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Contribution Of School Lunch to Dietary Diversity and Adequacy Of Nutrients among Primary School Children during Ramadhan In Kisauni District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2011-08)
Hunger and malnutrition among children in developing countries are major contributors to
impairment of health, quality of life, and survival. Adequate nutrition of school children
ensures growth to full potential, and ...
Dietary diversity and prevalence of Maternal night blindness among Women in rural Kenya: A comparative study of selected Sub-locations In Makindu, Kilifi and Kisumu-east Districts
(University of Nairobi., 2011-08)
Background: Although the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in Kenya is estimated to be of
sustained public health significance, information is scanty on the same among cassava reliant
populations in Kenya who are targeted ...
An evalvation of smallholder snow peas market organisation and performance in Buuri and Laikipia east districts, Kenya
(2011)
The snow pea is a high value demand driven fresh vegetable mainly grown for export markets
with a marketing system characterized by various marketing channels. About 70 percent of
smallholder snow peas producers prefer ...
Small-holder utility-based phyto-ionomic diversity mapping at Lake Basin sites in the interest of nutraceutical-implied security
(2011-06)
Continued land sub-division in the smallholder Traditional Agro-Ecologies (TAGEs) together with
the changing circumstances of climatic variability, reduced land productivity, external influences,
commercialization ...
An analysis of the mango fruit value chain in Embu
(2011-08)
Value chain describes the activities which are required to bring a product or service from
conception, through the different phases of production, delivery to final consumers, and
final disposal after use. It is thus a ...
Transcriptional regulation of the nos3 gene in pulmonary myofibroblast differentiation and implications for this in pulmonary fibrosis
(2011)
Nitric oxide (NO) produced by endothelial cells via the catalytic action of nitric-oxide
synthase (eNOS) represents an antifibrotic mechanism in the body. Previous studies suggest
that nitric oxide (NO)-mediated signals ...
Bio-bibliometric study of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai
(2011-06)
Professor Wangari Muta Mathai, was the 2004 Nobel peace prize winner, she was also, the
first woman to earn a doctorate degree in east and central Africa. At the same time she taught
at the University of Nairobi where ...
Economic analysis of beef Cattle Farmers’ technical efficiency and willingness to comply with Disease Free Zones in Kenya
(2011-07)
In Kenya, the cattle enterprise is an important source of livelihood for many farmers.
However, lack of analytical evidence on efficiency levels of farmers in various production
systems constrains policy making on optimal ...
Socio-economic factors influencing the adoption of maize storage technologies in Malawi
(2011-08)
The widespread post harvest maize losses experienced in Malawi have been mostly attributed to
the Larger Grain Borer (LGB) (Prostephanus truncates). Government of Malawi introduced
various maize storage technologies to ...
Combining ability and heterotic grouping of early maturing maize lines
(2011)
Maize is the main staple food in sub Saharan Africa, but its productivity is often
inadequate on account of many production constraints. Amongst these is drought that
causes on average an annual grain yield reduction of ...