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Community-based wastewater farming and its contribution to livelihoods of the urban poor: Case of Nairobi, Kenya
(2011)
No current and reliable estimates of the number of people participating in urban agriculture exist; however, Smit and Nasr roughly estimated the number to be about 800 million (Smit, Ratta, & Nasr, 1996). Other estimates ...
Development and delivery of evidence-based messages to reduce the risk of zoonoses in Nairobi, Kenya
(Springer, 2012)
This paper describes a trans-disciplinary process of co-generating and disseminating evidence-based messages for reducing the risk from cryptosporidiosis and other
zoonoses in an urban community in Nairobi. Research ...
Resource-based conflicts in drought-prone Northwestern Kenya: The drivers and mitigation mechanisms
(2012-12)
The theory of “resource scarcity” dominates the debate on “ecoviolence” in pastoral areas, where
conflicts among communities have traditionally been linked to competition over scarce resources and
invariably drought ...
Evaluation of Acute Toxicity of Crude Plant Extracts from Kenyan Biodi-versity using Brine Shrimp, Artemia salina L. (Artemiidae)
(2012)
Purpose: Artemia salina L. (Artemiidae), the brine shrimp larva, is an invertebrate used in the alternative test to determine toxicity of chemicals and natural products. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the acute toxicity ...
High Efficacy of Combined Albendazole and Ivermectin Treatment Against Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Vervet Monkeys and Baboons
(2010)
Conventional treatment that eliminates other gastrointestinal nematodes has failed to show adequate efficacy against Trichuris trichura in non-human primates (NHPs). We investigated the efficacy of albendazole and ivermectin ...
Risk factors and lingual prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in the Lake Kyoga Basin in Uganda
(2010)
The predisposing factors to and the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis have not been extensively studied in most parts of Uganda. Most reports have been abattoir survey based. This could have not been representative, since ...
Recycling Nutrients from OrganicWastes in Kenya’s Capital City
(International Potato Center,, 2010)
The question how much of the potential soil nutrients contained in urban wastes are
being used and what processes are involved led to this study in the early 2000s. The
issue is of central importance to understanding the ...
Bacterial contamination of Kale(Brassica oleracia acephala along the supply chain in Nairobi and its environments
(2011)
To assess the microbiological safety of kale (Brassica oleracea Acephala)
produced from farms and those sold at the markets with special focus on coliforms,
E.coli and Salmonella.
Design: A cross sectional study.
Setting: ...
Social and gender determinants of risk of cryptosporidiosis, an emerging zoonosis, in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya
(2012)
The aim of the study was to investigate the social and gender determinants of the risk of exposure to Cryptosporidium fromurban dairying in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Focus group
discussions were held in six locations to obtain ...
Impact of climate change on human-wildlife conflicts in East Africa
(2011)
Climate change is a phenomenon that is already happening and in some areas of Africa it is taking place at an alarming rate. Climate change is expected to cause an increase in weather-related disasters and extreme weather ...