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Policy implementation and impact in Kenya agricultural sector: a case of potato marketing regulations.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize, both in terms of production and consumption. However, the crop value chain is known to be imperfect and complex, resulting to low ...
HIV Infection And Postpartum Contraceptive Choices.
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Pigeon pea(Cjanus cajan(L.) Millspuagh in“Crop Production in Tropical Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Democratic decentralization in sub-Saharan Africa: its contribution to forest management, livelihoods, and enfranchisement
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
Efforts to promote popular participation in forest management in Sub-Saharan Africa have faced many obstacles and disappointments. Although promises of improvements in relation to forest management, rural livelihoods and ...
Curse or blessing? Local elites in joint forest management in India's Shiwaliks
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
This article suggests that local elites play an instrumental role – either with positive or negative consequences – in shaping struggles for power over processes and outcomes of participatory forest management interventions, ...
On becoming an advocate for sustainability: personal reflections
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
I reflect on my childhood experience when I would visit a stream next to our home to fetch water for my mother. I would drink water straight from the stream. Playing among the arrowroot leaves I tried in vain to pick up ...
Correlation of actual live weight and estimates of live weights of Camel calves (Camelus dromedarius) in Samburu District of Northern Kenya
(2010)
A study was conducted in Samburu district of northern Kenya in pastoral production systems to develop a formula for estimating the live weight of camel calves. Heart girth (HG), abdominal girth (AG) and shoulder (wither) ...
Psychosexual problems associated with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
The impact of elephants, Loxodonta africana, on woody vegetation through selective debarking in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2010)
The impact of elephants on the woody plant community through debarking was investigated in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya. Acacia elatior Brenan, the most abundant tree species in the riverine zone, ...
Challenges of camel production in Samburu District, Kenya
(2010)
The objective of the study was to identify the challenges to camel production in Kenya’s Samburu district. The data was collected through administration of structured and semi-structured questionnaire to a representative ...