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer and pest infestation in Keiyo District, Kenya.
(2004)
The African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) are particularly important as adjunct
accompaniment to the staple cereal foods such as the East African corn meal (ugali). In
the context of hidden hunger, these local vegetables do ...
Health, nutrition and sanitation baseline survey with reference to children aged 6 to 59 months in Nyakacho, Kericho District, Kenya.
(2007)
A cross-sectional survey of consumption patterns and dietary practices was carried out in
Nyakacho, Motobo Division, Kericho District in Kenya from July to August 2004. The main
objective of the study was to determine ...