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Assessment of factors influencing adoption of postharvest loss reduction practices along the mango value chain in Embu, Machakos, and Nairobi counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Use of loss reduction practices are critical to ensuring losses are reduced significantly along the value chain. This necessitates for the need to assess the factors that influence adoption of the loss reductio practices ... -
Can young agripreneurs improve their skills through agripreneurship empowerment programmes? Evidence from Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2023)This article examined the driving forces behind young agripreneurs' participation in agripreneurship empowerment programmes and estimates the causal impact of programme participation on agripreneurship skills using data ... -
Seroprevalence of Peste des Petits Ruminants and Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia Coinfections in Goats in Kwale County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Goats are among the most important small ruminants affected by Peste des Petits ruminants (PPR) and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) diseases, two of the most significant constraints worldwide to the production ... -
Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Nearly a century after the first reports of Rift Valley fever (RVF) were documented in Kenya, questions on the transmission dynamics of the disease remain. Specifically, data on viral maintenance in the quiescent years ... -
Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Africa and the situation is even more prevalent among young people. However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on youth food security status in Africa. ... -
Adoption of farm biosecurity practices among smallholder poultry farmers in Kenya - An application of latent class analysis with a multinomial logistic regression
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Sub-Saharan Africa has a growing demand for poultry, but productivity in the sector has not increased to meet this demand. One major constraints in the sector is diseases. Many farmers currently use clinical control measures ... -
Health education impact on knowledge and management of arboviral diseases in Kenya: Evidence from randomised control trials
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Communities' knowledge and management strategies are crucial for mitigating and controlling the threat of existing and emerging diseases. In this study, we conducted randomised control trials (RCT) to examine the impact ... -
Antimicrobial Use by Peri-Urban Poultry Smallholders of Kajiado and Machakos Counties in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Antimicrobial use (AMU) is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). An understanding of current practices can lead to better targeting of AMU-reducing interventions. An analysis of the distribution and current ... -
Assessment of consumers' preference for orange-fleshed sweet potato puree chapati: a case of rural and urban consumers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is bio-fortified with vitamin A precursors through breeding and is thus ideal for combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD). One of the potential mechanisms to promote the consumption ... -
Spatio-temporal epidemiology of livestock diseases in the variable semi-arid rangelands of northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Diseases affecting livestock can have significant impacts on the animal, humans and the economy. Participatory epidemiology and spatial analysis were conducted to assess livestock disease problems in Samburu County, northern ... -
Biocontrol-based strategies for improving soil health and managing plant-parasitic nematodes in coffee production
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Coffee is an important commodity for Kenya, where production is steadily declining, despite a global rise in demand. Of the various constraints affecting production, plant-parasitic nematodes are a significant, but often ... -
Aflatoxin contamination of maize and groundnut in Burundi: Distribution of contamination, identification of causal agents and potential biocontrol genotypes of Aspergillus flavus
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Aflatoxin contamination of the staples maize and groundnut is a concern for health and economic impacts across sub-Saharan Africa. The current study (i) determined aflatoxin levels in maize and groundnut collected at harvest ... -
Intestinal mucin-type O-glycans: the major players in the host-bacteria-rotavirus interactions
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Rotavirus (RV) causes severe diarrhea in young children and animals worldwide. Several glycans terminating in sialic acids (SAs) and histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) on intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) surface have been ... -
Longitudinal transcriptome analysis of cattle infected with Theileria parva
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The apicomplexan cattle parasite Theileria parva is a major barrier to improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Africa, killing over one million cattle on the continent each year. Although exotic breeds not ... -
Molecular Prevalence and Risk Factors of Campylobacter Infection in Puppies in the Nairobi Metropolitan Region, Kenya
(HINDAWI, 2023-04-08)Campylobacter species are widely distributed pathogens; however, data on its epidemiology in puppies remain scanty, especially in Kenya. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Nairobi Metropolitan Region to determine ... -
Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Water Quality within Ngong River Sub-Catchment, Nairobi, Kenya
(MPDI, 2023-02-08)Anthropogenic activities often compromise the water quality of natural water systems, rendering it unfit for domestic and agricultural use. This paper evaluates the effects of anthropogenic activities on the water quality ... -
Dietary aflatoxin exposure of lactating mothers of children 0–6 months in Makueni County, Kenya
(John Wiley & Sons, 2023-02-22)The southeastern region of Kenya is prone to aflatoxin outbreaks, yet maternal and infant aflatoxin intake levels remain unclear. We determined dietary aflatoxin exposure of 170 lactating mothers breastfeeding children ... -
Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic on food market prices and food supply in urban markets in Nairobi, kenya
(MPDI, 2023-01-10)The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented disruption of food systems worldwide, with most governments taking severe containment measures to curb the spread. This resulted in unpredicted negative impacts of the agri-food ... -
Effect of Farmer Socio-economic Characteristics on Extension Services Demand and Its Intensity of Use in Post-conflict Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Farmers' demand for and use of agricultural extension services in post-conflict countries is key not only to agricultural productivity but for economic transformation and maintenance of peace. This paper examined the effect ... -
Stakeholders' Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions on the Control of Taenia Solium in Kamuli and Hoima Districts, Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Taenia (T.) solium is a zoonotic parasite causing three diseases: Taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans and porcine cysticercosis in pigs. Although biomedically, the transmission of the parasite can be easily interrupted ...